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Mick Ronson (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993) was an English guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is probably best known for his work with David Bowie from 1970 to 1974, Bowie's glam rock period.
Early life
Born Michael Ronson in Hull, Yorkshire, as a child he played piano, recorder, violin, and harmonium. He initially wanted to be a cello player, but moved to guitar when he got hooked on Duane Eddy and The Yardbirds. He joined his first band, The Mariners, in November 1963 at the age of seventeen. His stage debut with The Mariners was in support of the Keith Herd Band at Elloughton Village Hall, a gig for which the band travelled 35 miles and got paid 10 shillings. While Ronson was working with The Mariners, another local Hull group - The Crestas - recruited him on the advice of The Mariners' bassist Johnny Griffin. With Ronson on board the Crestas gained a solid reputation, making regular appearances at local halls: Mondays at the Halfway House in Hull, Thursdays at the Ferryboat Hotel, Fridays at the Regal Ballroom in Beverley, and Sundays at the Duke of Cumberland in North Ferriby.
In 1965, Ronson left The Crestas to try his luck in London. He took a part time job as a mechanic, and before long teamed up with a band called The Voice, replacing Miller Anderson. Soon afterward, Crestas drummer Dave Bradfield made the trip down to London when the Voice's drummer left. After playing just a few dates with the group, Ronson and Bradfield returned from a weekend in Hull to find their gear piled at their flat and a note explaining that the rest of the group had gone to the Bahamas. Ronson stayed in London and teamed up briefly with a soul band called The Wanted, before eventually returning to Hull.
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MUDVAYNE SLAM RADIO WITH THEIR FASTEST-RISING SINGLE YET
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:35:02 -0000
"DO WHAT YOU DO" IS #1 MOST ADDED AT ACTIVE ROCK AND #2 MOST ADDED AT MODERN ROCK BAND OPENS UP TICKET SALES AT ALL OUTLETS (Monday, September 29) AND PARTNERS WITH BESTBUY TO ADD A FREE LIVE WEBCAST OF THEIR CONCERT TO FAN CLUB MEMBERS MUDVAYNE--one of the most creative and distinctive bands in the aggressive music world with sales exceeding 5 million units worldwide--have slammed onto the charts with "Do What You Do," the fastest-rising single of their career. Garnering over 75 radio adds out of the box--in the first 36 hours the track became available this week--the song is #1 most added at the Active Rock chart and #2 most added at Modern Rock. As the band prepare to release THE NEW GAME--their first studio album in three years, due out November 18 via Epic Records--the band is working even harder to get the best possible deal directly to their fans in light of the tough economy by opening up ticket sales of their upcoming tour to all outlets and partnering with Best Buy to add a free live web cast of their concert to fan club members who pre-order the album at bestbuy.com/mudvayne. "We want fans that cannot afford to see us live or that live outside our tour markets to still get the benefits of our ‘The Album Is The TicketTM' program," says singer Chad Gray, "and by adding the live webcast and releasing ticket sales to the general public, we are now able to offer fans even more value and options for their money in this rough financial time." The concert webcast will be from one of the tour stops (TBA) on the first leg of "The New Game Tour 2008." Meanwhile, all tickets will be released at all outlets by Monday, September 29th. All current ‘The Album Is The Ticket' members are entitled to a free meet & greet at their selected show. The current dates for "The New Game Tour 2008" are as follows. Note: All dates subject to change. DATE CITY VENUE Tue 10/28 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum Thu 10/30 Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion At Concrete Fri 10/31 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live Sat 11/1 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station Mon 11/3 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Wed 11/5 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom Fri 11/7 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center Sat 11/8 Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque Convention Center Sun 11/9 Tempe, AZ The Marquee Theatre Tue 11/11 Hollywood, CA Palladium Wed 11/12 Las Vegas, NV The Joint Fri 11/14 San Francisco, CA The Grand Ballroom Sat 11/15 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre Mon 11/17 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo Wed 11/19 Spokane, WA The Knitting Factory Concert Hall Fri 11/21 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium Sat 11/22 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre Mon 11/24 Wichita, KS The Cotillion Tue 11/25 St Louis, MO The Pageant Wed 11/26 East Peoria, IL East Peoria Event Center Fri 11/28 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom Sat 11/29 Maplewood, MN The Myth Mon 12/1 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom Tue 12/2 Chicago, IL The Congress Theater Fri 12/5 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit Sat 12/6 Grand Rapids, MI The Orbit Room Mon 12/8 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's Tue 12/9 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion Thu 12/11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live! Fri 12/12 Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory Sat 12/13 Worcester, MA The Palladium Tue 12/16 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom Wed 12/17 Norfolk, VA The Norva Fri 12/19 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle Sat 12/20 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
You Oughta Know Lenka!
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:08:00 -0000
Lenka is VH1's newest You Oughta Know artist! For one week, listen to a preview of Lenka's debut album, Lenka, on VH1's The Leak.
Get Mudvayne's New Single, "Do What You Do"
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:03:48 -0000
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