Gov't Mule, Duck Dunn, James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Alphosono Johnson, Alice in Chains,The Sonics, Jaco, Pink Floyd, The Daily Flash, Buffalo Springfield, Zombies, Roky Erikson, Dick Dale, The Who, Booker T. & the m.g's, Col. Bruce Hampton & Aquarium Rescue Unit, Joe Osborn, Led Zepplin, Love, Flo & Eddie, Nokie Edwards, Aynsley Dunbar,......The Rutles
A former student of L.A studio BASS LEGEND CAROL KAYE , Richard, Born and raised in Seattle Washington, and Santa Cruz Calif., has more than 20 years in the music field as a performer and Bass instructor, Touring the U.S. Europe and Canada , USO tours, Concerts, also playing with "THE COASTERS" 50's-60's band (poison Ivy,charlie brown,etc) he's been giving lessons at BASS NORTHWEST in Seattle since 1994, has been nominated 3 times best bass player by "THE WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY", ............... Richard has been on the bill with: HEART, DAVE MATHEWS BAND, TOWER OF POWER, JOHNNY WINTER, ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS, MOBY GRAPE, BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, ROBERT CRAY BAND, CHAMBERS BROS, STEPPENWOLF, GATEMOUTH BROWN, LONG JOHN BALDRY, NORTON BUFFALO, CLIFTON CHENIER, LES DUDEK (solo/allman bros./boz scaggs/cher), CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, STONEGROUND (beau brummels/hot tuna), ROBBEN FORD, JEREMY SPENCER (fleetwood mac), RODNEY CROWELL, THE DILLARDS, JOHN HARTFORD, SON SEALS, QUEEN IDA, RANDY HANSEN and others
Some Musicians Played/Recorded with or had them sit in with his bands are:........................... STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, DENNY LAINE (moody blues, paul mcCartney and wings), STEVE MARRIOTT (small faces,/humble pie), STEVE LUKATHER (toto), LEE OSKER (war), JERRY MILLER & DON STEVENSON (moby grape), SAM ANDREW (big brother & the holding co.), DANNY HULL (doobie bros. 7 yrs /eddie money/journey), PETE DEPOE(redbone), RIC ULSKY (the association/chuck berry), LARRY RUST(iron butterfly), EDDIE DURAWA 2x "grammy winner"
( sir douglas quintet/texas tornados/delbert mcClinton), AL PERKINS (souther-hillman-furay
band/manassas/steve stills), MATT CAMERON (soundgarden/ pearl jam), JEFF SIMMONDS
(frank zappa & the mothers), CAROL KAYE, TONY COLEMAN (drummer 13 yrs w/b.b.king band), RANDY HANSEN (jimi hendrix tribute artist), JEFF KATHAN (drummer 12 yrs w/paul rodgers band), STEVE GUNNER (creedence clearwater revisited), HOLY MODEL ROUNDERS
(ex-fugs), TOM MURPHY (robert cray band), ROBERT ZUCKERMAN (cold blood), RUBEN VALTIERRA (weird al yankovic), JOHNNY CRAVIOTTO (the ducks w/neil young/ ry cooder/arlo guthrie/drum maker), DICK YOUNT (harpers's bizarre), MICHAEL BEEN (the call/ h.p. lovecraft), ROGER FISHER (heart), KATHI McDONALD (rolling stones/quicksilver messenger service/big brother and the holding co/leon russell/long john baldry), JIM VALLEY (paul revere & the raiders, don & the goodtimes, the viceroys), BARRY CURTIS (the kingsmen) of louie louie fame, MERRILEE RUSH (angel of the morning), NANCY CLAIRE (ventures/dynamics/viceroys/frantics), BOB BROZMAN, JEFF BLACKBURN (the ducks w/neil young), DALLAS HODGE (canned heat), GUITAR SHORTY, CLIFFORD COULTER (bill withers), HOWARD DUMBLE (guitar amp builder)......... Richard was also a member of "RICK DEL CASTILLO" BAND now doing great things out of Austin Texas as: DEL CASTILLO, and in las vegas with "THE DENNY LAINE BAND" (moody blues /wings w/paul mccartney)
A few Seattle bands Richard has played with : DUFFY BISHOP, FREDDY PINK AND THE HIGHTOPS, NEW BLUES BROTHERS, SCOTT ROSBURG BAND (striker/randy hansen), TIM TURNER BAND (child), ONE EYED JACK, CHARLES WHITE BAND, THE PUDDLE JUMPERS, TENNIS SHOE REVIEW (louie & the rockets), BUFFALO CLANCY, GOOD BLESSING, WOLF TUCKER/ HOME COOKIN', BRIAN ANDREWS (elvis show), RICK DEL CASTILLO BAND, DAVID BREWER, PLAY IT AGAIN S.A.M. (w/members from: the sonics /dynamics/springfield rifle/merrilee rush), SEATTLE WOMEN IN RHYTHM & BLUES, THE RED HOT BLUES SISTERS............. Santa Cruz bands: J.B.& THE NIGHTSHIFT, ONE EYED JACK, LOUIS & CLARK, DAVE STOGNER (western swing fiddle great), SKIP TOWNE & THE CITY LIMITS
Richard has also worked as stage crew/bass tech concerts with: PAUL RODGERS, STYX, TED NUGENT, JOAN JETT, EDGAR WINTER, NIGHT RANGER, STARSHIP w/ MICKEY THOMAS, RICK DERRINGER, JOHN WAITE, THE FIXX, HEAD EAST, RANDY BACHMAN, MONTROSE, WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, TOMMY JAMES, THE GRASSROOTS, PETER NOONE /HERMAN'S's HERMITS, THE BUCKINGHAMS, MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS, CHAD AND JEREMY, DOUG KERSHAW
RICHARD WHERE DID WE PLAY TOGETHER AT.. PEACE AND POWER TO THE PEOPLE.. PETE LAST WALKING BEAR DEPOE.. --------------------- 5 -----------------------------..
Hi, i love music as you can see on my page :-)
I wrote the biography about Janis Joplins first band , they are great musicians and good friends. I play the guitar a bit and love it.
Hi Im going to be in your area soon. Im writing a new book about tje cool people I meet on the road. We should throw a small party together. If you want to hang out ,message me at my other site here www. myspace. com/toohotforfizzle We dont read the messages at the circus site.There are too many there and hard to manage jim
Were you at ROCK STAR REUNION with Roger Fisher and friends? Rog and I did "Come Softly To Me" (Alan White percussion), after I did "Autumn Gold" solo (vox/keys).
After spending 3-1/2 years in writing recording and production, GRETCHEN'S SWEET SIXTEEN (SUITE 16) is now among the BILLBOARD CRITICS' PICKS for 10 BEST ALBUMS of 2007. Time to tour plus do some casinos, etc. Are you interested? If so, please take a listen to sound clips at GoldCupMusic(dot com) and let me know.
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