Here's to sending out HUGE THANK-YOU'S and TONS OF PRAISE to all the wonderful people that lent their time and talents to this latest CD, Where I Come From. First, the CD wouldn't have been possible without the guidance, wisdom and friendship of Jeremy Toback (he also plays a mean-ass bass on the CD, too). The whole psychedelically sonic schebang was produced by the Grandmaster Flash of Sound and Motion: Mr. Herb Graham Jr. (John Cale, Macy Gray). On guitars: Mr. Paul Garrison and Aaron Schier. And on drums: Butch (from The Eels). Thank you, guys. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! YOU CAN ALSO VISIT RICH AT WWW.RICHRANT.COM
Everything from Charles Bukowski to William Faulkner to Pablo Neruda to perhaps even some old drugs still floating around in my system.
HERE'S MY LATEST VIDEO HOT OFF THE PRESS. IT'S FOR A PIECE ENTITLED "WHEN YOU HEAR THIS I HOPE YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT YOU." IT WAS DIRECTED BY THE FANTABULOUS ZAYDE NAQUIB, AND FEATURES THE AWESOMOSITY OF HERWIG MAURER ON GUITAR.
HERE'S MY LATEST VIDEO. IT'S FOR A PIECE CALLED "BUTTERFLY, MOON, BED." THE FOOTAGE WAS SHOT AT THE TOPANGA FILM FESTIVAL (THE "WHAT ABOUT ME" SCREENING). ENJOY!!!
HERE'S ANOTHER SPOKEN WORD/MUSIC VIDEO. IT'S ENTITLED, "MISTAKE." IT WAS DIRECTED BY THE EVER-AMAZING CHRISTOPHER J. BURDICK. IT ALSO FEATURES THE EVER-PATIENT, AND EVER-COOL, ERIN TYLSKI.
Rich Ferguson's latest CD, Where I Come From, can now be purchased at CD Baby. Just follow this link: http://cdbaby.com/cd/richferguson.
Rich Ferguson is a poet with a sound, not the scratch of pencil on paper or the tick of fingertips on plastic, but the sonic of syllables warm and warn rubbing up against trip hop beat and street atmosphere. Imagine Kerouac kissing Massive Attack with a side order of Swordfish Trombone. All this and more can be heard on Richs latest opus, Where I Come From, produced by Herb Graham, Jr (John Cale) with Jeremy Toback (Brad) on bass and Butch (Eels) on drums.
Rich has graced radio stations across the nation, including WBAI, KCRW, KPFK, and World Radio. He has shared the same stage with Bob Holman, Patti Smith, Exene Cervenkova, David Thomas (Pere Ubu), Holly Prado, and many more. He has performed at the Redcat Theater in Disney Hall, the South by Southwest Music Festival, the North By Northwest Music Festival, the Henry Miller Library, Tongue and Groove, and Beyond Baroque. In short, hes been around.
Ferguson will also be a featured performer in the sequel to the cult multi media sensation One Giant Leap, due out in Spring 2007. He has studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg and fiction writing with Aimee Bender and Sid Stebel. In addition, he has been published in the LA TIMES, spotlighted on PBS (Egg: The Art Show), and has released a CD entitled World Without Dogs.
Rich currently resides in LA where he is gathering steam for the Where I Come From world onslaught.
To listen to additional tracks like LA Book Of The Dead And With This Kiss go to Rich's Indie 911 page
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RICH FERGUSON: Where I Come From
Spoken word sing / beat rock talk / trip hop dream
And PLEASE check out the site, http://www.andreirozen.com. Andrei is the photographer that took the cover photo for my CD. Trust me, he's AMAZING.
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Thanks for the friendship and support!!! I know I've been quiet for a while but I'm working on some new stuff so please check out my page in the coming months. One!
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Many thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy the music and message behind it. My mission in life is to fight Human Trafficking. understanding the individual pain of others is sometimes to painful for an other individual to touch and that is frightening ...what i mean is that someone whose life is not traumatized and brutalized as a regular sequence of every day events unconsciously seeks the camouflage and shelter of apathy and banality from the reality of such devastating anguish and terror ...but the spirit of young people who are used as sex slaves in the systematized global industry of human trafficking is now reaching out to the human fellowship in hope and desperation and through technology ...it is scary when humanity turns a blind eye to this horror ...its like ignoring genocide whilst it is happening ...what i am asking is that if you hear the cry of these young people who are existing in an environment of torture and brutality each and every day that you then please do not turn away from them ...please reach deeply into your heart and soul and please in 2009 join a movement or become a part of an event that challenges modern slavery in the 21st century ...
