Mick Ronson
April 29 was the 25th anniversary of the death of
Mick Ronson.I’d like to share a few of
my thoughts on this underrated legend.
I don’t remember the first time I heard Mick Ronson, but I’ll never forget the first time I saw him. It was the summer of 1984, just before my 12th birthday.My brother and I rented the newly released video cassette of D.A. Pennebaker’s David Bowie concert documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. While the concert was originally filmed in 1973, it wasn’t widely available in the US until 1984.I was not yet in my full Bowie obsession, all I knew was this cool new record call Let’s Dance, then I watched this film.While I was totally blown away by the orange haired Ziggy, it was the guy at his side with the long blonde hair, silver suit and white Les Paul that grabbed my attention.I had discovered glam rock.
I quickly became a Bowie fanatic and devoured everything I could find.I learned that the guy with the guitar was Mick Ronson.Mick had been with …
I don’t remember the first time I heard Mick Ronson, but I’ll never forget the first time I saw him. It was the summer of 1984, just before my 12th birthday.My brother and I rented the newly released video cassette of D.A. Pennebaker’s David Bowie concert documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. While the concert was originally filmed in 1973, it wasn’t widely available in the US until 1984.I was not yet in my full Bowie obsession, all I knew was this cool new record call Let’s Dance, then I watched this film.While I was totally blown away by the orange haired Ziggy, it was the guy at his side with the long blonde hair, silver suit and white Les Paul that grabbed my attention.I had discovered glam rock.
I quickly became a Bowie fanatic and devoured everything I could find.I learned that the guy with the guitar was Mick Ronson.Mick had been with …
