High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ronald Frank Asheton (July 17, 1948 c. January 6, 2009) was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges. Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Asheton was born in Washington D.C. He already had five years of practice on the accordion behind him when he began playing bass guitar at age 10. Asheton was lead guitarist on the Stooges' first two albums, and later appeared as bassist for their third, Raw Power, when he was replaced in both instrument and songwriting prominence by The Stooges' new guitar player, James Williamson. When the Stooges reformed, however, he once again appeared as the band's guitarist.