Glenn Letsch
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Glenn Letsch, is an American
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 bass guitarist. He was in a Los Angeles band with Mitchell Froom
Mitchell Froom
-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...

 called "Bullet Park" . After Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose, is an Amercian rock guitarist who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, The Beau Brummels, Boz Scaggs, Beaver & Krause, Gary Wright, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Dan Hartman, Edgar...

 produced their demo, he asked Letsch to join his band Gamma
Gamma (band)
Gamma was a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose and singer Davey Pattison in San Francisco in 1979. They released four albums: Gamma 1 in 1979, Gamma 2 in 1980, Gamma 3 in 1982 and Gamma 4 in 2000...

, where Letsch became friends with singer Davey Pattison
Davey Pattison
Davey Pattison is a San Francisco Bay Area based rock vocalist. Pattison recorded his first music in 1969, and his career took off after arrival in the United States in 1979, on invitation from Bill Graham, to front the band Gamma, formed by Bay Area guitarist Ronnie Montrose."I'd given up all...

. When Gamma disbanded in 1982, Pattison became Robin Trower
Robin Trower
Robin Leonard Trower , known professionally as Robin Trower, is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio.-Biography:...

's principal vocalist and Letsch continued with several of Ronnie Montrose projects and session work including playing bass on Sims
SIMS
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 computer games. He joined Trower's touring band in 2008 reuniting with Pattison.

Discography

  • Gamma - Gamma 2
    Gamma 2
    On Gamma's second disc, Ronnie Montrose keeps his streak of not having the same personnel on two albums in a row, changing the line-up once again. Davey Pattison , Ronnie Montrose , and Jim Alcivar remain from Gamma 1...

    (1980)
  • Gamma - Gamma 3
    Gamma 3
    - Track listing :# "What's Gone Is Gone" - 5:30# "Right the First Time" - 3:47# "Moving Violation" - 3:36# "Mobile Devotion" - 6:34...

    (1982)
  • Montrose - Mean
    Mean (Montrose album)
    Mean is the fifth album by the band Montrose. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.Singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak had previously played together in the line-up of the glam metal band Buster Brown that played on the second Buster Brown album Sign Of...

    (1987)
  • Various Artists (Ronnie Montrose) - Guitar Speak
    I.R.S. No Speak
    I.R.S. No Speak was an instrumental-only imprint of the I.R.S. Records record label, founded by Miles Copeland III in January 1988. Inspired by the success of Peter Baumann's Private Music, Windham Hill Records and Capitol Records Cinema Records, Copeland wanted to feature some of the many...

    (1988) "Blood Alley 152"
  • Ronnie Montrose - The Speed Of Sound
    The Speed of Sound (album)
    The Speed of Sound is a 1988 all instrumental album by Ronnie Montrose and in 1997 said that it was his favorite instrumental disc he had done so far...

    (1988)
  • New Frontier - New Frontier (1988)
  • Jonathan Cain
    Jonathan Cain
    Jonathan Cain is an American musician, best known for his work with The Babys, Journey and Bad English.-Early life:...

     - Back to the Innocence (1995)
  • Gamma - Gamma 4
    Gamma 4(album)
    Gamma's fourth disc was originally released on Ronnie Montrose's own label, RoMoCo, in 2000. In 2005, it was rereleased by Wounded Bird Records.-Track listing:# "Darkness to Light" - 5:35# "Love Will Find You" - 4:18...

    (2000)
  • Guitar Shorty
    Guitar Shorty
    Guitar Shorty is an American blues guitarist. He is well known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics. Billboard magazine said, “his galvanizing guitar work defines modern, top-of-the-line blues-rock. His vocals remain as forceful as ever...

     - I Go Wild!
    I Go Wild!
    I Go Wild! is the sixth studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty . The album was recorded in April 2001 and released later that year on October 23 on CD by the label Evidence...

    (2001)
  • Johnny Colla
    Johnny Colla
    Johnny Colla is one of the founding members of the American rock band, Huey Lewis and the News. He is the guitarist and saxophonist. He has been heavily involved in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for more than 25 years.-Brief history:The first bands that Colla was involved with were the...

    - Lucky Devil (2003)

External links

Discography []

Glenn Letsch interview http://www.anti-m.com/montrose/tenq_glenn.htm

Glenn Letsch web page http://glennletsch.com/
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