Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose
Ronald Douglas "Ronnie" Montrosewas an American rock guitarist, who led the bands Montroseand Gammaand 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, Sammy Hagar, and Johnny Winter. The first Montrose album was often cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin" and Ronnie Montrose was often referred to as one of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth29 November 1947
CountryUnited States of America
But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.
Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power.
I think that Gamma sort of got to that point through management and label and the whole deal and it didn't feel right so I stopped it. Period.
I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they were good for me creatively, were not going to be commercially successful.
I had just basically gotten tired of working, touring on the road with a vocalist and the whole process of doing vocal oriented music.
Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.