Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session musician who recorded five studio albums with Bowie, followed by four with Ian Hunter, and also played in touring bands with Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. A classically trained musician, Ronson was known for his melodic approach to guitar playing. Ronson and Bowie produced Lou Reed’s Transformer, with Ronson playing guitar and piano and writing the string arrangements, which brought him mainstream recognition. The album is considered an influential landmark of the glam‑rock genre, anchored by Reed’s most successful single, “Walk on the Wild Side”. In 2008, John Cougar Mellencamp credited Ronson for helping to arrange his most successful hit single, “Jack & Diane”. Ronson recorded three solo studio albums, the most popular being Slaughter on 10th Avenue, which reached No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart. He played with various bands after his time with Bowie. He was named the 64th‑greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2003 and 41st in 2012 by the same magazine. Michael Ronson was born in Kingston upon Hull in East Riding. He was the first son of George and Minnie Ronson and had two younger siblings, Maggi and David. As a child he was classically trained to play piano, recorder, violin and later the harmonium. He initially wanted to be a cellist, but moved to guitar upon discovering the music of Duane Eddy, whose sound on the bass notes of his guitar reminded Ronson of the cello.
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Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson Live-All the Young Dudes
& Ian Hunter Width of a circle
Sweet Dreams-live!
The Mick Ronson Band 1975-76 Woodstock, N.Y.
Mick Ronson Classic Rock Awards 2007
Like A Rolling Stone (David Bowie vocal)
Someday’. David Bowie, Mick Ronson
Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa
Music is lethal
& DAVID BOWIE-Hang on to yourself
David Bowie + Mick Ronson ‘ Space Oddity ‘ From ‘The 1980 Floor Show’
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