Under Appreciated Rock Star Of The Week!

[Entre_Perpetuo]

This week is....

 

MICK RONSON!!!!!

 

On account of me putting on Aladdin Sane. Mick’s work on that record is out of the world!

 

 

 

Great video of him playing some old Spiders’ songs years later. Also, fun fact that maybe not everyone knows, that’s Mick on the arrangement and some of the guitar parts (and “baby rattles”) on John Mellancamp’s “Jack And Diane!” According to Johnny Cougar, he owes that hit to Ronno.

 

What are some of your favorite Mick Ronson facts, songs, memories, etc.?

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Played guitar on Morrissey’s 1992 album, Your Arsenal. Bowie covered a song on that album for his Black Tie White Noise album for the song, I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday. Edited September 24, 2019 by invisible airwave

[Lorraine]

That is a British accent that I have never heard. What part is he from?

 

Justin Hayward always said the same thing. It's all in the touch. You just can't expect to pick up the same guitar they used and sound the same.

 

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I see he died as a young man from liver cancer.

 

[Entre_Perpetuo]

That is a British accent that I have never heard. What part is he from?

 

Justin Hayward always said the same thing. It's all in the touch. You just can't expect to pick up the same guitar they used and sound the same.

 

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I see he died as a young man from liver cancer.

 

 

Really tragic. He wasn’t just a great guitar player either, he also did a lot of arrangements for strings and rock bands, including the arrangements on Hunky dory!

[Lorraine]

That is a British accent that I have never heard. What part is he from?

 

Justin Hayward always said the same thing. It's all in the touch. You just can't expect to pick up the same guitar they used and sound the same.

 

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I see he died as a young man from liver cancer.

 

http://youtu.be/dLYafk0Lui0

 

Really tragic. He wasn’t just a great guitar player either, he also did a lot of arrangements for strings and rock bands, including the arrangements on Hunky dory!

I would never have known about him if you had not started this thread, so I do thank you for introducing me to him. Somehow I always thought that was David Bowie playing the guitar, but, now, whenever I hear that song, besides thinking of my dentist who looks like Ziggy, I will think of Mick Ronson.

[custom55]

I was lucky to see Mick Ronson with Bowie on the Spiders tour 1973. What a sound he had. My buddy had an extra ticket for the Radio City show so I went.

 

Slaughter on 10th Ave was a college favorite 1974.

 

http://youtu.be/ASitcSAk330

Edited September 24, 2019 by custom55

[Lorraine]

I was lucky to see Mick Ronson with Bowie on the Spiders tour 1973. What a sound he had. My buddy had an extra ticket for the Radio City show so I went.

 

Slaughter on 10th Ave was a college favorite 1974.

 

http://youtu.be/ASitcSAk330

You were fortunate to see him then. That must have been some show. Hard to believe David is gone as well. :sigh:

[IbanezJem]

That is a British accent that I have never heard. What part is he from?

 

Justin Hayward always said the same thing. It's all in the touch. You just can't expect to pick up the same guitar they used and sound the same.

 

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I see he died as a young man from liver cancer.

 

http://youtu.be/dLYafk0Lui0

He was from Hull, which is North East from where I am (in the middle of England) and to be honest it's a pretty bleak, flat and neglected area. Mick Ronson worked in my town when he was young, at a steel company. An ex-fiancee's mother claimed to have worked with him there, in the 60s.

[Lorraine]

That is a British accent that I have never heard. What part is he from?

 

Justin Hayward always said the same thing. It's all in the touch. You just can't expect to pick up the same guitar they used and sound the same.

 

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. I see he died as a young man from liver cancer.

 

http://youtu.be/dLYafk0Lui0

He was from Hull, which is North East from where I am (in the middle of England) and to be honest it's a pretty bleak, flat and neglected area. Mick Ronson worked in my town when he was young, at a steel company. An ex-fiancee's mother claimed to have worked with him there, in the 60s.

Thank you for that information! :cheers:

[vaportrailer]

I was lucky to see Mick Ronson with Bowie on the Spiders tour 1973. What a sound he had. My buddy had an extra ticket for the Radio City show so I went.

 

Slaughter on 10th Ave was a college favorite 1974.

 

http://youtu.be/ASitcSAk330

 

His solo on the studio version is pretty sweet. Starts at 2:10 :haz:

 

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Mick played at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. The remaining members of Queen had invited Bowie to play (not surprising since Under Pressure was a milestone for both of their careers), and I believe Bowie asked Mick to play with him, years and years after the Spiders’ broke up, and only a year or so before Mick himself would pass away. They played Heroes and All The Young Dudes together.

[Lorraine]

[Lorraine]

http://youtu.be/yJ6T9uYImnQ

 

 

From the youtube comments:

More talent in this 12 minutes than in the last 10 years of music

 

 

 

 

Thanks again, Entre. I never heard of this Freddie tribute. It must have been quite the night. I love these men. They gave us so much when I was growing up. Their music provided the background music to my life.

Edited September 24, 2019 by Lorraine

[Entre_Perpetuo]

It's still Mick Ronson week till tomorrow.

 

If anyone has any suggestions for next week, feel free to mention them.

 

One thing I really love about Ronno's playing is how he uses feedback. Stuff like the solo in Moonage Daydream is just stellar. Other guitarists at the time played with feedback, but Mick painted with it.

[RushFanForever]

Mike Ronson collaborated with Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Thomas on his 1984 album Riders On Dark Horses.

 

Thomas at the time was signed to Anthem Records (RUSH's label). The label was signing hard-rock acts in the 80's and wanted Thomas to evolve with that sound as well. Here's one of the minor hit singles in Canada below.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXnq7CGtMw

 

In relation, here's a couple of articles on Mick Ronson below from Louder.

 

Mick Ronson: Hull's Guitar God

 

The rise and fall of Mick Ronson

Edited September 30, 2019 by RushFanForever

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Moonage Daydream has one of the most underrated guitar solos ever.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

So this week is....

 

Terry Kath!!!

 

This video should suffice:

 

[Fridge]

He plays the slide solo towards the end of this:

 

Edited October 1, 2019 by Fridge

[Entre_Perpetuo]

He plays the slide solo towards the end of this:

 

 

Ronson or Kath?

[invisible airwave]

So this week is....

 

Terry Kath!!!

 

This video should suffice:

 

 

I always check out rhino.com for the album of the day and give it a spin if it interests me. They spotlighted Chicago’s debut a week ago so I gave it a first listen and it’s really good. Many like me agree with Todd In The Shadows when it comes to post Kath and the Cetera period. Fast forward to number 8 and 3 on this video for “the Nickelback of the 80s.”

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by invisible airwave

[Entre_Perpetuo]

So this week is....

 

Terry Kath!!!

 

This video should suffice:

 

 

I always check out rhino.com for the album of the day and give it a spin if it interests me. They spotlighted Chicago’s debut a week ago so I gave it a first listen and it’s really good. Many like me agree with Todd In The Shadows when it comes to post Kath and the Cetera period. Fast forward to number 8 and 3 on this video for “the Nickelback of the 80s.”

 

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qymAa0pdGHM[/media]

 

Yeah, they were pretty typical pop fare in the 80s, but back when they started they were doing something no one else was at a level most others couldn't match, not to mention they had a bunch of hits too.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Welp, on to week 3! This time we have a real treat, one who came to me just a few minutes ago when I started spinning a certain record with a cover that mimics an elementary school desk....

 

It's DENNIS DUNAWAY! The bassist of the original Alice Cooper band!

 

http://steveadubato.org/dennis-dunaway-describes-life-in-the-alice-cooper-group/

 

This is an interview with Dennis from 2016. I don't care for the interviewer's very aggressive style, but Dennis has the most wonderful attitude and has a lot of awesome stuff to say. I didn't know he plays in a band with former Blue Oyster Cult members! What a great combo!

 

Anyway, this week's for Dennis. Right from when I finally got around to checking out some real Alice Cooper stuff this past summer (yeah, I know, I waited way too long), his bass lines have often been the highlight of the song! His tone is awesome, and his lines are never ever boring.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

This week, Vernon Reid of Living Color. Check out their latest album Shade! It's sick.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

 

Here's a random video of how insane he is. One second you think you know where he's going, then he throws like 6 different ideas at you and you don't register that everything's changed for another couple seconds...by which time he's on to something else.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Bump. Earl, certainly you of all people have something to say about underrated guitarist Vernon Reid?