Open Fire

by Ronnie Montrose

Open Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1978
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:41
  • Community rating: 3.2/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Edgar Winter, this instrumental solo endeavor finds the renowned hard rock guitarist exploring adventurous jazz-rock fusion. 'Open Fire' incorporates cinematic orchestral arrangements and intricate acoustic passages, showcasing a striking departure from his aggressive work with the band Montrose.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, Acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Openers - Overture (2:52)
  2. Open Fire (3:52)
  3. Mandolina (3:14)
  4. Town Without Pity (3:16)
  5. Leo Rising (3:48)
  6. Heads Up (3:38)
  7. Rocky Road (4:22)
  8. My Little Mystery (4:39)
  9. No Beginning / No End (5:54)

Credits

  • Ronnie Montrose - primary artist, guitar, theremin, written-by, mandolin, mandocello, guitar
  • Alan Fitzgerald - bass
  • Rick Shlosser - drums
  • Jim Alcivar - sequenced by [sequercer programming], ondes martenot, synthesizer [moog], effects
  • Dimitri Tiomkin - written-by
  • Ned Washington - written-by
  • Charles Brent - written-by
  • John Thomassie - written-by

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