Ron Asheton RIP

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 6 Jan 2009 8:15 am

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/ind ... heton.html

of Iggy and the Stooges fame.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 6 Jan 2009 9:11 am

That's a real shame. He wasn't the best guitarist out there, but his sound was highly influential on rock guitarists worldwide.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 6 Jan 2009 11:34 am

What a drag. Yeah, I'm an old Stooges fan. You're right, Brad - not a technical wizard by any means, but he got to the point and was the perfect foil for what they were doing. RIP, Ron.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 6 Jan 2009 1:40 pm

At least he got in a few years of the reunion stuff that he'd waited decades for.
Seemed to be a real decent guy as well.

Rock on!

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 6 Jan 2009 4:36 pm

Seems odd that the one guy from the band that stayed relatively clean from hard drugs was the one to go first once reaching middle age.

Long live the rest of the band.

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Ron Asheton RIP

Ron Asheton RIP

There goes the end of that era..., gone much too soon.