Ron Block, born Ronald Franklin Block on July 30, 1964, in Gardena, California,
United States, is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter.
Exposed to bluegrass music through his father's music store, Hogan's House of
Music, he began playing banjo at age 13. He joined the bluegrass group Alison
Krauss & Union Station in October 1991, contributing as a musician and
songwriter to Grammy Award-winning albums including Every Time You Say Goodbye
in 1992 and So Long So Wrong in 1997. His solo studio album releases include
Faraway Land in 2001, DoorWay in 2007, and Ho...