CO-WRITER RALPH GORDON
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Ralph E. Gordon
Author, poet, songwriter and playwright Ralph Gordon lives in Union, Mississippi
with his wife Pat. Gordon is the Vice President of the Mississippi Writers Guild and
retired sales manager for a major lawn and garden equipment manufacturer. He has
also served as Executive Director of the Union Mississippi Chamber of Commerce.
Gordon received his education at Beulah Hubbard High School, East Central
Community College, Delta State University, Millsaps College and Mississippi State
University.
His songs have been recorded by The Mountain Gypsies of Rogers Arkansas,
Richelle Putnam and award winning gospel artist Morris Mott. Gordon is the author
of the nonfiction book, The Invasion of 64. His short stories and poetry have been
published in The Oxford So and So, usadeepsouth.com, The Oxford Town, The
Meridian Star, The Newton Record, The Union Appeal and Wildlife Mississippi.
Gordon is also a regular contributor the Journal of the Newton County Historical
Society. One of his poems was selected by the Union County Public Library to be
featured in the William Faulkner Garden Collection. The Mississippi Department of
Tourism displays Gordon's poetry at the State Welcome Centers. The welcome
centers also play his music, which was recorded by various artists.
In January 2007 Gordon was commissioned by the Newton Theater Company
and the Newton Chamber of Commerce to write a Civil War drama. He was joined
by fellow writers Richelle Putnam and Anne McKee. The trio delivered the final
manuscript of A Mother’s Son to the Chamber of Commerce in June of 2007. The
play was produced by the Newton Theater Company the following December in front
of a large audience including such dignitaries as Mississippi Lt. Governor Amy Tuck
and Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director Malcolm White.
Gordon and Putnam co-wrote an eight song soundtrack for the play. The Ballad
Of Grierson’s Raid, which is one of the songs from the play, placed in the top five in
Song Of The Year Magazine song writing contest. The Gordon/Putnam team have
also co-written A Forest For A Child, No Harvest Have I, and several other gospel,
country and blue grass tunes. They plan to release their first video sometime in 2008
featuring the song, A Forest For A Child.
Author, poet, songwriter and playwright Ralph Gordon lives in Union, Mississippi
with his wife Pat. Gordon is the Vice President of the Mississippi Writers Guild and
retired sales manager for a major lawn and garden equipment manufacturer. He has
also served as Executive Director of the Union Mississippi Chamber of Commerce.
Gordon received his education at Beulah Hubbard High School, East Central
Community College, Delta State University, Millsaps College and Mississippi State
University.
His songs have been recorded by The Mountain Gypsies of Rogers Arkansas,
Richelle Putnam and award winning gospel artist Morris Mott. Gordon is the author
of the nonfiction book, The Invasion of 64. His short stories and poetry have been
published in The Oxford So and So, usadeepsouth.com, The Oxford Town, The
Meridian Star, The Newton Record, The Union Appeal and Wildlife Mississippi.
Gordon is also a regular contributor the Journal of the Newton County Historical
Society. One of his poems was selected by the Union County Public Library to be
featured in the William Faulkner Garden Collection. The Mississippi Department of
Tourism displays Gordon's poetry at the State Welcome Centers. The welcome
centers also play his music, which was recorded by various artists.
In January 2007 Gordon was commissioned by the Newton Theater Company
and the Newton Chamber of Commerce to write a Civil War drama. He was joined
by fellow writers Richelle Putnam and Anne McKee. The trio delivered the final
manuscript of A Mother’s Son to the Chamber of Commerce in June of 2007. The
play was produced by the Newton Theater Company the following December in front
of a large audience including such dignitaries as Mississippi Lt. Governor Amy Tuck
and Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director Malcolm White.
Gordon and Putnam co-wrote an eight song soundtrack for the play. The Ballad
Of Grierson’s Raid, which is one of the songs from the play, placed in the top five in
Song Of The Year Magazine song writing contest. The Gordon/Putnam team have
also co-written A Forest For A Child, No Harvest Have I, and several other gospel,
country and blue grass tunes. They plan to release their first video sometime in 2008
featuring the song, A Forest For A Child.
How Many Can You Take
Lyrics by Ralph Gordon
Music by Richelle Putnam
Copyright 2007
Recording by Larry Clark, DZM Studios
Lyrics by Ralph Gordon
Music by Richelle Putnam
Copyright 2007
Recording by Larry Clark, DZM Studios