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Rick Hirsch

Rick Hirsch

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/21/2006
Band Website: rickhirsch.com
Band Members:

Rick Hirsch: guitars, acoustic piano, synth, electric piano, bass gtr, drum programming; Lon Price: saxophones, flute; Jerry Peterson: alto saxophone; Red Young: acoustic piano, electric piano, B3; Willie Ornelas, John Milham, David White: drums; Chuck Fiore: bass gtr

.. No Regrets can be purchased at CDBaby or iTunes...


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Cover painting - Nina Gigante


Influences: As they randomly surface, Ray Charles, Hank Crawford, David "Fathead" Newman, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Kings (BB, Albert, Freddy), Donny Hathaway, Shirley Horn, Solomon Burke, Lee Dorsey, Alan Toussaint, Fats, Jessie Ed Davis, Gabor Szabo, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, James Burton, Tippy Armsrong, Buzzy Feiten, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Milton Nascimento, Herbie Hancock, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, George Benson, Bud Shank, Sergio Mendez, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams, Sr., Merle Haggard, Henry Mancini, David Foster, Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Ravel, Bach, Mozart. Chopin, Wes Montgomery, Jaco, Picasso, Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Van Morrison, Klee, Gaugin, Miro, Mondrian, Modigiiani, and a hundred others that I can't remember at the moment...
Sounds Like:

Trippy guitar music; some piano pieces as well. Totally self-indulgent, but hopefully seductive listening music.


Record Label: In Sync Music, self
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Two artists

For the last several years I’ve enjoyed the privilege to work as a producer with two great artists who come from very different music genre. I admire both of their talents enormously. Dani L...
Posted by Rick Hirsch on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:55:00 PST

Instrumentality

A few visitors have inquired as to the release of Instrumentality as well as a couple of other questions regarding the songs on the playlist. So, here goes... The CD is still in the mastering process...
Posted by Rick Hirsch on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:34:00 PST

Joan Armatrading vids

These vids are from a concert taking place in Feb. of '79 in Cologne, Germany at an annual festival they have there called Rockpalast. It was the second gig this ensemble played together after two we...
Posted by Rick Hirsch on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:26:00 PST

Tina and Cher perform Country Side Of Life, et al

Cher and Tina Turner Keep On Smilin'. Wet Willie, That's Alright Mama, from Saturday Night In Macon Georgia, 1973 ...
Posted by Rick Hirsch on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:11:00 PST

About Rick H

Is Myspace traded publicly? Probably not. But would venture a guess that one of those mega tech companies (Google?) will own it soon, unless I've already missed that happenstance. It's definitely an i...
Posted by Rick Hirsch on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:42:00 PST