(1947-11-29)November 29, 1947 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died
March 3, 2012(2012-03-03) (aged 64) Brisbane, California, U.S.
Genres
Hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock, jazz fusion, blues rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1969–2012
Musical artist
Ronald Douglas Montrose[1] (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) was an American musician and guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Beaver & Krause, Boz Scaggs, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, The Beau Brummels, Dan Hartman, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Marc Bonilla and Sammy Hagar.
Montrose's 1973 debut album has often been cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin".[2] Ronnie Montrose is often recognized as one of the most influential guitarists in early hard rock.[3]
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^"Never Forget... Ronnie Montrose Remembered 1947–2012 – National Rock Review". Nationalrockreview.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^"Concert Tribute For Rock Guitar Legend RONNIE MONTROSE Heading To DVD". Blabbermouth.net. October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
Bonilla and Sammy Hagar. Montrose's 1973 debut album has often been cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin". RonnieMontrose is often recognized as...
"Paper Money" and "I Got the Fire". After building acrimony between RonnieMontrose and Sammy Hagar reached a peak during the band's 1974–75 European tour...
Gamma 2 is Gamma's second album, released in 1980. On this album RonnieMontrose keeps his streak of not having the same personnel on two albums in a...
Secondhand Songs. Retrieved October 23, 2021. "RonnieMontrose: The Official RonnieMontrose Site". RonnieMontrose. Ronnieland/RoMoCo. Retrieved October 23...
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(Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor's side project), and with guitar legend RonnieMontrose. DeGrasso played with The David Lee Roth Band in 2006 and joined Ministry...
and the title track "Outside Looking In" featuring RonnieMontrose on lead guitar and ex-Montrose member Denny Carmassi on drums. Turgon worked on a collaboration...
as the second bassist of Montrose and as keyboardist for Night Ranger. He has also performed with Gamma, and former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar. Fitzgerald...
composer, who has worked as a sideman to artists such as Keith Emerson, RonnieMontrose, Glenn Hughes, Edgar Winter, David Coverdale, and Asia. Bonilla is...
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released by the rock band Gamma. It was released in 1982. All songs by RonnieMontrose, Mitchell Froom and Jerry Stahl, except where indicated. Side one "What's...
the other with Gary Pihl on guitar. He also played keyboards on the RonnieMontrose-led group Gamma's third album Gamma 3, as well as It's a Beautiful...
formed by RonnieMontrose. "I'd given up all hope of finding a quality singer for Gamma until I heard Davey Pattison", according to Montrose. In 1986,...
guitarist RonnieMontrose, and producer/guitarist Rick Derringer, with Eagles' producer Bill Szymczyk serving as technical director. Montrose had recently...
The track "Power of Love" featured Wright's Warner Bros. labelmate RonnieMontrose on electric guitar. The album's success was a slow but steady accomplishment...
released on RonnieMontrose's own label, RoMoCo, in 2000. In 2005, it was re-released by Wounded Bird Records. It was the last full album in Montrose's lifetime...
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