January 14, 2013

The place was the Uptown Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The date was April 19, 1975, and the Hunter-Ronson band was playing.  Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople and the core of David Bowie's band, Mick Ronson, were at work here.

Mick Ronson was with Ian Hunter touring around America as the Hunter-Ronson band.  Mick had just finished working with David Bowie who identified Mick as "the perfect foil for the Ziggy character".  He was referring, of course, to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.  As a rock duo, Mick Ronson and David Bowie were like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards being a great rock duo.  Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson were also a good duo that night.

In researching for this blog, I discovered a couple of interesting facts about Mick Ronson other than the fact he was one of the best guitar players of all time.  Mick worked on Pure Praire League's 1972 album Bustin' Out with guitar, vocals and string ensemble arrangements!  He also worked with John Mellencamp on his album American Fool and was instrumental in helping John arrange Jack & Diane, one of his most famous songs.  Mick, put in the baby rattles and sang "let it rock, let it roll" on that song.

The week of this concert was a busy week for me as I look back on my photo records.  March 19, 1975 I was photographing Joe Walsh at the Riverside Theater and then I had to go to Marquette University to photograph my friend Uncle Vinty!  March 21, I was photographing John Mayall at the Uptown Theater where the Hunter-Ronson band was the night before!  It was a busy time and a good time for me being a rock'n'roll photographer.

Attached are a few photographs for you to enjoy from the Hunter-Ronson show.

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