Mick Ronson and Lou Reed on Transformer

From www.theoriginalmickronson.com:

Lou Reed's album, Transformer, was Mick Ronson's first co-production with David Bowie. Transformer was Reed's second album after having left the Velvet Underground. While not given formal credit for his role, Reed credited Ronson for his production work on the album citing Mick as "an incredible guitar player, a great producer and great arranger: a lovely man." The album yielded the single, "Walk On The Wild Side" and led to a relationship with drummer Richie Dharma who'd later tour with Ronson as well as play on his solo albums. Interviewed in 1990 in Goldmine magazine, Ronson recalled of the sessions:

We were pretty sharp and that's how records were made back then. Records were done very quickly. I mean, when David and I produced Lou Reed's Transformer, we recorded the whole thing in 10 days, six hours a day. We recorded the whole thing in 60 hours and it was mixed and that was it.

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[moondough]

R.I.P. Mick Ronson, one of the best rock guitarists ever, and sooooo underrated. But Bowie knows, and Lou knows, and Dylan knows. And based on these comments here, a whole helluva lot of other folks know too!

[toronto55]

Ronson was fundamental to arguably the most musically-important era of Bowie's career.Another great guitarist gone too soon.Saw him in Toronto with Ian Hunter; excellent! Hats off to you,Mick.

[arthurpussy]

@lazyriver2 agree 72 till 75 were bowies best years and who was with him heros was good single but the ziggy album was his best and remember all the best of and compilation albums he put out and we faithful purchased with our hard earned cas back then ?

[arthurpussy]

@GriefTourist mick will live on as long as we play his stuff fine musician

[arthurpussy]

@moondough yes we realise now he was damn good a fine musician

[lens2optic]

mick ronson took bowies demos and turned them into what they are....his arrangements and playing were inspirational.

[GriefTourist]

twats like bush and blair and gene simmons live forever , ppl like ronno die.....isnt that great

[OrochiAngel666]

Ronno was god

[userjoe1020]

The guy was a monster. Different than slick or Fripp, just a whole nother thing going on.

[bozocyclops]

An egotistical dick high on his own anal vapors like Lou Reed isn't fit to shine Mick Ronson's shoes. It's not enough to write great tunes, you have to be a great human being as well.

[kobraxskarlata]

essential

[sjdss]

the loser at the beginning is a dork!