Rick Anthony- guitar, voice, bass, piano, broken violin, beaters, shakers, ocarina, glockenspiel, melodica...
With occasional help from- Jo Anthony- warbles
Influences
Tom Waits, Will Oldham, Mark Lanegan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Angels of Light, Bill Callahan, Alasdair Roberts, Faith No More, Dirty Three and Mick Turner, Sam Cooke, Nick Cave, Nina Nastasia, Frank Sinatra, John Cale, Brian Eno, Townes Van Zandt, Kate Bush, Blind Willie Johnson, Cormac McCarthy, Black Sabbath, TC Boyle, Akron Family, Alasdair Gray and a whole heap of other stuff that I like to read and listen to and some more stuff that I've seen with my eyes and other stuff that's harder to explain...
One sixth of Glasgow rock outfit The Phantom Band and sometime player with David Scott's Early Songs, I have been playing music since I was a wee boy growing up deep in the Aberdeenshire wilderness. In 2005, with the aid of some toy instruments and a broken violin, I made the concerted effort to begin writing and recording more of my own songs. I made my live solo debut early in 2006 and assumed the pseudonym Rick Redbeard which I stole from a pirate.
One day I aim to live in a hut in the hills and communicate with the world through smoke signals and bird calls, but for now I use words and the odd song or two. Sometimes I perform them in bars. Maybe you'll see me one day and say hya...
2's UP, it's ma fuckin birthday... Free Limited Edition Print (1/50) and an 80min mix cd (1/150) to the earliest arrivals...
NOTE THAT WE ARE STARTING AT 9 THIS MONTH, TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE TREMOLO BEER GUT (all the way from Denmark) AND BIG NED (all the way from the black lodge).
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4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to
the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in
early 2010.
Such beautiful songs! Especially like Dreams of the Trees - the "neither are you" line makes me smile. Are they on CD or in any other form I can get my paws on please?
Dear Friend I haven't heard from you in a while. I invite you to stop by the site and take a look around. I've added pictures of our Grand Canyon Shows.Drop by and leave a comment! Jeff
Aright man! Notice your band are playing Aberdeen in November. Looks like things are going great for you guys. I may have to pop along and check "yous" out!
Hi, just stopping by to let you know about a couple of gigs we're doing this weekend. Also come and listen to our album tracks, click the flyer below. x
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Thanks x. Two great gigs in April at The Captains Rest:
FREE GIG this Wednesday (15th) with WAKE THE PRESIDENT and PETER PARKER Doors 8. 30pm
and on Friday the 24th - Silence...4! With new Fat Cat Records signing TOM BROSSEAU and support from current King Tut’s artist of the month THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY and DOUG MACGREGOR.
Hi Mr.Beard, how's it going? Been reading about (and listening to) The Phantom Band stuff a lot, most interesting place being in a magazine in Berlin where they described you as krautrock. What a compliment! Still hoping to hear some more redbeard tunes in the future, though i know all too well the pain of solo songwriting/recording
