Chords for Ronnie Montrose Interview (09/09/11)

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_ Ladies and gentlemen, you're probably [Ab] wondering [Cm] why I called you here.
_ _ This is why we're here.
_ _ 2001, _ when the ape is playing with that bone, and he's like,
hmm, [Eb] hmm, _ hmm, [Dm] hmm, like a boom!
And he's like, hmm, [Eb] and he goes flying up there.
According to Sammy and his recently published autobiography,
you fired him from the [Ab] band, is that true?
Yes, I did.
Well, [F] it was definitely a pioneering album,
and one of the most original and diverse records of [Cm] its kind, really.
Yeah, but let's [F] not forget Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow,
which influenced me very heavily.
Well, it was so [Gm] debilitating that I didn't pick up a guitar for two and a half years.
Wow.
These hands did not touch strings for over two years.
I'm just really fortunate that after, you know,
[G] these songs were written 40 years ago that we're playing,
[F] and we're introducing some gamma songs into the set, too,
but these 40-year-old songs [Cm] that I penned when I was in my 20s
are still _ _ loved by people.
It's a great feeling.
You sing along with them, and I love it.
Okay, well, this is Sean Perry with VintageRock [Ab].com, _
and I am sitting here with a [Db] true guitar hero, _ Mr.
Ronnie Montrose.
How are you doing today, Ronnie?
Good to be here, [Ab] and thanks for calling me a hero.
You most definitely are.
You're one of mine.
I grew up listening to your music, and it's great to sit here with you.
I appreciate it.
I never get tired of hearing it.
[E] Thank you.
Cool, cool.
Now, last [Ab] night you played the Canyon Club, right?
Yes.
How'd that go?
_ _ Spectacular.
Yeah?
Absolutely spectacular.
_ [G] People there are into it.
I mean, I'm just really fortunate that after, [Db] you know,
these songs were written 40 [Ab] years ago that we're playing,
and we're introducing some gamma songs into the set, too,
but these 40-year-old [N] songs that I penned when I was in my 20s
are still _ _ loved by people.
It's a great feeling.
You sing along with them, and I love it.
Cool.
And, of [Bb] course, you're playing tonight here at the Coach House,
which is where we're [G] at.
And [A] so, I mean, what can we [G] expect to see?
You're going to play, like you were saying,
you're going to play some of your older material.
Just give us a little.
No, that's all I'm playing is older Montrose material,
and we're working gamma songs into the set,
but it's all Montrose all the time for the most part,
doing old-school power trio, you know, guitar, bass, drums, and vocal rock.
That's it.
Cool.
Well, tell me about your band.
Who's in your band these days?
I've got _ _ Steve Brown on drums,
and _ _ Dan McNay on bass,
and Keith St.
John on vocals.
_ And what's been happening is I've been, for years,
going through _ this kind of a revolving door _ thing with players.
[Ab] I've always had, you know, like a stable of players
[Db] that could come in and fill [Gb] in when I felt like [Ab] doing _ any kind of shows,
like instrumental, acoustic, _ and rock, like I'm [Ab] doing now.
But I [Gb] finally decided that [Ab] I really need to hone in,
and it just felt right for me now to hone in and pick a band
that [F] I can really count on to be this [Ab] _ _ growing, organic, [A] _ natural thing,
and that's what I've come up [Dbm] with with this combination.
[C] Well, now, [F] after this tour, do you have any plans?
[Gb] I want to do a whole acoustic, you know, a serious, big production acoustic show
with players, you know, _ keyboards, _ percussionists, upright bass player,
video screen, quad sound, the whole thing.
It's a vision I have that I know I will have a whole bunch of fun doing.
Certainly not something that I can just call up some players and go,
oh, boys, we're going to go play.
You know, it takes a lot of pre-production, like a Broadway play almost. _
_ _ But I'm not going to limit myself to just this year with this band
because it's so much fun.
I may go all through next year and be touring across the country.
I don't know.
And you think [N] you'll go in the studio and cut some tracks and make a record?
_ _ _ _ I don't see that happening right now.
I'm focusing.
You know what, there will be a recording if this band turns out to be
like _ I'm thinking it's going to do.
Yeah, we may go ahead and document this and make a DVD of a [E] performance
with this band in this [F] current lineup.
We [Ab] could certainly use a proper [B] DVD.
_ [A] I'd like to do one.
Well, I just want to thank you for sitting [G] down and talking with us.
My pleasure.
It really is.
And have [Eb] a great show tonight.
_ _ [E] Yes, sir, I will.
[Gb] And this is Sean Perry with VintageRock.com.
This is Ronnie Montrose with Sean Perry from [G] VintageRock.com.
[Db] Thank you very much.
[B] _ Good night.
[A] Good night. _ _ _ _ _ _
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