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
What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.
My first experience with music was my father, he was a stereo buff and he built his own little Hi-Fi center with recorders and everything and I listened to a lot of jazz, which gave me a sensibility for melody.