Ronnie Montrose With Special Guests The Rick Ray Band Live 5/11/12

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Ronnie Montrose Official Website) Ronnie Montrose got his musical career going playing guitar for Van Morrison. Then he hooked up with the Edgar Winter Group with the release, "They Only Come Out At Night" with the hits "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". He then went on to form his own band with Sammy Hagar on vocals and some of the hits he put out were "Rock Candy" and "Bad Motor Scooter" to name a few. Ronnie Montrose has always followed his heart. Ever anxious to take his music to the next level, in 1979 he founded the trailblazing band Gamma, a group whose trio of ahead-of-their-time albums were an explosion of guitar and synthesizer pyrotechnics anchored by a bluesy edge.

Between and beyond these band forays, Montrose the player devoted himself to exploring instrumental guitar music on landmark albums like Open Fire and The Speed of Sound. Fans periodically clamored for another taste of the original Montrose power trio format, but he wouldn't revisit Montrose that huge, heavy sound; those rich, pealing riffs -- until the time came when he could do it with total conviction.

That time is now.
Montrose has returned full force, playing the tunes that rocked a nation with heart-thumping, foot-stomping, fist-pumping energy.

Opening is The Rick Ray Band is a five piece psychedelic, progressive hard rock fusion and blues band who've just released their 32nd album, "Can't Lie Hard Enough". The Rick Ray Band and Ronnie Montrose both play on the album, "Second Hand Smoke (A Tribute To Frank Marino)" released in 2005 on Wild Mess Records. www.wildmess.com

This will be an evening well spent.

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