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Mr. Richard

Kids Gotta Rock!

About Me

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Stolen from my family by Gypsies while a child because I can clap with one hand, they taught me to play guitar and dance for spare change. Upon adulthood I escaped and was for many years a stock analyst on Wall Street. During a power lunch one day at the Waldorf, I was visited by a holographic technicolor epiphany: the ghost of Gram Parsons informed me that the children of our land were in dire need of rocking, and that only something akin to Webb Wilder fronting the Raspberries would save them. Thus, my life was born anew and my mission lay before me...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/1/2006
Band Website: mrrichard.net
Band Members: Richard Peeples: guitar, vocals, bass, harmonica, clanky things-- Jimbo Mathus: slide guitar, slide trombone, slide mandolin, rattly things-- Matt McWhirter: piano, organ, drums, bass, snappy things-- Brady Warren: guitar, stomping, resonating things--Olga: backing vocals, violin, washboard, bangy things.....Now please call XM KiDS at 1.866.328.2345 and ask them to play some of it!
Influences: "Picture Book", The Kinks; "Lydia The Tatooed Lady", Groucho Marx; "Pieholden Suite", Wilco; "Bright Side Of Life", Monty Python; "Head Over Heels", The Go-Go's; "The Tiber Twist", Henry Mancini; "Color Me Impressed", The Replacements; "I Wanna Be Like You", Louis Prima; "Hello Walls", Faron Young; "I Am A Scientist", Guided By Voices; "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park", Tom Lehrer; "Sha-Sha", Ben Kweller; "Universal Trendsetter", Young Fresh Fellows
Sounds Like: Todd Snider playing a kindergarten gig
Record Label: 219 Records
Type of Label: Indie