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PASSINGS

R.I.P., Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012)

By Chuck Klosterman at

Ronnie Montrose was never as famous as his peers. He is the lost ‘70s guitar god — the massive-sounding riff facilitator on the most memorable Edgar Winter Group release (1972’s They Only Come Out at Night) and one of the strongest eponymous debuts no one ever talks about, 1973’s Montrose.

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