Mick Ronson

Mick Ronson is one of those musicians who absolutely deserved more of the spotlight than he ever got. Sure, David Bowie was the star, but without Ronson's slashing, melodic guitar work and those lush string arrangements on Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, the whole Spiders from Mars era would have been a completely different — and lesser — thing. This guy from Hull could do it all: shred a riff, write a song, produce a record, map out an orchestral chart. After Bowie he kept at it with Ian Hunter and even toured with Bob Dylan, which tells you everything about how musicians quietly revered him. Losing him to liver cancer at just 46 in 1993 still stings. The quiet architect behind one of rock's greatest runs deserved decades more.

Name (English)

Mick Ronson

Name (Japanese)

ミック・ロンソン

Reading

みっく・ろんそん

Born

May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / composer / songwriter / record producer / music arranger

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.mickronson.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• guitarist
• composer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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