RE: (TV) Mick Ronson

["Per Rosén" <per_m_rosen@hotmail.com>]

> --- Cameron Pulley <cpulley@navicominc.com> wrote:
> >
> > What happened to Mick Ronson after he stopped recording with Bowie?  
> Does he
> > still make music?

You have to excuse me Cameron but I thought this was a joke! But I forgive 
you. No problems.
For me Ronson definitely is one of the most important members of the big 
r'n'r family where Mr Bowie was the Master of the House in the early 
seventies. Reed, Iggy, Mott are some of the others. Ronno is very much 
responsible for the sound and arrangements on Transformer and the classic 
Bowie-albums 70-73. (Ronson/Bowie produced Reeds' only hit, Walk On the Wild 
Side.) His solo career in 73-74 was short. He never felt comfortable in that 
role. But the sound on the two solo albums (Slaughter On 10th Avenue and 
Play Don't Worry) is familiar. He was never a big songwriter, but made some 
great interpretations of tunes like Love Me Tender and even White 
Light/White Heat (originally recorded for Pin Ups.) In my opinion Bowie had 
pretty bad taste choosing his guitarists after Ronson. Ronson really ROCKED. 
The others never had a clue how to do that. (Fripp, Belew and Gabrels have 
other qualities.)

> From: "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>
> After his split from Bowie in 1973, he did a few (unsuccessful) solo 
> >records for Bowie's label.

Don't think they were that unsuccessful. Billy Porter was a hit over here.

> He then worked with Ian Hunter on and off while producing,
> playing and touring with other acts, including Dylan, David Johansen, >John 
> Cougar Mellencamp

Others: Rich Kids, Dead Fingers Talk, Michael Chapman, Lisa Dalbello, Roger 
McGuinn, Andi Sexgang, Fatal Flowers, The Leather Nun and lots of others...

Hunter/Ronson were away from the musicbusiness in the mid-eighties but 
returned in 1989. On a tour Mick met a Swedish girl (they got a kid)and 
stayed here for one or two years. On a Swedish tour with Graham Parker Mick 
played some of his new tunes (released on Heaven and Hull). I saw them in 
Stockholm and the day after there was an article in a Swedish paper telling 
us Bowie was in the audience. He was on tour with Tin Machine and went to 
the show to see his old friend Graham Parker (?!?, idiots!!!). A day later 
there was a small notice about Ronsons decease. Very sad.

Sorry, but this is not THAT off-topic as you all think.

Does anyone know any true fairytales about Tom V. and what really happened 
on the Scary Monsters sessions? SecretX?

/Per







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