RICHIE KAYE was seen on vaudeville stages in a past life. Composer of "King
Kohoutek," the well-known rock opera about a Utopian sect of rubber farmers
in Ohio who await the return of the comet first seen in 1973, his voice may
be heard in dramatic, industrial and commercial voice-overs (scifi.com, USA
Network, Imvent, Engelhard Corp., etc.). Formerly lead banjo with the
French Foreign Legion Emergency Attack Jazz Squad, Rich plays a DeCava
archtop, sings and has more fun that any adult is supposed to have.
TONY LAVORGNA, formerly with the Dorsey touring bands, plays sax, clarinet, piano and flute on many of these recordings. Tony recently completely an album with Benny Goodman band bass player, Bill Crow.
Influences
Not in order of importance, mind you.
Guitarists
Tal Farlow,
Jim Hall,
Wes Montgomery,
Rick Stone,
Joe Beck,
Barney Kessel,
Ed Bickert,
John McLaughlin,
Terje Rypdal,
Ralph Towner,
George van Eps,
Grant Green,
Bireli Lagrene,
Howard Alden,
Oscar Moore,
Bill Frisell,
Egberto Gismonti,
Paco de Lucia,
Julio Herrlein,
Angelo DeBarre,
Paco de Lucia,
Robert Fripp,
Skunk Baxter,
Billy Bauer,
Tommy Tedesco,
Both Pizzarellis,
Mimi Fox,
Emily Reimler,
Freddie Green,
Cal Collins,
Johnny Smith
Singers
Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Frank Sinatra,
Steve Lawrence,
Judy,
Dick Haymes,
Peggy Lee,
Steve Conway (ask me about him),
Elaine Stritch,
John Raitt,
Bob Goulet,
June Christy,
Jeri Southern,
Pat Suzuki,
Paula West,
Bing,
Hildegarde,
Eydie Gorme,
Anita O'Day,
Vaughn Monroe,
Shirley Bassey,
Keely Smith,
Fats Waller,
Doris Day,
Ann Brown,
Frances Langford,
Bob Eberly,
Fran Warren,
Ginny Simms,
Bea Wain
Comedians and Comic Actors
Curly (woo woo woo),
Nathan Lane,
Buddy Hackett,
Betty Hutton,
Jackie Vernon,
Phyllis Diller,
Benny Hill,
The Unknown Comedian,
Eddie Cantor,
Eugene Levy,
Andy Kaufman,
Jonathan Winters,
Flip Wilson,
Michael Richards,
Mickey Rooney,
Morey Amsterdam,
Harpo,
Dick Shawn,
Joanna Lumley,
Sid Caesar,
Jack E. Leonard,
Allan Sherman,
Henny Youngman,
Tubby Boots,
Totie Fields,
Rowan Atkinson,
Dom Deluise,
Graham Chapman,
Robert Llewellyn
UltraRichie, It's a pleasure and honor to be your friend.
I first found out about Tim Thomson (Flintstones player) from a Fingerstyle Magazine. I think he might have written out the music for Flintstones in that magazine. I think he won first place the International Fingerstyle Guitarist competition one year... in good company with Pete Huttlinger and other fingerstyle soloists.
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Good to hear from you. How's your son's piano playing going? I've got about 20,000 songs on my iPod nowadays, so I just put it on "random play" in the car sometimes. The other day one of his tracks came up and I was thinking how good he sounded before I looked to see who it was (and he was how old? 16 when he recorded that stuff?).
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Thanks for your invitation! I loved your voice and your songs! Great talent! I'm sending positive energy and winds of peace for all your ways! Blessings and Music! Eliane Arthman
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