Open Fire

Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire

Open Fire
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Artist: Ronnie Montrose
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1996-02-27
Music Label: Wea
Soundtracks:
  1. Openers
  2. Open Fire
  3. Mandolinia
  4. Town Without Pity
  5. Leo Rising
  6. Rocky Road
  7. My Little Mystery
  8. No Beginning/No End

Free Music Notes for Open Fire

Free Music Review: Experimental Shredding
Hit: 4 Stars

By 1978, Ronnie Montrose had completed stints with the Edgar Winter Group [Slow Ride, Frankenstein] and his own band Montrose, with Sammy Hagar [that self-titled first album is one of the best heavy metal albums in the history of rock]. He had also done studio work with a variety of people.

When Open Fire first appeared, many fans considered it a total failure because it was so much different than anything Montrose had produced before. Open-minded fans were more forgiving, regarding the album as an either an interesting experiment or an amusing indulgence.

To put this album into its proper perspective, you need to recall the artistic mood of the time. In the late Seventies, a lot of recording artists were experimenting with elements of rock, jazz and classical. Some of the notable names include Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Santana, Steely Dan, Jean Luc Ponty, Pat Metheny, Yes and others, including Ronnie Montrose on this album.

Some of the songs on Open Fire [Town Without Pity, Heads Up, Rocky Road] have a decidedly rock flavor and are precursors to the kind of music that would later be produced by people like Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Marc Bonilla and others. Other songs [My Little Mystery, Leo Rising] have more in common with the kind of stuff that would later be produced by artists like William Ackerman. No Beginning/No End successfully combines both approaches.

This is a terrific album in its own right. The playing is superb and the melodies are outstanding. If there's a problem, it's a tendency to overdo the orchestration and layering to the point that it sometimes gets in the way of the guitar. Still, this was a worthy piece of instrumental art rock that helped pave the way for others.

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1978 solo album on Warner Brothers. Produced by Edgar Winter (who plays on five of the 10 tracks), it includescovers of 'Town Without Pity' & 'Rocky Road'.

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