Ronnie Montrose Quotes
You know, you don't please everybody.
Wright, Jeb. "Ronnie Montrose: A Sweet Taste of Life." Classic Rock Revisited, Classic Rock Revisited, 2011.
“Pork” refers to the unnecessary expenditure of funds in that individual members of Congress get written into laws where the funds creat jobs or enrich the legislator’s state or district. Most members of Congress would vote for the pork of others so they in turn would vite for his/her pork. Most members would then bring back some “goodies” to their districts and that would often get them reelected. At the time most Americans and Congresspeople advocated Congressional reform, but those opposed to reform would try and distribute more pork in the hope that the reform issue would be forgotten.
This is why in a democracy, it is impossible for a politician to have universal support for anything.
Ronald Douglas Montrose was an American rock guitarist, who led the bands Montrose (1973-77 & 1987) and Gamma (1979-83 & 2000). He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison (1971–72), Herbie Hancock (1971), Beaver & Krause (1971), Boz Scaggs (1971), Edgar Winter (1972 & 1996), Gary Wright (1975), The Beau Brummels (1975), Dan Hartman (1976), Tony Williams (1978), The Neville Brothers (1987), Marc Bonilla (1991 & 1993) and Sammy Hagar (1997). The first Montrose album has often been cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin" and Ronnie Montrose was often referred to as one of the most influential guitarists in American hard rock.
