Member Since: 10/10/2005
Band Website: cdbaby.com/richietherishi
Band Members:THE SHIVA ZOO:
Richie the Rishi: Electric Sitar
Randy Roberts: Tabla
"Rainy" Matthew Coate: Laptop and guitar
Dan Eastman: saz, bongos, kalimba, djembe, drumset
SOLO WORKS:
I play everything on my albums mostly, although I'd like to thank the other contributors, Dan Eastman (percussion, accordion, kalimba) Randy Roberts (tabla, drums), Kevin K-2 Audio man (drums), Theo Kerr (lyrics, djembe), Carl Palmer (Udu and video work), Micki Cain (vocals), Devendra Kaushik (tabla), and Karmi (cello), for their help on "Sacrifice", "Immerse Yourself", "Udu Nights", "Divine Countenance", "Kalimba Dance", and the various versions of "Heart of Creation".
CLICK HERE TO HEAR, AND DOWNLOAD, MORE RICHIE THE RISHI:
one more thing...
here are links to download some hour long interviews with me from www.Artistfirst.com , they are hilarious! Just right-click the links and select "save target as" to download them to your computer!
Nov. 21 Show
Dec. 12 Show Part 1
Dec. 12 Show Part 2
Jan 9 2007
also check out the archives at Artistfirst to hear other artists' interviews:
ArtistFirst Archives Page
PHOTOS!
Thank you to Carl Palmer (The UDU GURU) for playing UDU and producing the sweet video below. You Rock dude!
UDU NIGHTS
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Influences: The Most High Jah , Ravi Shankar , George Harrison, Beck, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix , Richie Havens,The Flaming Lips, Fiona Apple, Ani Defranco, Bob Marley, John Cage, John Zorn, Dj Krush, Dose One, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Twinhooker, John Mclaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Baaba Maal, Djembe playing madmen in athens ohio, Midnite, Theodore Kerr, The Rememberings, My mom, Greg Brown, Leonard Cohen, My wonderful music teachers: Michael Vahila, Ali Akbar Khan, Shekhar Bhorkar, and Dr. Mark Phillips, Nick Vandenburg, Mary Jane, Mary Magdalen, Kafka, Jesus , Buddha, Krishna, Allah, Ras Tafari, Shiva, Vishnu, Kali , Ghandi , Dr. Martin Luther King , Nietzsche , Kirkegaard , Aldous Huxley, The prophets, Meera Bharat, Ben julie nele mateus fabiola and alberto, i love you forever, all my friends on this crazy journey through life, they've taught me so much, my father, artistfirst.com, yoko and steph, hearts get broken everyday, i guess jewel is now officially one too, Nirvana, paranirvana Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Metallica, Tricky, The 90s, Yoga, addiction, passion, love, Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Cream, madness, devotion, John Lennon, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan , The White Album, Muse, Faris Azem, Johnny Cash, rebels, iconoclasts, lovers, poets, musicians and addicts i have known. "It's hard Not to Give when you got it, your gifts will always weigh upon your soul"
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