As it is, the concert for ronnie montrose a celebration of his life in music, staged at san franciscos regency ballroom and filmed for dvd release, is jampacked with some major alisters, paying homage to the guitarist who passed. Montrose then formed another hard rock group, gamma. Ronnie montrose rocks the nation with a fabulous final. The tone on the first montrose record the gear page. Ronnie montrose 10x10 his final, nearly lost album is now available. Ronnie dropped hints in previous montrose albums that he was heading in this direction.
Various artists concert for ronnie montrose romoco, llc 01. Although this show could have been longer, ti was nice to see some of ronnies friends get together to pay tribute to him. My point is that, the only band that could even hold a candle to ronnie montrose band is zz top. Concert for ronnie montrose on dvd this is the 2012 tribute concert that featured the surviving mebers of gamma and montrose with joe satriani standing in for ronnie. Undaunted, ronnie montrose has kept a full schedule releasing instrumental jazzrock fusions on par with joe satrianis guitar pop and. Records, montrose 1973 and paper money 1974, before hagar left to pursue a solo career.
Ronnie montrose tour dates 2020 ronnie montrose concert. Concert for ronnie montrose tribute dvd detailed the. Prior to his passing, ronnie had been working on an album called 10x10. Growing up in the bay area in the 70s, you heard montrose everywhere. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from ronnie montrose. The report from the san mateo county coroner ruled that the guitarists death was a suicide. Get ronnie montrose setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other ronnie montrose fans for free on. A slew of wellknown musicians will participate in the fifth annual ronnie montrose remembered tribute concert celebrating the late rock guitar. You can find the list of ronnie montrose tour dates here. Ronnie montrose was born on november 29, 1947 in san francisco, california, usa as ronald douglas montrose. The concert featured appearances by neal schon, steve smith, sammy hagar, bill church, denny carmassi, davey pattison, glenn letsch, ed roth, marc bonilla, ricky phillips and jeff.
That first montrose album is still the most awesome of the awesome dennis. His scintillating guitar riffs backed by a powerful band. The tribute concert held on april 27, 2012 at the regency ballroom in san francisco for rock guitar legend ronnie montrose, who passed away on march 3, 2012, is coming to dvd on december 10th. Guitarist ronnie montrose in his gamma band days in the 1970s. Ronald douglas ronnie montrose was an american rock guitarist, who led a number of his own bands as well as performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including sammy hagar, herbie hancock, van morrison, the beau brummels, boz scaggs. My brother already had the montrose album and it was a safe trade, in my myopic view of life at the time thought i would always have access to those songs and huge riffs. Ronnie montrose tribute concert frankenstein youtube. It had previously been assumed that montrose had died from prostate cancer, after battling the disease for several years.
There was color blind featuring steve lukather and sammy hagar on vocals and still singin with the band featuring glenn hughes and phil collen. Ronnie montrose remembered is an epic historical event that features world famous rock stars honoring ronnies music in an official memorial celebration. Powerful reminder tribute concert a potent reminder of guitarists skill. Ronnie montrose might soon come to a city near you. In 2011, montrose formed the ronnie montrose band with randy scoles on vocals. Over three days in 2003 at doug messengers studio in north hollywood, the sessions produced 10 strong tracks of rhythm guitar, bass and drums with the intention to get a singer to for the vocals. Five years removed from rockin the nation behind the molten montrose lp, ronnie montrose put the hard rock attack on hold for the experimental open fire recording. A celebration of his life in music 2012 featuring joe satriani youtube gamma full concert 180 curtis hixon hall official. Ronnie montrose tribute concert to feature members of reo.
Check out the ronnie montrose schedule above and click the ticket link to see our huge inventory of tickets. With winter handling the production end, as well as. Territory is ronnie montroses second album of instrumental jazz fusion music although there are vocals on love you to and i spy. When ronnie montrose passed away on march 3, 2012, friends and musicians immediately wondered what they could do to pay homage ronnie montrose tribute concert set for dvd. The reverb for the montrose album was done in the sunset sound live reverb chamber and so was the reverb for the first van halen album. Ronnie montrose died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound, an autopsy has shown. I actually saw ronnie montrose in chicago at the aragon ballroom, packed in like jarred herrings, in february77. It was to feature different vocalists and guitar players. Guitarist ronnie montrose dead at 64 rolling stone. Concert for ronnie montrose a celebration of his life in music.
Open fire by ronnie montrose album, progressive rock. Ronnie montrose, who is best known for his fiery guitar work as a member of the band montrose, died saturday. Prior to forming the band montrose, guitarist ronnie montrose had been a. Ronnie montrose concert schedule has finally been reported.
Ronnie montrose, in one of his final recorded performances. Ronnie montrose tribute show to feature members of reo. On 4272012, an allstar tributebenefit concert took place at the regency ballroom in san francisco to celebrate the music and life of ronnie montrose. Montrose was a californiabased hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and. Famous primarily for being sammy hagars first band, montrose slipped into cult status after hagars departure. Transferred from cassette to cd on a pioneer standalone cd burner. Teamed with edgar winter for the first time since 1972s they only come out at night album, ronnies 78 warner brothers release takes the listener on an instrumental ride.
That little band from texas is the only band that in my mind even compare to. It was professionally filmed and hence i expect a dvd to result at some point. Guitar player centerfold ronnie montrose honed his chops backing rock n roll muckymucks edgar winter and boz skaggs before forming his own band. Iconic american rock guitarist ronnie montrose will be saluted by a stellar rock star lineup whose own careers were influenced by the legendary and powerful montrose sound at ronnie montrose remembered one of the most talked about shows of namm 2020 this celebratory concert highlighting montrose s career will feature his greatest hits from early montrose, edgar winter, van morrison. A crack band featuring members of free, mott the hoople and king crimson match rodgers spectacular vocal performance stride for stride, too. Maybe if ronnie montrose had known how loved and respected he was, things would have turned out differently. The barlike device on montroses guitar is a theremin, an early electronic musical. I asked ronnie if he would like to come and sit in with the band. From ronnie montrose interviews it is a les paul and other guitars into a big muff into a bandmaster. Although this show could have been longer, ti was nice to see some of ronnie s friends get together to pay tribute to him.
It was a very special evening, and we are pleased to present to you the results. Various artists secondhand smoke a tribute to frank marino 2005 try for freedom. Ronnie had been touring with bassist ricky phillips styx, the babys and eric singer in the early 2000s. The guitarist released two more montrose band albums in the rockvocal format warner brothers presents. It has to be just the right band, with just the right sound, coming along at just the right time. Ronnie montrose broke up the band after the release of jump on it and began his own solo career with the allinstrumental open fire 1978. New ronnie montrose live dvd to be released next month video. When ronnie montrose passed away on march 3, 2012, he was in the midst of working on an album that would have thrilled fans of his original montrose 19731974 and gamma 19791983 periods. He was the opening act for a concert that featured journey as the main attraction and van halen with poseur david lee roth as the middle act. Concert for ronnie montrose on dvd this is the 2012 tribute concert that featured the surviving mebers of. A grand tribute to one of the worlds greatest guitar players. That band was montrose, and that sound was heavy, melodic, noholdsbarred rock and roll. In 2011, montrose formed the ronnie montrose band with randy scoles on vocals, dan mcnay on bass, and steve brown on drums, playing music from his entire career, including both montrose and gamma songs.
Ronald douglas montrose november 29, 1947 march 3, 2012 was an american rock. Ronnie montrose biography, albums, streaming links. Ronnie montrose full concert 040378 new york city official by hard rock on mv. Songs like whaler and one and a half from warner brothers presents. I am so sad it wont happen, but on april 27 th, joe satriani, denny carmassi, bill church and i are going to play the hell out of some montrose tickets to a concert for ronnie montrose a celebration of his life in music will go on sale on march 30 at 10am.
But like many a sensitive creative soul, montrose suffered crippling bouts of depression, ultimately. Before montroses untimely death in 2012, he had an ambitious idea. Music profile for ronnie montrose, born 29 november 1947. This lineup was captured in his final released work, the.