Ryan Koenig

Ryan McGrath Koenig (born October 4, 1985, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American roots musician.

Koenig's early career began in 2004 as singer and guitarist for garage-rock band The Vultures. He later formed acoustic blues group The Rum Drum Ramblers with Mat Wilson and Joey Glynn. Koenig and Glynn joined up with Pokey LaFarge in 2008 and began touring extensively as Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three. The band, later shortened to Pokey LaFarge, toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and made appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Grand Ole Opry, The Marty Stuart Show, The Conan O'Brien Show, and in the motion picture The Lone Ranger, and many others.

Ryan Koenig's other current acts include duo with wife Kellie Everett, Southwest Watson Sweethearts, in addition to Rum Drum Ramblers, New Missouri Fox Hunters, Ryan Koenig and the Goldenrods, and appears as a guest with The Hooten Hallers, Jack Grelle, Lavender Country, and many others. His debut solo record Two Different Worlds was released by Big Muddy Records on October 13, 2017. On December 5, 2017, Koenig was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while walking during a tour stop in Charleston, South Carolina. Following the accident, Koenig ceased touring with the Pokey LaFarge band.

Koenig released a live solo recording entitled The Focal Point Recordings Vol 1 on December 29, 2018. He followed that release with Ryan Koenig and The Goldenrods, The Focal Point Recordings Vol 2, in December 2019.

Appearances Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three appeared in an NPR Tiny Desk Concert series in 2011. Pokey and the members of the South City Three played on "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep", a track from Jack White's album Blunderbuss released on April 24, 2012.

Discography Release Date Band Title Record Label 2005 The Vultures The Vultures Big Muddy Records 2006 Casey Reid Cephalclog Big Muddy Records 2006 The Vultures Spirit of Saint Louis Big Muddy Records 2007 The Vultures Vultures and The Hooten Hallers Meld Minds Big Muddy Records 2008 Rum Drum Ramblers Hey Lordy Mama Mama Get Up and Go Big Muddy Records 2009 Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost Big Muddy Records 2009 The Hooten Hallers The Epic Battle of Good and Evil 2009 Rum Drum Ramblers Trading Dollars for Dimes Big Muddy Records 2010 Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Riverboat Soul Free Dirt Records 2011 Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Middle of Everywhere Free Dirt Records 2011 Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County Third Man Records 2011 Rum Drum Ramblers Mean Scene Big Muddy Records 2011 Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost Born There Big Muddy Records 2012 The Hooten Hallers Greetings From Welp City Big Muddy Records 2012 Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Fan It/ Shenandoah River Evangelist Records 2012 Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Live in Holland Continental Record Services 2012 Jack White Blunderbuss Third Man Records 2012 Jack White Love Interruption/ Machine Gun Silhouette Third Man Records 2012 Jack Grelle and the Johnson Family Jack Grelle and the Johnson Family Big Muddy Records 2013 Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three The Lone Ranger (soundtrack) (Original Motion Picture Score) Walt Disney Records 2013 Pokey LaFarge Pokey LaFarge Third Man Records 2013 Pokey LaFarge Central Time/ St Louis Crawl Third Man Records 2013 Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops Big Muddy Records 2013 Lonesome Cowboy Ryan and His Dried Up Teardrops Western Lanes Big Muddy Records 2013 Rum Drum Ramblers XO Big Muddy Records 2014 Al Scorch's Moving Company Vol. 1 2014 Loot Rock Gang That's Why I’ve Got To Sing Big Muddy Records 2014 Jack Grelle Steering Me Away Big Muddy Records 2014 The Hobosexuals Definitive Dirtbag: Volume 1 Big Muddy Records 2015 Pokey LaFarge Something in the Water Rounder Records 2015 Tortuga West of Eden Big Muddy Records 2016 Pokey LaFarge Goodbye Barcelona/Blue Morning Lullaby Rounder Records 2016 Al Scorch Circle Round The Signs Bloodshot Records 2016 Southwest Watson Sweethearts Endless Horizon Big Muddy Records 2016 Jack Grelle Got Dressed Up To Be Let Down Big Muddy Records 2016 Sidney Street Shakers Laugh My Weary Blues Away Big Muddy Records 2017 Various Artists Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Lo-Max, Columbia, Third Man Records 2017 The Hooten Hallers The Hooten Hallers Big Muddy Records 2017 Pokey LaFarge Manic Revelations Rounder Records 2017 Ryan Koenig Two Different Worlds Big Muddy Records 2018 Nick Gusman Dear Hard Times 2018 Ryan Koenig The Focal Point Recordings Vol. 1 2019 Leann Fisher Better Off Alone 2019 The Opera Bell Band Bell Slide 2019 The Native Sons Fringe 2019 Ryan Koenig and The Goldenrods The Focal Point Recordings Vol. 2 2020 Jack Grelle If Not Forever 2020 Miss Jubilee and the Yas Yas Boys Cool It If You Can Bigtone Records 2022 The Sapsuckers I'll Know It When I See It 2023 So Grand Polka Band Party Potato 2023 Glory 'N Perfection Country Music 2024 The Goldenrods Cry Time 2025 Skylar Townsend Hit The Ground Runnin''' Honors, distinctions, and awards 2011 Independent Music Awards: Riverboat Soul – Best Americana Album 2012 Independent Music Awards: Middle of Everywhere – Best Americana Album 2015 Something in the Water'' was named one of Peter Jones’ Best Folk Albums of 2015 in the Folk Department of WTJU, University of Virginia radio station. 2018 Named as an honoree of The Riverfront Times' STL 77