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WayneRichard

FUNK-ROCK-JAZZ-BLUES-R&B-GOSPEL-FOLK-CARIBBEAN-GTR

About Me

Would have never thought any of this was going to happen for me. God is good and despite many obstacles starting way back before my birth and throughout my life he has been with me every step of the way. I play guitar, bass, and make musical sounds with other items sometimes even with other humans-lol. I educate youth through music and social studies in Boston, Mass. and have worked with a few local bands like The Bello Project, Serious Bizness with Webster Roach, Steady Pressure with Joe Davis jr, The Ray Greene Band, The Neon Soul Collective down in Providence, Rhode Island at the Blackrep(you can hear me playing with them on their Myspace page too!), and the Walter Beasley Band on the road.Over the years I've had the pleasure of performing/recording, (*or opening/closing for*) with many local and national acts such as Freda Battle, Yolanda Adams, Clarence Powell, Clarence Thomson Sr. and the New Spirits, Parkes Stewart, Maurice Starr, Andre Ward, Walter Beasley, Unek Aproach, FirstClass w/Concetta, Soul of Boston, Stardust, Moonglow, Marcus Roberts, *Doc Powell, Roberta Flack, Smokie Norful, Norman Brown, Paul Jackson Jr., Dave Dyson, Marcus Johnson, Commisioned, Kiki Sheard, J. Moss, Rachelle Farrell, Marion Meadows, Patti Austin, Keiko Matsui, Gerald Albright, Larry Carlton, Bob James, Nathan East, Harvey Mason, Brian McKnight, etc*. When time allows I compose and create musical ideas also.

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Louie Bello 2nd Live Performance on Fox 25With Walt at Sculler's in Boston

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/15/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/waynerichardjones
Band Members: Just me for now. I could list a dream band comprised of the many great musicians I've worked with and would call for projects, but you can see them on my friendslist in my basic profile-lol! ALSO CHECKOUT www.campbellamericanguitars.com they make the Precix which is the baddest little axe out there right now! Go to the site and click on PLAYERS and find my name, click it and come right back here!lol....
Influences: I love music in all forms and styles. I don't prefer one over the the other but these are just some of the artists who have infuenced me or that I lean toward the most: fred hammond, freda battle and all her groups, jonathan dubose, most gospel, beatles, hendrix, elmore james, prince, the time, david bowie, elton john, talking heads, parliament funkadelic, roy ayers, miles davis, george benson, wes montgomery, grant green, joe satriani, greg howe, tony mcalpine, lee ritenour, larry carlton, jef lee johnson, jesse johnson, doobie bros, allman bros, eagles, scott henderson, roy clark, joe pass, hiram bullock, Walter Beasley (the best singer/saxophonist I know), all the wonderful local bands like Usual Suspecks, NeonSoul Collective, Sirius Bizness, Herman Johnson, Rollins Ross and Soulsource and I know I've left out over half of my favorites. I apologize because there many more.
Sounds Like: A guy trying to play everything he possibly can on guitar and influenced by many great musicians, but yet still sounds like WayneRichard-a guy who gets called mostly for Smooth Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Funk, Rock, Pop Electric/Acoustic guitar.
Record Label: WRJ Enterprises
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

American Family Values vs. Families/Education/Military

as we prepare children to go back to school and those of us who work with them jump back into the flow, some thoughts occurred to me. As a society we have advanced from families spending time together...
Posted by WayneRichard on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:17:00 PST

Serious blog........

Blogging about Myspace today. I'm very thankful for the opportunities that this networking vehicle affords us. I have met a few great musicians here and found ways to contact others who I'd fallen out...
Posted by WayneRichard on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:28:00 PST

I don’t usually do this, but....

well I figured it's about time to try it again. I I posted something nonsensical and even vented about something once on my personal page, but this is my first time since then and it's my music page. ...
Posted by WayneRichard on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:33:00 PST