Popular American guitarist, Ron Heathman Has Passed Away

Ron Heathman Death – Dead: Popular American guitarist, Ron Heathman have sadly passed away. Ron was reported to have died yesterday 17 August 2020. His cause of death or what led to his demise is not yet known as at the time of filing this report.

Ron Heathman was a former member of the Supersuckers, an American rock band, formed in 1988, whose music ranges from alternative rock to country rock to cowpunk. AllMusic describes the band as “the bastard sons of Foghat, AC/DC, and ZZ Top after being weaned on punk rock, unafraid of massive guitar riffs, outsized personalities, or pledging allegiance to sex, weed, and Satan with a wink and a nudge. His top five records as a guitarist was
Powerage – AD/DC
Exile On Main Street – Rolling Stones
Still Alive and Well – Johnny Winter
Fandango – ZZ Top
Evil – Howlin’ Wolf

His death was confirmed by legendary guitarist, Rich Jones in a series of tweets he made via his twitter handle.

The tweets reads.. Ah man, really sad to hear about the passing of Ron Heathman. We played a lot of shows with Supersuckers back in the day and Ron was always a really sweet guy and a hell of a player. RIP Rontrose

Ah man, really sad to hear about the passing of Ron Heathman. We played a lot of shows with Supersuckers back in the day and Ron was always a really sweet guy and a hell of a player. RIP Rontrose

— Rich Jones (@richloyalty) August 19, 2020

Tributes Floods Twitter

RIP Ron Heathman of the @SupersuckersRnR. I love the shows we did together and will miss your sweetness and tasty lixx. pic.twitter.com/s3BQLs58Zb

— Brent Oliver (@brentoliver) August 19, 2020

So sad to hear of the passing of guitar great Ron Heathman. His work with the Supersuckers and Hangmen was some of my favorite and I tried to rip off his style at every turn. Rest easy, Rontrose. pic.twitter.com/JmOIF1uO0W

— LIVE MIKE (@MIKEYRAMONE74) August 19, 2020

Heard about Ron “Rontrose” Heathman passing. This one hits hard. Founding member of one of my favorite bands. Here’s a shot of him I grabbed of him when I got to shoot @SupersuckersRnR in 2007. pic.twitter.com/QPfCMQq3o4

— Roscoe P. Soultrain (@basurablanca) August 19, 2020

R.I.P., Ron Heathman of @SupersuckersRnR fame. I interviewed him for my book and found him to be extremely candid and funny. pic.twitter.com/fD93QMtUqH

— Mark Yarm (@markyarm) August 19, 2020

I met Ron Heathman when I was twenty years old. Heartbroken tonight to learn that he’s gone. If Ron’s number showed up on your phone, you needed to block out three hours, minimum. I’ll miss him for sure. pic.twitter.com/7PXK6jm2Bi

— kasey anderson (@leasdef) August 19, 2020

RIP Rontrose Heathman. Saw the Supersuckers shortly after I moved to Denver in the mid-00’s. Talked to Ron before the show and told him I just moved there with only a few hundred $$$ in my pocket. He told me it would work out because I had the attitude. I’d say he was right. #RIP

— Frank Munafo III (@munafoiii) August 19, 2020

If you have known me for a few decades you know I believe the @SupersuckersRnR to be the greatest rock n roll band in the world. Really saddened to hear of the loss of Ron Heathman #RipRontrose

— Rev. Riki Rachtman (@RikiRachtman) August 19, 2020

Few Things You Need To Know About Ron Heathman

Ron Heathman started his career in high school. Played in a couple of bands and then in a band with Eddie and our original drummer in the 80’s called Thai Pink. That morphed into the Black Supersuckers which turned into the Supersuckers.