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Rick Payne

About Me

RICK PAYNE is an established acoustic blues guitarist in the UK with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.

As a teacher he has written and facilitated many guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis...
"Impressive blues and slide guitar playing from West country bluesman whose work bears comparison with early Ry Cooder" Daily Telegraph

Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne's performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided the background music to a number of major BBC TV productions, for wildlife programmes on Radio 4 and for BBC World Service. He has also featured on BBC Radio 2 with Nigel Kennedy and appeared live on BBC1 'Holby City'

His mastery of acoustic blues takes him beyond the usual boundaries of blues festivals and clubs. He frequently plays at jazz and folk events and at literature and poetry festivals and has even played the blues at a classical music festival, on stage after the English Symphony Orchestra.

A qualified guitar tutor, Rick passes his skills on to around 150 students per week at schools throughout the South West and at workshops nationwide.
Reviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.

CREDITS
CD ALBUMS
CD Blue River Blues (Roots label Bennett House Recordings California)
CD Live at the Folk house
CD Live at the Dragon Blues Festival
CD Instrumentally Yours
CD The Bridge
CD The Fret Files
CD Sessions
To purchase any of the above click here:
Downloads click here:
Television/Film
Commissioned to compose and perform music for major series e.g.
BBC TV Whickers World
BBC TV Natural World
BBC TV Ray Mears
BBC TV Holby City
BBC TV Regional Points West
Channel 5 Nick's Quest In search of the Polar Bear
Wire TV Sunday Show
Film John Doe and the Anti

Radio includes
BBC Radio 2 (with Nigel Kennedy)
BBC Radio 2 (Paul Jones Show)
BBC Radio 4 (composed/performed music for wildlife programmes)
BBC World Service (regular performances)
BBC Radio Bristol (regular performances)
BBC Radio Gloucester (live performance)
KMVR Nevada City (live performance
Danish Radio (live performance)
Radio Japan
Anna Livia FM Dublin
Gemini Radio

Festivals include
International Stage Colne Cheltenham Literature
Gloucester Blues Farnham Blues
N.Columbia USA Bristol Blues
Aarlborg Denmark Dartmouth Blues
International American Express Norton Park Blues
Trowbridge Folk Devizes Festival
Marlborough Folk Stonehouse Music
Birmingham Jazz Chichester Festival
Cheltenham Music Ribchester Classical Music
Lichfield Winter Crawley (The Hawth) Folk


For more info on Rick including full discography, press, photos, shop and more go to RICK PAYNE ONLINE: WWW.RICKPAYNE.CO.UK

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Member Since: 07/12/2006
Band Website: www.rickpayne.co.uk
Band Members:

Influences: Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder, Blind Willie Johnson
Sounds Like: Rick Payne
Record Label: Independant
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Let's Django

New guitar course by Rick Payne out now!!In Let's Django Rick Payne will share with you many of the Django techniques he has learned on his journey as a guitarist. The exercises and study pieces will ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:37:00 GMT

New album available from Rick Payne

                                                                                                      Rick Payne's new album 'Blue Mambo' is collection of classic instrumentals including 'Misty' and 'A...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:04:00 GMT

Rick Payne courses on Truefire

Rick's Blues In A Day and Folk In A Day is now available from true firehttp://truefire.com/inaday_blues/inadayblues.html  
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:47:00 GMT

Rock In A Day

Rick Payne's latest course 'Rock In A Day' is available now fromwww.rickpayne.co.uk/rockinaday.htm This is the latest in the 'In A Day' courses aimed at beginners who want to get straight into rock gu...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Havant Arts Centre

Rick Payne will be performing at the Havant Arts Centre on friday 12th September. An evening of acoustic folk blues and slide guitar!
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:21:00 GMT

Folk In A Day

New course available now! Folk In A Day - great guitar tuition for beginners.Available now at www.rickpayne.co.uk/coursesshop.htm    
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:05:00 GMT

Rick Payne

   WWW.RICKPAYNE.CO.UK RICK PAYNE is an established acoustic blues guitarist in the UK with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his a...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:44:00 GMT

Rick Payne CDs Courses Books Downloads

Rick Payne CD’s can be bought  at www.rickpayne.co.uk/cdshop2.htm View Rick Payne courses at www.rickpayne.co.uk/coursesshop.htm   
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:51:00 GMT

New CD from Rick Payne - 'Impressions'

Instrumental CD - Impressions' available now at www.rickpayne.co.uk/shop.htm  
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:51:00 GMT

Rick Payne's new course 'Blues In A Day'

New course for beginners of the blues guitar - ’Blues In A Day’ out now at www.rickpayne.co.uk/coursesshop.htm  
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:44:00 GMT