Montrose- One Last Free ride

"He formed Montrose in 1973 with the bassist Bill Church, the drummer Denny Carmassi and an unknown singer credited as Sam Hagar.
The band’s first album, called simply “Montrose” and released later that year on Warner Brothers Records, had no hit singles but was a
sleeper success, eventually going platinum and becoming a minor landmark of heavy metal."

"After Montrose broke up in the 1970s Mr. Montrose began releasing a stream of solo albums that veered into jazz-rock.
He also put together a new version of Montrose in 1987 for one album, “Mean”; the original lineup of the band played
together on Mr. Hagar’s 1997 solo album, “Marching to Mars.”

March 5, 2012
Arts section
New York Times

Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk52nGxF-jc
 
How sad that the most talented are sometimes also the most troubled. Sammy wrote many of the songs on that album also.
 
Dan Hartman and Ronnie Montrose were instrumental in the success of Edgar Winter Group. Now they're both gone.
 
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