Ron Bankley’s introduction to Montreal came with the Ville Emard Blues Band's arrival in the early part of the seventies. This rock band with nineteen players had managed to destroy every marketing and public relations rule that existed, and became wildly successful while doing it. Ron’s musical virtuosity and his skill as a wordsmith were fundamental to understanding the bands impact. VEBB had abandoned the tried and true commercial approach to recording and had opted, instead, for a real music for the real world model which permanently redefined Quebecs musical history. In the decades since that auspicious beginning, Ron has worked in musical aggregations that lived at the cutting edge of musical expression, among them Koma and Contraction. He has also accompanied the legends of Quebecois culture and he continues to perform and record his own songs for the new fans that are just becoming aware of his extraordinary body of work. Insurgent Sun, Ron’s latest CD continues the tradition by assembling the finest players that Quebec has to offer, and once again getting up close and personal with today’s reality. Those who have had the good fortune to hear the work will doubtless agree that in the struggle between Ron and the new reality, reality loses.