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R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« on: March 05, 2012, 06:49:57 pm »
If you weren't somewhere in your teens in the mid-1970s, you might not have an idea who Ronnie Montrose was.  If you were, some song he played on is likely somewhere on your all-time memory playlist:  Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" and/or "Listen To The Lion", The Edgar Winter Group's They Only Come Out At Night LP ("Frankenstein", Free Ride"), maybe his own self-named group ("Rock Candy", "Space Station #5", "Connection", "Paper Money", etc.)

He fought prostate cancer, successfully for a time.  But it got him in the end.

Another piece of my/our 1970s rock heritage, gone.

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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 07:20:50 pm »
Not my era, but Tupelo Honey is the song I sing to my daughter at bedtime (that or Golden Slumbers).
I've never heard of Montrose, but for that one song alone, I can say RIP.
Far too young.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 07:40:42 pm »
As a huge Van Morrison fan, I love the work he did on Tupelo Honey, as well as his selt titled band, wich featured Sammy Hagar.  He did a lot of tasteful stuff over the years. 

RIP.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 08:15:42 pm »
Ronnie Montrose was that rare rock guitarist who was really a player's player. He should get some credit for Sammy's success as well as the recognition for the great music he created.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 07:52:03 am »
Didn't really know *who* he was until a few years ago, but I've appreciated his work for a while. RIP.
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2012, 09:23:33 am »
I dug Gamma, as good as hard pop rock gets.
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2012, 07:19:41 am »
I always like Rock Candy and Bad Motor Scooter. RIP
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2012, 11:03:36 am »
Sad news on this front:  It wasn't the cancer that got him.  Self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Apparently depression and alcohol was what got him in the end.  I can't even imagine the horror his wife went through after receiving his "suicide note" via text.  Still...RIP.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/montrose-death-a-suicide-coroner-reports.html

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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2012, 11:18:22 am »
Something like that always leaves so many questions and no answers. That BAC didn't help anything either.

So sad, and such a great talent.
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R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2012, 11:54:35 am »
Aren't many people unconscious at .31?
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2012, 08:51:37 pm »
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Aren't many people unconscious at .31?

Comatose.

The only way a person could be even vaguely coherent and/or able to text at that level is if they'd developed a hell of a tolerance level from years and years of heavy abuse.  .31 is way past drunk.  More like obliterated for most people.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2012, 09:25:14 pm »
Quote from: Dark Star on April 12, 2012, 08:51:37 pm
Comatose.

The only way a person could be even vaguely coherent and/or able to text at that level is if they'd developed a hell of a tolerance level from years and years of heavy abuse.  .31 is way past drunk.  More like obliterated for most people.

I had a college friend who got up to .34. The ambulance picked him up and saved his life.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 10:30:18 am »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on April 12, 2012, 09:25:14 pm
I had a college friend who got up to .34. The ambulance picked him up and saved his life.

My brother arrested a woman for DUI with BAC of .37.  On her way home from the liquor store with a box of wine she was.  She didn't remember any part of it the next day.
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2012, 07:58:08 pm »
A CPS client from many years ago left home to pick up her children from school but had a wreck on the way, probably because her blood alcohol level was .42. The cops didn't trust the first reading, so they did it again with a second machine. Turned out the first reading wasn't wrong.

And on the Montrose note... that really is very sad.
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2012, 11:50:52 am »
Quote from: mrpink on April 17, 2012, 08:50:53 am
After resulting to Wikipedia to see what kind of record that was I found this....

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_9d4a1d0e-f4d1-11de-8edf-001cc4c002e0.html

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« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2012, 12:22:19 pm »
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Alcohol/drug abuse/addiction saddens the hell out of me.   Not only for the drunks and addicts but for what it does to their families.   When I read about a woman sitting in a stolen car on the side of the road bombed out of her mind, I think about her parents who maybe (or maybe not) went through hell trying to help her, or her kids who were traumatized by what they went through growing up.

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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2012, 12:49:03 pm »
Quote from: Taras Bulba on April 17, 2012, 11:50:52 am
Alcohol/drug abuse/addiction saddens the hell out of me.   Not only for the drunks and addicts but for what it does to their families.   When I read about a woman sitting in a stolen car on the side of the road bombed out of her mind, I think about her parents who maybe (or maybe not) went through hell trying to help her, or her kids who were traumatized by what they went through growing up.

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Re: R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2012, 01:11:05 pm »
Quote from: JimR on April 17, 2012, 12:49:03 pm
no one can help an addict. only the addict can help himself/herself.
Knowing that only makes it about .378% less sad.
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« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2012, 08:21:09 pm »
Quote from: Taras Bulba on April 17, 2012, 11:50:52 am
Alcohol/drug abuse/addiction saddens the hell out of me.   Not only for the drunks and addicts but for what it does to their families.   When I read about a woman sitting in a stolen car on the side of the road bombed out of her mind, I think about her parents who maybe (or maybe not) went through hell trying to help her, or her kids who were traumatized by what they went through growing up.

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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2012, 08:24:08 pm »
Quote from: JimR on April 17, 2012, 12:49:03 pm
no one can help an addict. only the addict can help himself/herself.

You're absolutely right. What you need to do is have that moment of surrender at whatever bottom you choose. It's a real moment of clarity. It's hard to explain; you really have to experience it to do it justice, and even then, words fail me.
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