After 3 years of imprisonment on tax evasion and still professing his innocence. Ron Isley picks up where he left off and keeping it musically relevant with his new cd “This Song Is For You”, dropping July 16th.
He spoke briefly about his time behind bars, his wife who is featured in his latest video and family.
“Where I went was a place with about 150 people,” he said. “It was a camp. And I seen my son and my wife, four times a week. It was like — no fence; nobody locked up, or nothing. You could go home. But, if you did that, you’d be in trouble and they would send you to another place. “
“My wife could come from Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays. It wasn’t bad at all. I was treated like a king. And 150 people respected me like ‘Elvis Presley is here,’ and I’m thankful to them for that and a couple of times I did shows. The shows I did for them was the greatest ones in my career.”
Ron made reference to Lauryn Hill’s recent conviction by saying:
“They can touch anybody in this industry that they want to touch. Believe me, they can. They’re doing the same thing to Lauryn Hill because she gave in wherever they wanted her. I didn’t do anything – nothing different than anybody else has done. But they make one example.”
72-year-old music legend and icon shows no signs of slowing down. A tentative tour is planned with Maze, Kem and others. His new single “Dinner and A Movie” … listen now!
