santellavision Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 A very sad day. Ronnie was a HUGE influence on me. His first Montrose LP changed my world when it came out. I was 14 and tried my hardest to learn every song and lick on that album. Many didn't know but Ronnie played on the a couple of Van Morrison LPs as well as with Boz Scaggs, Herbie Hancock, Neville Brothers and more. He'll be missed.
hardheartedbill Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 No way. That sucks people still try and copy the Montrose 1 sound
santellavision Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 I've actually written back and forth with Ronnie over the years. He was such a gentleman to respond to emails personally. He loved talking about his gear. He used a cranked 3x10 Fender Bandmaster with an Ampeg Scrambler pedal.
RobB Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 This is awful. Ronnie was an innovator, an artist of the highest caliber with who relentlessly pushed himself forward, music biz/fashion be damned.For all of us aging (45-55) rockers, Montrose's passing should serve as a reminder to get your plumbing checked regularly. Modern, early-stage prostate cancer treatments nowadays are so advanced and non-destructive of surrounding tissues that healthy recovery is the rule rather than the exception.RIP, Ronnie. You were one of a kind.
tobereeno Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 a couple years ago I got uber-paranoid about cancer, specifically stomach cancer. I've been getting endoscopies yearly. Getting a camera shoved down your throat and into your stomach sucks. But the peace of mind of getting that and other body plumbing checked out is golden.I guess I'm just a bit too young to be familiar with Montrose and his music. I think I'll have a listen now - artists live on in their music after all.
mc2 Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 RIP. That first Montrose album was killer....and still the only thing I ever liked that Hagar did.
atquinn Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Never heard the early stuff, but I got his Speed of Sound album in the 80's and wore the tape out. He was a great player. RIP.-Austin
hardheartedbill Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Only Sam I can stand as well. Tobe its an must hear. Ted Templemen production that is really the definition of the american rocking sound imo
bubs_42 Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Damn, I loved Ronnie and was lucky enough to see him with Sammy and the rest of Montrose when they reunited on one of Hagars Tours (Post VH). They were as good then as listening to the early stuff. He blew me away coming out with a few JCM Combo's Mic'ed up behind him and ripping it!
princeofdarkness56 Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Monster player. His first lp makes my top 5 of all time. Saw him during the Paper Money tour and later during his Gamma period, which I did not care for.
Willie G. Moseley Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 First time I saw and heard him was on the old "In Concert" TV show, when he was in the Edgar Winter Group, and he and Dan Hartman (also now deceased) traded instruments in the middle of a song called "Let's Get It On" (not the Marvin Gaye tune). Interviewed him in San Jose in the mid-'90s, and he was delighted that an interviewer remembered that "schtick" segment, as he called it. He was very conversational, discussing the details of how he got the "Bad Motor Scooter" sound on the first Montrose album, and how feminists protested the cover of Jump On It. I always thought Open Fire was a trailblazing album of sorts, as it was an instrumental album by a guitarist who had primarily been known for working with singers or bands with singers....but the first thing he said when I asked about it in the interview was that it wasn't ahead of Blow By Blow.Classy guy. True musician instead of a rock star.
Turdus Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Bummer... the first Montrose record was the blue print for VH1, preceeding it by 5 years!
Ting Ho Dung Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Montrose, I remember hearing that album and thinking it was the greatest. I think I was in the 7th grade. That's sad he's gone. 3x on the Sammy Hagar thing though he is kind of a cornball to watch live.
ScottM Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Very, very sad. Got the first album when I was 16. Saw him with Bruce M in Charleston, IL a short time later with Brownsville Station and Mountain. Blew the others away with that show...RIPScott M.
singlehum Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Sad news indeed. I love that first album, but didn't get turned on to it until 1987 or so. Loved it ever since. Found this that was supposedly taken fom his site...check the last sentence. A few months ago, we held a surprise party for Ronnie Montrose’s 64th birthday. He gave an impromptu speech, and told us that after a long life, filled with joy and hardship, he didn’t take any of our love for granted. He passed today. He’d battled cancer, and staved off old age for long enough. And true to form, he chose his own exit the way he chose his own life. We miss him already, but we’re glad to have shared with him while we could. I guess he and Gary Moore can now discuss the Les Paul "issue" wherever they may be...I was just talking with somebody about this a few days ago, wondering if it ever got resolved. http://www.musicrada...ry-moore-207251 http://www.courthous...5/18/Guitar.pdf And in closing...
murkat Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Your a Candy Baby...RIP it up Ronnie!1st album, Awesome.
veatch Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 The solo to "Free Ride" has been etched in my mind for some 30 to 35 years, now. Great player - he will be missed.
Brooks Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 when i was ~15, used to do a gamma tune w/ these older guys that i jammed w/ for a brief while, it was called "four horsemen" (this is pre metallica, a different tune).i tried to find a youtube link, but they've all been disabled. too bad, cool tune. i'm also a fan of the 1st montrose album, and agree that its the only sammy stuff i actually put on & listen to...r.i.p.
morningstar Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Bummer. Massive bummer.(...resolves to go see Dr. Jellyfinger)...morningstar
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