The Speed Of Sound

Recently remastered by Ronnie Montrose, the guitarist's 1988 instrumental album The Speed Of Sound is one of his fan favorites, and one of his personal instrumental favorites as well. Montrose remembers, "I did The Speed Of Sound with the well-wishes of Bill Hein and with his encouragement which was great because he really didn't want anything other than a good instrumental guitar album. We had done the "Mean" album and Hein, kind of as an extension of good will, said, "Listen, just go make me a definitive guitar album". I had a budget for it, the timing was right and I got one of my favorite drummers around, Johnny Badanjek, who played with the original Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels on allof those wonderful hits they did. The basic band was the trio of me, Johnny B. and Glenn Letsch. I just had such a great time!. It was a really fun album. I was pleased with the work that I did on it and the inspiration was really there for me."