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MICK RONSON

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 29, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1993 ONE OF THE GREATEST UNSUNG GUITAR HEROES OF OUR TIME MICK RONSON DIED OF LIVER CANCER AT THE AGE OF 45 IN LONDON. RONSON WAS A SESSION PLAYER AND WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH DAVID BOWIE. AFTER PLAYING WITH BOWIE, HE RECORDED SOLO PROJECTS PLUS TOURED AND RECORDED WITH ARTISTS LIKE MOTT THE HOOPLE, IAN HUNTER, VAN MORRISON, BOB DYLAN, ELTON JOHN, MORRISSEY AND JOHN MELLENCAMP.

THERE’S A GREAT BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT RONSON THAT IS A MUST WATCH ENTITLED ‘BESIDE BOWIE: THE MICK RONSON STORY’.

IT’S A GREAT TRIBUTE TO RONSON AND A TERRIFIC TRIBUTE TO THE MUSICAL TALENT OF RONSON. R.I.P MICK RONSON

photo thanks-rock photographer Phil Uppagash