Ronnie Montrose, (born November 29, 1947) is an American guitarist. Montrose has worked with a variety of musicians over the years, including Herbie Hancock and Van Morrison. He was in the Edgar Winter Group before forming his own band, Montrose, featuring Sammy Hagar on vocals. That incarnation of the band put out two albums on Warner Brothers Records, before Hagar left to pursue a solo career.
The guitar virtuoso continued to put out albums as "Montrose" or "Ronnie Montrose" until he formed Gamma in 1979, initally putting out three albums using that moniker.
He continued to record through the 1980s and 1990s, and Gamma put out a fourth album in 2000.