Ron Bushy

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Ron Bushy (b. December 23, 1945) was a co-founder and drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly.

He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 1945. He grew up in a military family, living in approximately 34 states during his youth. He first learned to play the drums when he was in the sixth grade.

Writer; and legendary for his lengthy drum solo in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," with his primal drum patterns, that set the standard for generations of rock drummers. Ron is also highly skilled in the graphic arts and has created most of the logos and artwork as seen on the Iron Butterfly merchandise and advertising.

Bushy is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing and skindiving, according to the liner notes of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".

[edit] Other Bands

Magic-Mid-Late 70s rock band.

Gold-Late 70s hard rock band that recorded one album that has never been released, although there is talk of remastering and releasing the album but it is not certain if this is true.

[edit] Trivia

Ron Bushy is the only consistent member of Iron Butterfly.

According to the liner notes of the Deluxe Edition CD of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Bushy disliked opening live shows with "Are You Happy?," because that song required him to immediately output a high level of energy, instead of getting a chance to build the energy up.

A commonly repeated story says that the song title was originally "In The Garden Of Eden", but in the course of rehearsing and recording singer Doug Ingle slurred the words into the nonsense phrase of the title while under the influence of alcohol (wine). The truth (according to the liner notes on 'the best of' CD compilation) is that drummer Ron Bushy was listening to the track through headphones, and he just couldn't hear correctly; he simply distorted what Doug Ingle answered when Ron asked him for the title of the song.

His drum solo in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is not as long as people think. It only runs about 2 1/2 minutes, from the 6:30 mark to a little past 9 minutes, the organ solo immediately follows. It is much longer (roughly 6 minutes and 30 seconds) on the album Live.