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Rick Shea
Country / Southern Rock



LOS ANGELES, California
United States

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Member Since4/13/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.rickshea.com
InfluencesShea hails from the gritty end of Route 66 in San Bernardino . The place used to be known for its sprawling honky-tonk scene, and he soaked up the local ambiance and took it to heart. Shea started out playing folk on the coffeehouse circuit before gravitating to the country scene as a sideman. This on-the-job education translated into a solo career that's produced five albums and countless gigs at venues and festivals all over the country. He's received rave reviews for his songwriting and playing and is hailed as a honky-tonk storyteller. But this is honky-tonk with attitude.
Sounds LikeAs a sideman, Shea has worked with everyone from roots rock kingpin Dave Alvin to folk chanteuse Katy Moffatt to indie rock legends R.E.M. As a member of Dave Alvins band, The Guilty Men, Rick toured the U.S. and Europe for 6 years as an opener and multi-instrumental sideman, playing everywhere from Hollywood to Austin to Madison Square Garden and played on all of Daves albums during that time including the Grammy winning Public Domain.
Record LabelTres Pescadores
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 10 2009 6:00P
Claremont Friday Nights Live Rick Shea solo acoustic Claremont, California
Jul 19 2009 8:00P
Boulevard Music Summer Festival - Veterans Park Culver City, California
Aug 5 2009 3:00P
w/Goin South Orange County Fair-August 5 - 9 Costa Mesa, California

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For me the story comes first, the musical setting follows and an acoustic guitar seems like a good place to start, but sometimes you do need to plug in the Telecaster and put a little grit on things. Ive always liked the analogy that your songs are kind of like your children and for me I guess that means a few of mine may need to go to reform school. 60 miles east of Los Angeles where the urban sprawl starts to thin out and the desert starts to take over sits the old railroad town of San Bernardino. In 1978 when Rick Shea was growing up there, dozens of honky-tonks and truck stop bars still lined the outskirts, tough places where the remnants of Californias golden age of country music still drifted through like the hot winds. I started playing folk and coffeehouse gigs after high school and sort of fell into the country music scene...as a sideman and a singer I worked 6 - 7 nights a week. It was rough sometimes but a good education, thats where I first heard a lot of those old songs - Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell and Buck Owens - every night. Shea has managed to parlay that tough but real education into a successful career as a solo artist, with five critically acclaimed albums and appearances at the Strawberry Festival, the Tucson Folk Festival, the Canmore Folk Festival, the Freight and Salvage, McCabes and many of the other folk, rock and acoustic venues in California and the West.

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peggy





Jul 9 2009 3:08 PM

Kenny Newberry alerted me to your tunes and I am so glad he did!!!
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Jul 8 2009 5:28 PM

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Jul 8 2009 4:25 PM

Hey, thanks for the add! Hope you are doing great!
Mark
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Those Darlins





Jul 7 2009 10:58 PM

Claremont Friday Nights Live





Jul 7 2009 4:06 PM

RICK SHEA this Friday at Claremont's Friday Nights Live! No better way to spend a summer evening than listening to Rick under the stars. Where: the Public Plaza at the Laemmle Theater. When: 6-9 pm. Cost: FREE!
Kenny Newberry





Jul 6 2009 9:55 PM

Just discovered "Trouble and Me". How did I not know about this one? Oh well, I've got it now and I love it. Thanks for the great music my friend.
Blind Pony





Jul 2 2009 10:30 PM

Rick,
We're playing the Echo this Sunday July 5 at 530.
Hope you can make it.
--Kent
Kenny Newberry





Jul 2 2009 2:16 PM

Love the new video. You're a great artist Rick. Thanks for the good music.
Mark





Jul 2 2009 2:18 AM

Looking forward to seeing you at the Boulevard Music Summer Festival! Hope you have some new CDs available. The new cuts here sound are great!
Redd Stewart





Jun 25 2009 3:03 PM

We're glad to include you amongst our friends, Rick!
Billy & Sharon (Stewart) - Redd's youngest son
www.billystewart.com
DARRIN STOUT





Jun 25 2009 7:25 AM

Rick,
Sounding good as always..Swing by for a beer if your in town..


DARRIN STOUT / CLANCYS PUB Rockabilly Blues X
Vic Koler





Jun 25 2009 3:28 AM

Hey Rick,

Just heard the pre-release of your new CD, "Shelter Valley Blues." It just keeps getting better and better!

Peace bro,

Vic
Kathy





Jun 24 2009 9:20 PM

Hey,Rick!
wanted to hear some of your"AWESOME" Acoustics..I DO Love the Acoustic Guitar!! and Yours' is Great:)Hope your Week has been a Good one so far, and the rest,will be Great...
:)(:
Ray Doyle





Jun 8 2009 3:10 PM

Howdy Rick,
As you can see, I'm finally gettin' the hang of this here interweb thang! Who knows...maybe I'll be twitterin' before long!
Thirsty Thursdays





Jun 5 2009 7:42 PM

The Peppermint Apes





Jun 5 2009 4:43 PM

Hi dude!
Captain Storm





Jun 2 2009 10:37 AM

Hello Rick
Welcome to our circle of friends
Thanks a lot for adding us
Congratulations for your myspace page
Feel free to listen to our songs
Greetings from Paris
JM

Captain Storm Concert acoustique samedi 6 juin 2009 à 20h
(première partie de Bang Everything That Moves)
Au Continental Café
69, bd de Strasbourg
Métro Strasbourg-Saint-Denis
Entrée libre, possibilité restauration sur place

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Puis on fait tourner le juin :

A l’OXFORD à Béthune
Le 13 juin à 21 h
129, bd Jean-Moulin

Au Royal à Barbizon (77)
Dimanche 21 juin à 15 h 30
50, Grand-Rue

Aux Pierres qui Roulent
Samedi 27 juin 2009 à 20 h
Entrée libre
25, avenue Corentin-Cariou 75019 Paris M° La Villette

rizorkestra one-man-folk-roots-blues-band





May 29 2009 1:49 AM

"...keepin' music real down-home for y'all..."

live in santa cruz...
"grandma-grandma (does your dog bite?)"



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THE BELIEVERS





May 27 2009 4:08 PM

in L.A. this week:
5/28 - Coffee Gallery Backstage in Altadena.
5/31 - The Grand Ole Echo @ the Echo.
Lucky You!

Kenny Newberry





May 25 2009 2:21 PM

Hey Rick, you were great with Heather at Pappy & Harriet's this weekend. Big tone and hot licks. What a guitar player you are. Thanks for being there.
Those Darlins





May 22 2009 7:21 PM

Kathy





Apr 30 2009 2:15 PM

Hey Rick,
Came by showing love
and Support for You
and Your Music!
Love your Music,Vocals and Lyrics.
"If Leavin' was a Fast Train"
Great Song,like the beat...
"Have a Great Day" (:
Crystal McKee





Apr 23 2009 5:07 PM

Thanks for being friends!

-Crystal :0)
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Apr 6 2009 10:35 AM

Best wishes from England

Thanks for the add

Your music's cool

Love & Twangs

Copperhead


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MR. RICHARD





Apr 5 2009 4:11 PM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY hey & ALWAYZ "thanx", FOR THE most gracious ADD.....

GREATest RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK .......

ROCK ON !!!

MR.
RICHARD
HOPE YOU TOOK A PIX OF ROY'S TELE ....
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