RONNIE MONTROSE Talks About The Roots Of The Band, Possible Reunions With SAMMY HAGAR
September 5, 2011, 13 years ago
MONTROSE leader/guitar legend Ronnie Montrose spoke with Ray Shasho from Examiner.com recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
Examier.com: What’s the current lineup for the Montrose tour?
Montrose: “The lineup is Jan McMay on Bass, Steve Brown on drums, Kevin Casey on vocals and Ronnie Montrose on guitar. But this is my dream band that I’ve finally got to put together and I’m taking this band out for at least a year and we’re going out and it’s working out so well we’re going out and just tearing it up.”
Examier.com: How did you start the band Montrose?
Montrose: “Put the word out in the Bay area where I lived in the San Francisco Bay area. And Sammy Hagar had seen me play at Winterland with Edgar Winter and Sam got my number from a guy and said I was looking for a singer called me up told me I’m your man and I went to see him at a club he was playing at in San Francisco and realized he’d be the perfect guy for my lead singer in my new ensemble and that’s how that happened. But I’m having so much fun now simply going around and playing Montrose and Gamma music.”
Examier.com: Any chance of you and Sammy hooking up again in the future?
Montrose: ““Every once in awhile I wouldn’t be surprised if Sammy and I hit the stage again just for fun and play some of our tunes but it all depends on what each one of us is doing.”
Read the entire interview here.
