Ronnie Montrose
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Ronnie Montrose, is an Amercian
rock guitarist
who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar
, Herbie Hancock
, Van Morrison
, The Beau Brummels
, Boz Scaggs
, Beaver & Krause
, Gary Wright
, Tony Williams
, The Neville Brothers
, Dan Hartman
, Edgar Winter
and Johnny Winter
.
. Montrose had been in the process of recording what would have been his first album with Sawbuck when David Rubinson, the producer, arranged an audition with Van Morrison. Montrose got the job and played on Morrison's 1971 album Tupelo Honey
. He also played on the song "Listen to the Lion", which was recorded during the Tupelo Honey sessions but released on Morrison's next album. Saint Dominic's Preview
(1972).
He then joined the Edgar Winter Group
before forming his own band, Montrose
in 1973, featuring Sammy Hagar
on vocals. That incarnation of the band put out two albums on Warner Bros. Records
, Montrose
and Paper Money
, before Hagar left to pursue a solo career. Although the liner notes for the CD edition of Paper Money said that Ronnie was offered to play lead guitar for Mott the Hoople
when he left the Edgar Winter Group, Ronnie says that it never happened and was just a rumor. He also added his guitar work to Gary Wright
's song, "Power of Love" off the 1975 album, The Dream Weaver
.
The guitar virtuoso continued to put out albums as "Montrose" (Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!
and Jump on It
) or "Ronnie Montrose" (Open Fire
) until he formed Gamma
in 1979, initially putting out three albums using that moniker with Davey Pattison
singing.
In 1983 he played lead guitar on the song "(She Is A) Telepath" from Paul Kantner
's album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
although he wasn't a member of the original PERRO
.
In 1985 he joined Seattle's Rail (band)
(winners of MTV's first Basement Tapes video competition) for several months. He was looking for a new band and one of Rail's guitarists, Rick Knotts, had recently left. Billed as Rail featuring Ronnie Montrose or Ronnie & Rail, they played a set of half Rail favorites and half Montrose songs ("Rock Candy," "Rock the Nation," "Matriarch," and Gamma's remake of Thunderclap Newman
's "Something in the Air
"). At the end of the tour, there was an amicable split.
He continued to record through the 1980s and 1990s, and Gamma put out a fourth album in 2005.
Ronnie Montrose appeared on Sammy Hagar's Marching To Mars
along with original Montrose members Bill Church
and Denny Carmassi
on the song "Leaving The Warmth Of The Womb." The original Montrose lineup also reformed to play as a special guest at several Sammy Hagar concerts in summer 2004 and 2005. Ronnie Montrose has also performed regularly from 2002 to present with a Montrose lineup featuring Keith St. John on lead vocals and a rotating cast of veteran hard rock players on bass and drums.
On his latest tour in late 2009, Montrose revealed that he had successfully fought prostate cancer over the last 2 years.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
Sam Roy "Sammy" Hagar , also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Also sings Country Music....
, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
, The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino , Ron Elliott , Ron Meagher , Declan Mulligan , and John Petersen...
, Boz Scaggs
Boz Scaggs
William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...
, Beaver & Krause
Beaver & Krause
Beaver & Krause were a musical duo made up of Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause. Their 1966 album The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music was a pioneering work in the electronic music genre....
, Gary Wright
Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...
, Tony Williams
Tony Williams (English musician)
Anthony "Tony" Williams is an English musician who plays bass guitar in the folk rock/rock band Stealers Wheel and who also played with Jethro Tull.-Career:...
, The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art , Charles , Aaron , and Cyril The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in...
, Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
, Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winter is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group, notably with their...
and Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues legend Muddy Waters...
.
Career
In 1969, he started out in a band called Sawbuck with Bill ChurchBill Church
William 'Bill' Church , started out playing bass in a band called Sawbuck in 1969, with Mojo Collins, Starr Donaldson, Ronnie Montrose and Chuck Ruff. As the band was beginning to record their first album, Montrose and Church left Sawbuck to join Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album...
. Montrose had been in the process of recording what would have been his first album with Sawbuck when David Rubinson, the producer, arranged an audition with Van Morrison. Montrose got the job and played on Morrison's 1971 album Tupelo Honey
Tupelo Honey
Tupelo Honey is the fifth solo album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in October 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. Morrison had written all of the songs on the album in Woodstock, New York before his move to Marin County, California, except for "You're My Woman", which...
. He also played on the song "Listen to the Lion", which was recorded during the Tupelo Honey sessions but released on Morrison's next album. Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview
Saint Dominic's Preview is the sixth solo album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records...
(1972).
He then joined the Edgar Winter Group
Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winter is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group, notably with their...
before forming his own band, Montrose
Montrose (band)
Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar...
in 1973, featuring Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
Sam Roy "Sammy" Hagar , also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Also sings Country Music....
on vocals. That incarnation of the band put out two albums on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
, Montrose
Montrose (album)
Montrose is the debut album by the band Montrose in 1973 which was produced by Ted Templeman.- History :After having done sessions work for various musicians including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock and Edgar Winter, this was Ronnie Montrose's first record leading his own band. It featured then...
and Paper Money
Paper Money
Paper Money is the second album by the band Montrose. It was released in 1974 and was the band's last album to feature Sammy Hagar as lead vocalist.-History:...
, before Hagar left to pursue a solo career. Although the liner notes for the CD edition of Paper Money said that Ronnie was offered to play lead guitar for Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
when he left the Edgar Winter Group, Ronnie says that it never happened and was just a rumor. He also added his guitar work to Gary Wright
Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...
's song, "Power of Love" off the 1975 album, The Dream Weaver
The Dream Weaver
The Dream Weaver is a hit solo album by one-time Spooky Tooth keyboard player Gary Wright released in June 1975.The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-synthesizer/keyboard album - it features Wright on vocals and keyboards and Jim Keltner and Andy...
.
The guitar virtuoso continued to put out albums as "Montrose" (Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!
Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!
Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose! is the third album of the band Montrose.It is the first Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar. The album was critically praised and also noted for its movie-poster cover giving the impression that Warner Brothers was presenting...
and Jump on It
Jump on It (Montrose album)
Jump on It is the fourth album by the band Montrose.It is the second Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar, and features bassist Randy Jo Hobbs on three songs. The remainder of the bass tones were supplied by Jim Alcivar via the keyboard and there was no bassist on...
) or "Ronnie Montrose" (Open Fire
Open Fire (Ronnie Montrose album)
Open Fire was the first instrumental album from Ronnie Montrose which explored jazz, rock and acoustic concepts in the vein of Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck. Ronnie dropped hints in previous Montrose albums that he was heading in this direction. Songs like "Whaler" and "One And a Half" from Warner...
) until he formed Gamma
Gamma (band)
Gamma was a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison in San Francisco in 1979. They released four albums: Gamma 1 in 1979, Gamma 2 in 1980, Gamma 3 in 1982 and Gamma 4 in 2000...
in 1979, initially putting out three albums using that moniker with Davey Pattison
Davey Pattison
Davey Pattison is a San Francisco Bay Area based rock vocalist. Pattison recorded his first music in 1969, and his career took off after arrival in the United States in 1979, on invitation from Bill Graham, to front the band Gamma, formed by Bay Area guitarist Ronnie Montrose."I'd given up all...
singing.
In 1983 he played lead guitar on the song "(She Is A) Telepath" from Paul Kantner
Paul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
's album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (album)
-Personnel:*Paul Kantner – vocals, guitars, banjo, glass harmonica, synthesizers on "Circle of Fire", lead guitar on "Underground"*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Mountain Song" and "The Sky Is No Limit"*Jack Casady – bass...
although he wasn't a member of the original PERRO
Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra is a nickname given to artists who recorded together in the early 1970s. They were predominantly members of Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Their first album together was Blows Against the...
.
In 1985 he joined Seattle's Rail (band)
Rail (band)
Rail is an American rock band that briefly achieved national fame after winning the grand prize of MTV's Basement Tapes competition in 1983. Before starting their recording career the group was well known in the Seattle area under the names "Rail & Company" and "Rail & Co."The band was formed by...
(winners of MTV's first Basement Tapes video competition) for several months. He was looking for a new band and one of Rail's guitarists, Rick Knotts, had recently left. Billed as Rail featuring Ronnie Montrose or Ronnie & Rail, they played a set of half Rail favorites and half Montrose songs ("Rock Candy," "Rock the Nation," "Matriarch," and Gamma's remake of Thunderclap Newman
Thunderclap Newman
Thunderclap Newman were a British one-hit wonder band that Pete Townshend of The Who and Kit Lambert had formed circa December 1968 - January 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, Andy "Thunderclap" Newman and Jimmy McCulloch....
's "Something in the Air
Something in the Air
Something in the Air was an Australian television soap opera transmitted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2002. It was one of the first programs in Australia that was filmed in widescreen.-Cast:...
"). At the end of the tour, there was an amicable split.
He continued to record through the 1980s and 1990s, and Gamma put out a fourth album in 2005.
Ronnie Montrose appeared on Sammy Hagar's Marching To Mars
Marching to Mars
Marching to Mars is Sammy Hagar's first post-Van Halen solo album. It features various musicians on different songs. It was released on MCA Records, which had by that point acquired his former label, Geffen Records...
along with original Montrose members Bill Church
Bill Church
William 'Bill' Church , started out playing bass in a band called Sawbuck in 1969, with Mojo Collins, Starr Donaldson, Ronnie Montrose and Chuck Ruff. As the band was beginning to record their first album, Montrose and Church left Sawbuck to join Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album...
and Denny Carmassi
Denny Carmassi
Denny Carmassi is an American drummer.Carmassi was a member of the first four line-ups of the band Montrose. After Montrose, he played with his former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar as a solo artist, and with his former Montrose bandmates Ronnie Montrose and Jim Alcivar in the band Gamma.He also...
on the song "Leaving The Warmth Of The Womb." The original Montrose lineup also reformed to play as a special guest at several Sammy Hagar concerts in summer 2004 and 2005. Ronnie Montrose has also performed regularly from 2002 to present with a Montrose lineup featuring Keith St. John on lead vocals and a rotating cast of veteran hard rock players on bass and drums.
On his latest tour in late 2009, Montrose revealed that he had successfully fought prostate cancer over the last 2 years.
Discography - main albums
- Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
- Tupelo HoneyTupelo HoneyTupelo Honey is the fifth solo album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in October 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. Morrison had written all of the songs on the album in Woodstock, New York before his move to Marin County, California, except for "You're My Woman", which...
(1971) - Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at NightThey Only Come Out at Night*They Only Come Out at Night is the fourth studio album by The Edgar Winter Group. It went to No. 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, eventually sold two million copies, and features two of the band's biggest hits, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride" .In 2006, the album was reissued on Super Audio CD...
(1972) - Montrose - MontroseMontrose (album)Montrose is the debut album by the band Montrose in 1973 which was produced by Ted Templeman.- History :After having done sessions work for various musicians including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock and Edgar Winter, this was Ronnie Montrose's first record leading his own band. It featured then...
(1973) - Montrose - Paper MoneyPaper MoneyPaper Money is the second album by the band Montrose. It was released in 1974 and was the band's last album to feature Sammy Hagar as lead vocalist.-History:...
(1974) - Montrose - Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose! is the third album of the band Montrose.It is the first Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar. The album was critically praised and also noted for its movie-poster cover giving the impression that Warner Brothers was presenting...
(1975) - Montrose - Jump On ItJump on It (Montrose album)Jump on It is the fourth album by the band Montrose.It is the second Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar, and features bassist Randy Jo Hobbs on three songs. The remainder of the bass tones were supplied by Jim Alcivar via the keyboard and there was no bassist on...
(1976) - Ronnie Montrose - Open FireOpen Fire (Ronnie Montrose album)Open Fire was the first instrumental album from Ronnie Montrose which explored jazz, rock and acoustic concepts in the vein of Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck. Ronnie dropped hints in previous Montrose albums that he was heading in this direction. Songs like "Whaler" and "One And a Half" from Warner...
(1978) - GammaGamma (band)Gamma was a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison in San Francisco in 1979. They released four albums: Gamma 1 in 1979, Gamma 2 in 1980, Gamma 3 in 1982 and Gamma 4 in 2000...
- Gamma 1Gamma 1Gamma 1, released 1979, was Gamma's debut album.It reached #131 on the Billboard Album charts, totalling 17 weeks on the survey. "I'm Alive" reached #60 on Billboard's Singles charts.- Track listing :# "Thunder & Lightning" - 4:37...
(1979) - Gamma - Gamma 2Gamma 2On Gamma's second disc, Ronnie Montrose keeps his streak of not having the same personnel on two albums in a row, changing the line-up once again. Davey Pattison , Ronnie Montrose , and Jim Alcivar remain from Gamma 1...
(1980) - Gamma - Gamma 3Gamma 3- Track listing :# "What's Gone Is Gone" - 5:30# "Right the First Time" - 3:47# "Moving Violation" - 3:36# "Mobile Devotion" - 6:34...
(1982) - Ronnie Montrose - TerritoryTerritory (Ronnie Montrose album)Territory is Ronnie Montrose's second album of instrumental jazz fusion music although there are vocals on "Love You To" and "I Spy".-Track listing:# "Catscan" - 5:04# "I'm Gonna Be Strong" - 2:53...
(1986) - Montrose - MeanMean (Montrose album)Mean is the fifth album by the band Montrose. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.Singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak had previously played together in the line-up of the glam metal band Buster Brown that played on the second Buster Brown album Sign Of...
(1987) - Ronnie Montrose - The Speed Of SoundThe Speed of Sound (album)The Speed of Sound is a 1988 all instrumental album by Ronnie Montrose and in 1997 said that it was his favorite instrumental disc he had done so far...
(1988) - Ronnie Montrose - The Diva StationThe Diva StationThe Diva Station is a mix of instrumental rock music with three songs with vocals. Former Gamma vocalist Davey Pattison reunites for two songs with Ronnie Montrose.- Track listing :# "Sorcerer" 6:24...
(1990) - Ronnie Montrose - Mutatis MutandisMutatis Mutandis (album)- Track listing :# "Mutatis Mutandis" 5:05# "Right Saddle/Wrong Horse" 4:22# "Heavy Agenda" 3:52# "Greed Kills" 3:54# "Mercury" 3:54# "Zero Tolerance" 4:15# "Velox" 3:59# "Company Policy" 4:01# "The Nomad" 3:48# "Tonga" 3:53...
(1991) - Ronnie Montrose - Music From HereMusic From Here- Track listing :# "Mr. Walker " - 4:01# "Primary Function" - 4:05# "Largemouth" - 5:12# "Road to Reason" - 4:37...
(1994) - Ronnie Montrose - Mr. Bones (1996)
- Ronnie Montrose - Roll Over And Play LiveRoll Over and Play LiveRoll Over and Play Live is a live album of instrumental rock music by Ronnie Montrose. It was recorded at Magolia's in Santa Rosa, California in the summer of 1995. It featues five original songs: "Feet First", "Cold Film", "Seven Men Riding", "Jungle Boy" and "Greenthing". "Greenthing" adds in a...
(1999) - Ronnie Montrose - BearingsBearings (album)- Track listing :# "All Aboard" - 2:50# "Breathe Deep" - 2:46# "Solid Ground" - 3:52# "The Map is Not the Road" - 4:20# "Morning" - 4:49# "The Whole Truth" - 4:55 # "Lunarization" - 4:14# "Forever is Now" - 4:10# "Three Wishes" - 3:20...
(1999) - Gamma - Gamma 4Gamma 4(album)Gamma's fourth disc was originally released on Ronnie Montrose's own label, RoMoCo, in 2000. In 2005, it was rereleased by Wounded Bird Records.-Track listing:# "Darkness to Light" - 5:35# "Love Will Find You" - 4:18...
(2000)
Discography - session work
- Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
- MwandishiMwandishiMwandishi is the ninth album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1971. It is one of Hancock's first departures from the traditional idioms of jazz as well as the onset of a new, creative and original style which produced an appeal to a wider audience, before his 1973 album, Head Hunters...
(1971) "Ostinato (Suite For Angela)" - Beaver & KrauseBeaver & KrauseBeaver & Krause were a musical duo made up of Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause. Their 1966 album The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music was a pioneering work in the electronic music genre....
- Gandharva (1971) "Saga Of The Blue Beaver" - Kendall Kardt - Buddy Bolden (unreleased solo LP 1971) "Buddy BoldenBuddy BoldenCharles "Buddy" Bolden was an African American cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of rag-time music which later came to be known as jazz.- Life :...
"http://www.boneyardmedia.com/?p=358 & "Black TrainWarner Brothers Presents... Montrose!Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose! is the third album of the band Montrose.It is the first Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar. The album was critically praised and also noted for its movie-poster cover giving the impression that Warner Brothers was presenting...
" http://www.boneyardmedia.com/?p=604 with Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead... - Boz ScaggsBoz ScaggsWilliam Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...
- Unreleased Muscle Shoals tapes (1971) - Sawbuck - Sawbuck (1972) "Believe" and "Lovin' Man"
- Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's PreviewSaint Dominic's PreviewSaint Dominic's Preview is the sixth solo album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records...
(1972) "Listen to the Lion" - Van Morrison - The Philosopher's StoneThe Philosopher's Stone (album)The Philosopher's Stone is a compilation album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison released in 1998 .The songs released on this 2-CD thirty track album were previously unreleased outtakes from 1969 to 1988...
(1971/1972) "Ordinary People" & "Wonderful RemarkWonderful Remark"Wonderful Remark" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and first released on the soundtrack album for the 1983 film The King of Comedy...
" [compilation released 1999] - Kathi McDonaldKathi McDonaldKathryn Marie McDonald , popularly known as Kathi McDonald, is a blues and rock singer. She currently performs with Kathi McDonald & Friends. She has appeared on an extensive list of rock and blues albums and toured extensively with Long John Baldry prior to his death...
- Insane Asylum (1973) "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Heartbreak Hotel" & "If You Need Me" - Gary WrightGary WrightGary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...
- The Dream WeaverThe Dream WeaverThe Dream Weaver is a hit solo album by one-time Spooky Tooth keyboard player Gary Wright released in June 1975.The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-synthesizer/keyboard album - it features Wright on vocals and keyboards and Jim Keltner and Andy...
(1975) "Power Of Love" - The Beau BrummelsThe Beau BrummelsThe Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino , Ron Elliott , Ron Meagher , Declan Mulligan , and John Petersen...
- The Beau BrummelsThe Beau Brummels (album)The Beau Brummels is the sixth studio album by the American rock band of the same name. Released in April 1975, the album features the work of all five original bandmembers for the first time since the band's debut album, 1965's Introducing the Beau Brummels. The album peaked at number 180 on the U.S...
(1975) "Down To The Bottom" - Dan HartmanDan HartmanDaniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
- ImagesImages (Dan Hartman album)Images is Dan Hartman's second full-length release but his first album of new material. It features an interesting mix of players to assist the multi-instrumentalist continue his pop rock themes featured in his tenure with the Edgar Winter Group and fittingly has Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer and...
(1976) "The Party's In The Back Room" & "High Sign" - Tony WilliamsTony Williams (English musician)Anthony "Tony" Williams is an English musician who plays bass guitar in the folk rock/rock band Stealers Wheel and who also played with Jethro Tull.-Career:...
- The Joy of FlyingThe Joy of FlyingThe Joy Of Flying is a Jazz fusion album by Tony Williams. Although it was recorded at the end of the The Tony Williams Lifetime years, it is considered a solo album. It includes three duets, two with Jan Hammer and one with Cecil Taylor, and three different quartets. The first quartet features Jan...
(1978) "Open FireOpen Fire (Ronnie Montrose album)Open Fire was the first instrumental album from Ronnie Montrose which explored jazz, rock and acoustic concepts in the vein of Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck. Ronnie dropped hints in previous Montrose albums that he was heading in this direction. Songs like "Whaler" and "One And a Half" from Warner...
" - Nicolette LarsonNicolette LarsonNicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year...
- In the Nick of TimeIn the Nick of Time (album)In the Nick of Time, the second album from Nicolette Larson, has a lot in common with Lauren Wood's eponymous album released the same year. A duet with Michael McDonald, keyboards from Bill Payne, background vocals from Bobby LaKind and Rosemary Butler, a Ronnie Montrose guitar solo and even songs...
(1979) "Just In The Nick Of Time" - Lauren WoodLauren WoodLauren Wood is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and producer. She is most notable for the 1989 single, "Fallen," which was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, and "Please Don't Leave," a duet with singer Michael McDonald in 1980...
- Lauren Wood (1979) "Dirty Work" (Steely Dan cover) - Jamie Sheriff - No Heroes (1980) "Soldier"
- Paul KantnerPaul KantnerPaul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
- Planet Earth Rock and Roll OrchestraPlanet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (album)-Personnel:*Paul Kantner – vocals, guitars, banjo, glass harmonica, synthesizers on "Circle of Fire", lead guitar on "Underground"*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Mountain Song" and "The Sky Is No Limit"*Jack Casady – bass...
(1983) "(She Is A) Telepath" - The Neville BrothersThe Neville BrothersThe Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art , Charles , Aaron , and Cyril The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in...
- Uptown (1987) "Whatever It Takes" - Various Artists - Guitar SpeakI.R.S. No SpeakI.R.S. No Speak was an instrumental-only imprint of the I.R.S. Records record label, founded by Miles Copeland III in January 1988. Inspired by the success of Peter Baumann's Private Music, Windham Hill Records and Capitol Records Cinema Records, Copeland wanted to feature some of the many...
(1988) "Blood Alley 152" - Various Artists - Born To Ski soundtrack (1991) "Born To Ski"
- Marc BonillaMarc BonillaMarc Bonilla is a guitarist. He has worked with Keith Emerson , Glenn Hughes , David Coverdale and Kevin Gilbert...
- EE TicketEE TicketEE Ticket is the first studio album by guitarist Marc Bonilla, released in 1991 through Reprise Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Marc Bonilla – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer...
(1991) "Razorback" - Marc BonillaMarc BonillaMarc Bonilla is a guitarist. He has worked with Keith Emerson , Glenn Hughes , David Coverdale and Kevin Gilbert...
- American MatadorAmerican MatadorAmerican Matador is the second studio album by guitarist Marc Bonilla, released in 1993 through Reprise Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Marc Bonilla – electric guitar, vocals , keyboard, programming, bass guitar, production...
(1993) "I Am The Walrus" (instrumental cover) - Anti-mAnti-mAnti-M is a Santa Barbara based mostly electronic rock band. While the band has been releasing albums since 1992 their main claim to fame is having a rather famous guest guitarist. Ronnie Montrose, known for forming the band Montrose and starting the career of singer Sammy Hagar, played on the...
- Positively Negative (1995) "Security", "Television", "Lonely" and "Iniki" - Edgar WinterEdgar WinterEdgar Holland Winter is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group, notably with their...
- The Real Deal (1996) "Eye Of The Storm" - Sammy Hagar - Marching To MarsMarching to MarsMarching to Mars is Sammy Hagar's first post-Van Halen solo album. It features various musicians on different songs. It was released on MCA Records, which had by that point acquired his former label, Geffen Records...
(1997) "Leaving the Warmth of the Womb" - CJ Hutchins - Out Of These Hands (1998) "Cannonball" (bass), "Cross-Leg", "Rock Me To Sleep", "Out Of These Hands", "What Went Wrong" (bass) & "Circus Song"
- David Culiner - Implode (1999) "Human Shield"
- Bruce TurgonBruce TurgonBruce Turgon is an American bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer who has played in several bands throughout his career, including Foreigner, The Lou Gramm Band, Shadow King, Steve Stevens, Warrior, Black Sheep, and Showcase....
- Outside Looking In (2005) "Outside Looking In" - Various Artists - The Songs Of Pink Floyd (2002) & Back Against the WallBack Against The WallBack Against the Wall is an album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with a number of progressive rock artists as a tribute to Pink Floyd's album The Wall...
(2005) "Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2)" - Various Artists - Secondhand Smoke - A Tribute to Frank MarinoFrank MarinoFrank Marino , born November 20, 1954, in Montreal, is the guitarist and leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush. Often compared to Jimi Hendrix, he is acknowledged as one of the best and most underrated guitarists of the 1970s.-Biography and career:After playing drums since he was five,...
(2005) "Try for Freedom" - Kevin Crider - Signatures (2006) "Stratosphere"
Discography - compilation
- Gamma - The Best of GammaThe Best of GammaThe Best of Gamma is a compilation of music from the first three Gamma albums.- Track listing :# Mean Streak - 4:50 **# Four Horsemen - 4:48 **# Dirty City - 4:04 **...
(1992) - Montrose - The Very Best of MontroseThe Very Best of MontroseThe Very Best of Montrose is a compilation of music from the five Montrose albums, the first four in consecutive years in the mid-seventies and a revisit to the concept in 1987.- Track listing :# "Rock the Nation" - 3:03...
(2000)
Discography - production
- Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
- Key of Cool (1984) - Jeff BerlinJeff BerlinJeff Berlin is an American jazz, jazz fusion and progressive rock electric bass player.Jeff Berlin's bass playing is somewhat similar to that of Jaco Pastorius, though Berlin plays a fretted bass and has stated his distaste for Jaco imitators.-Early life:Jeff Berlin was born to parents who were...
/Vox Humana - Champion (1985) Background vocals - Wrath - Nothing to Fear (1987)
- Heathen - Breaking the Silence (1987)
- CJ Hutchins - Out Of These Hands (1998) Guitar, bass
- Y&TY&TY&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from Oakland, California...
- Unearthed, Vol. 2 (2005) Composer - Jerry Jennings - Shortcut to the Center (2006)