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  Mick Ronson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mick Ronson (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993) was a British guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer.
Ronson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but had grown disenchanted with the faith before his untimely death.
Ronson died of liver failure on April 29, 1993.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mick_Ronson   (1648 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson was born on May 26, 1946 and raised Hull, a small city in northern England.
Mick Ronson was as responsible as anyone for that sound: He co-arranged the entire album and performed all the keyboard parts, as well as playing the guitar hero role.
Mick was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1990 and finally succumbed to that cancer on April 29,1993.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mick-Ronson   (3542 words)

  
 Mick_Ronson
Mick Ronson (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993), who was born Michael Ronson in Hull, Yorkshire, was a guitarist, arranger and producer.
In 1964, Mick Ronson formed his first band, The Rats, in the city of his birth, Hull.
Besides Bowie and Hunter, Mick Ronson went on to work as a musician, writer and producer with many other acts including Morrissey, The Wildhearts, Elton John, Bob Dylan, John Cougar Mellencamp and Dalbello.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mick_ronson.html   (704 words)

  
 Mick Ronson - hotshotdigital.com
While Mick Ronson was a renowned guitarist in his own right he is primarily associated with David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase.
Born in 1946 Mick Ronson (aka ‘Ronno’) was musical from an early age, learning the violin and playing the harmonium in the local church.
Ronson’s contribution can be first heard in the loud, heavy style of rock on Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World”, heavy metal before anyone really understood the term.
www.hotshotdigital.com /WellAlwaysRemember/MickRonson.html   (544 words)

  
 Mick Ronson
An important contributor to the development of rock and roll in the 1970s, Mick Ronson was raised in the Yorkshire community of Hull, where the shy youth soon immersed himself in the creation of music.
Ronson joined his first band The Mariners at the age of 17, and it was not long before he was drafted into the more experienced line-up of The Crestas, with whom he began to build a strong reputation within the Hull music scene.
Back in Hull, Ronson was enlisted into the second incarnation of the local group The Rats, once again establishing himself as one of the top musicians in the area.
www.nndb.com /people/103/000089833   (771 words)

  
 Mick Ronson
Mick was called to London and immediately put to work on a BBC radio session Bowie had scheduled.
Ronson's prominent guitar work resounded throughout with a loud, heavy sound at a time when no one knew what "heavy metal" was.
Mick did the arrangements for half of the songs, which favored strings, piano and horns.
www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Alley/1087/ronson.html   (683 words)

  
 Mick Ronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ronson later released three solo albums and was a long-time collaborator with Ian Hunter Ian Hunter quick summary:
Ian hunter (born june 3 1939 in oswestry, shropshire, england) was formerly lead singer with the band mott the hoople and later on a solo artis...
Ronson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[For more, click on this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mick_ronson.htm   (838 words)

  
 The Ziggy Stardust Companion - The Spiders From Mars (1/2)
Mick Ronson's trademark sound came from his sanded '68 Gibson Les Paul guitar (later donated to the Hard Rock cafe in New York), a Marshall Major 200 watt amp (nicknamed "The Pig") plus an angled 4x12" Marshall cab and the use of a Cry-Baby wah-wah.
Mick Ronson was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England on 26 May, 1946 to devout Mormon's George and Minnie, the oldest of three children with two younger siblings - Maggie and David.
Ronson was introduced to Bowie by engineer Tony Visconti and Bowie drummer John Cambridge and first played with David Bowie for a John Peel BBC radio "Sunday Show" and then live at The Roundhouse, London, on 22 February 1970.
www.5years.com /spiders.htm   (1857 words)

  
 The Ziggy Stardust Companion - Guitar Legends - Mick Ronson 1993 Record Collector
Mick Ronson, legendary guitarist, arranger and producer, died in London on 29 April 1993 from cancer of the liver.
Ronson the soloist was born with an eerie cover of Elvis Presley's 'Love Me Tender', issued as a single at the start of 1974.
Ronson never quite knew what Dylan wanted from him: he admitted towards the end of his life that he hadn't been familiar with any but the most famous of Dylan's songs, which he gave his guitar playing with the Rolling Thunder Revue a healthily improvised quality.
www.5years.com /rcronno83.htm   (3166 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Mick Ronson: The Spider with the Platinum Hair: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mick Ronson was the guitarist for Ziggy Stardust, but he was also a whole lot more.
To the casual rock fan, Mick Ronson, if he is remembered at all, is remembered as someone who used to play guitar for David Bowie.
Sadly, Ronson died of liver cancer in 1993 at the age of 46.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0953994236   (804 words)

  
 mick ronson, mick ronson info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fans all over think Mick Ronson might be the most distinguished player ever.
Mick Ronson is best known because of harmonies, style, and also, his right-hand technique.
Guitar sensation Mick Ronson is the standard for guitar instrumentals.
www.duderockstar.com /guitarplayers/mickronson   (58 words)

  
 Guitar Hangar's Guitar of the Month Slide Show
Mick burst onto the scene in the early 70's as the band leader of "The Spiders from Mars", David Bowie's back up band that launched his Ziggy Stardust persona into the stratosphere of Rock and Roll history.
Mick sanded down the top on the guitar because he was told it would improve the sound.
I approached Suzy Ronson and Mick's daughter Lisa Ronson and they thought it was a great idea but we all had concerns and wanted it to be something special.
www.guitarhangar.com /docs/slideshow.htm   (513 words)

  
 Mick Ronson : Showtime - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Mick Ronson fans waited a long time for new music from their idol -- more than 15 years separated his second solo album from his third, and five more stretched between his death and the full opening of his archive.
Once the releases began, however, they quickly became a flood and it is only to be regretted that few of the releases actually lived up to Ronson's own reputation.
Claiming that the tapes of Ronson's own planned live album, back in 1974, have been lost (despite sizeable excerpts appearing on a succession of recent compilations and remasters), they justify Showtime's low-fi sound quality with the assurance that anything's better than nothing.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,1006495,00.html   (285 words)

  
 Hot Guitarist
It has remained a mystery as to how much of Bowie's material Ronson wrote in exchange for "arrangement" credits, but his stamp is on some important records of the era: He co-produced Lou Reed's
/Ronson band and as a songwriter, guitarist and producer on Hunter's solo work.
in 1989 for Mercury and in 1990, Ronson was diagnosed with cancer.
www.hotguitarist.com /music_artists/mick_ronson.htm   (247 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Slaughter on 10th Avenue: Music: Mick Ronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It really is disappointing just how underrated a guy Mick Ronson is. He recorded many excellent albums, both solo albums and albums with other artists, and was unfortunate enough to die at the age of forty-six.
Ronson's take on the song keeps it true to the original, but he adds his own glam rock spin onto it - he obviously wanted to show off his guitar skills, and does just that.
Mick Ronson was Bowie's lead guitarist during his first (and some would say, best) phase.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007FZG9?v=glance   (1810 words)

  
 Mick Ronson's Les Paul Custom at The Guitar Hangar 203 740 8889 Brookfield, CT
This guitar was the one played by the late Mick Ronson through the majority of his professional life.
Mick had the top sanded down to bare wood as he heard this would make the instrument sound better.
Mick also used it in the early day's with Ian Hunter on many of the records.
www.guitarhangar.com /guitars/micklp.htm   (420 words)

  
 Mick Ronson Discography
Mick's rise to fame with Bowie is well known, but in the late 60's he was playing with The Rats, who came from his home town.
Mick had met Ian when he was still with Mott The Hoople, and the two became firm friends, working together off and on for the next 20 years.
It is perhaps Mick Ronson's guitar work and his musical arrangements which more than anything else helped establish David Bowie into the big time.
www.hunter-mott.com /discography/index_albums_mr.html   (637 words)

  
 Mick Ronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Besides Bowie and Hunter he worked a musician writer and producer with many acts including Bob Dylan and John Cougar Mellencamp.
Ronson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but had grown disenchanted with the before his death.
And the top of it is that this rock record is relaxing at the same time.
www.freeglossary.com /Mick_Ronson   (180 words)

  
 Mick Ronson in TutorGig Encyclopedia
'Mick Ronson' (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993), born in Hull, Yorkshire, was a guitarist, arranger and producer.
Ronson was a key part of the Ziggy Stardust album, providing string arrangements and various instrumentation as well as handling the lead guitar duties.
His last ever recorded session was as a guest on the 1993 Wildhearts album Earth Vs The Wildhearts, he played the guitar solo on the song My Baby Is A Headfuck.
www.tutorgig.com /ed/Mick_Ronson   (274 words)

  
 The Ziggy Stardust Companion: Mick Ronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ronson's first appearance on a David Bowie record was on the single "Memory of a Free Festival Part 1/Memory of a Free Festival Part 2"(Mercury 6052 026 - 12 June 1970).
Tragically Mick died in 1993 of liver cancer.
Mick is survived by his wife Suzi Fussey-Ronson and daughter Lisa.
www.5years.com /keypeoplemr.htm   (180 words)

  
 VH1.com : Mick Ronson : Biography
As glam rock faded, Ronson continued to work with Hunter in the Hunter/Ronson band and as a songwriter, guitarist and producer on Hunter's solo work.
Ronson consistently worked with divergent artists from Roger McGuinn and David Johansen to John Mellencamp ("Jack and Diane").
He and Hunter recorded YUI Orta in 1989 for Mercury and in 1990, Ronson was diagnosed with cancer.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/ronson_mick/bio.jhtml   (353 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: R: Ronson, Mick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mick Ronson - Photographs, tour dates, and a timeline of Ronson's career from working with Bowie through later work with Elton John, Lou Reed, and others.
Ronson, Mick - Guitarist who worked with David Bowie on many albums.
Ronson, Mick - Memorial with biography, audio, and discography.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/R/Ronson,_Mick   (107 words)

  
 Mick Ronson MP3 Downloads - Mick Ronson Music Downloads - Mick Ronson Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reflecting, a decade after the fact, on his launch as a solo rock'n'roll superstar, Mick Ronson shrugged indifferently, as though he'd really had no say in the matter.
David Bowie had just "retired" and, in the absence of the singing sensation with whom Ronson had already risen to unexpected heights, manager Tony DeFries was anxious to keep at...
David Bowie had just "retired" and, in the absence of the singing sensation with whom Ronson had already risen to unexpected heights, manager Tony DeFries was anxious to keep at least one of his many pots boiling.
www.mp3.com /albums/39987/summary.html   (489 words)

  
 AWSoP and Mick Ronson
When Mick Ronson was diagnosed with cancer, he was contracted to tour Scandinavia.
This explains why Willy and The Poorboys were invited to the Mick Ronson Memorial: the programme states, 'In the Autumn of 1992, Bill with Willy and the Poor Boys travelled to Sweden to cover concert appearances Mick Ronson was unable to fulfil due to his illness.'
Although I'm in the States I did manage to get over for the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert, and Gary's song was the highlight of the show for me (save Ian Hunter's set, of course).
www.procolharum.com /awsop_ronson.htm   (269 words)

  
 Rock Ahead: CD Album: Mick Ronson CD: Just Like This   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mick Ronson is a name you tend to remember with other people normally more famous than him.
Mick was considered one of the best sidemen or collaborators in the business, just ask Bowie, Dylan or Ian Hunter, all of whom benefited from Mick's musicianship and production and arrangement skills.
The ace card was that Mick had just finished touring with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, so his profile couldn't have been higher.
www.themusicindex.com /rockahead/reviews/mronson.htm   (269 words)

  
 eBay - mick ronson, CDs, Music Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mick Ronson CD - The Rats - Fall And Rise - A Rats Tale
Mick Ronson - Rare Spanish White Label LP
MICK RONSON slaughter on 10th avenue lp (vinyl) us rca
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 Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Former David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson joined Ian Hunter in Mott the Hoople in 1974, but the band split up the following year.
The duo formed the Hunter/Ronson Band and toured during 1975, although their first album was released as 'Ian Hunter' due to contractual obligations.
Mick Ronson went on to tour with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, whilst Ian Hunter embarked on a successful solo career.
www.rock-photos.co.uk /Hunter_Ronson.htm   (149 words)

  
 The Heirophant Council - Mick mothafuckin' Ronson
we have loads of ronson stuff, including the mick ronson memorial bandstand
I downloaded some of his stuff last night and it reminds me of early Bowie.
Mick Ronson never had a "leaked" Internet sex tape.
www.mansonusa.com /council/showthread.php?threadid=30341   (252 words)

  
 JR.com: Mick Ronson - Heaven And Hull in Music: Pop:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With Ronson's untimely 1993 death, an era of British rock went with him.
To Ronson's own disciples, HEAVEN AND HULL is a tasteful goodbye from a true originator.
And to prove that Ronson was a guitarist's guitarist, and not just a scenester, the acoustic instrumental, "You And Me," sets the pace.
jr.com /xs-mick-ronson-heaven-and-hull-in-music-pop--pi!3732495.html   (527 words)

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