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Rick Moors

Outliving and Underbidding my Competition!

About Me

Hi, I'm Rick Moors. I'm a working musician, a bass player originally from Kansas City, but living in Los Angeles since 1977. I've played thousands of gigs and basically have done only this for the last 46 years since my first professional gig on drums at age 14.Over the years I've been lucky enough to play, tour or record with many great musicians and have been able to benefit from years of exposure to many different musical styles. I currently average about 200 gigs a year in the Los Angeles area with a bunch of groups like The Bonedaddys, Conjunto Jardin, Urban Dread, Bill Lynch and the Midwestern Icons, Alfred Johnson, Quetzalcoatl, and Unkle Monkey.In the past, I've played bass for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Mary Wells, Oleta Adams, Charles Brown, Frankie Laine, Robby Krieger, Sonny Bono, Ike Turner, Combonation, Word of Mouth and a whole slew of others. I've been able to count great session players like James Gadson, Dean Parks, Alex Acuna, Tiki Pasillas, Luis Conte, Bill Lynch, Juke Logan and Mike Finnigan as bandmates or recording collaborators.I'm enjoying being a lucky guy who can make a living doing what I consider to be fun. I'm looking forward to another few decades of the same.Be sure to check my blog for details on upcoming gigs, and general musical trivia.Thanks, and see you at the gig!Rick

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2008
Band Members: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUECQe4jPA
Influences: James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Paul Jackson, George Porter, Aston Barrett, Jaco, Michel Alibo, Luis Angel Pastor, Luis Felipe Gonzalez
Record Label: Combo Tempo / Trova
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

All we need is a drummer (for people in need of beat)

Well, you've thrown down the gauntlet (or wallet, as it were) and caught me home on a night with a toothache, so this will be a great little short project to take my mind off it.This is a very short l...
Posted by Rick Moors on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:15:00 PST

Surviving and thriving as a working musician

When I was a young musician working in Kansas City if you wanted to get paid you either had to do Top 40 or Jazz casuals. Learning both these styles served as a springboard to get more work, and also ...
Posted by Rick Moors on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:25:00 PST

Bye, Bo

I'm posting this with hopefully the blessings of founding Bonedaddy member Paul Laques. A fitting tribute to Bo I think, and also a brief history of The Bonedaddys and Bo's relationship.Bye Bo Diddle...
Posted by Rick Moors on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:43:00 PST

About these tracks

Don't shoot me, I'm only the bass player!! I'd like to thank my friends for allowing me to post these tracks on which I've played bass. I'm proud of each of these great groups or artists and hope to...
Posted by Rick Moors on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:20:00 PST

Memorable quotes from the road

"Always take your wallet onstage."(Mike Tempo, leader of the Bonedaddys, when asked in a radio interview if he had any advice for young touring musicians)The wit and wisdom of Will McCrae, Bonedaddys ...
Posted by Rick Moors on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:36:00 PST

Reviews of "Waterslide", the new Bonedaddys CD

The Bonedaddys, waterslide (ComboTempo, 2007) - Based in Los Angeles, these guys sent me their CD last year to check out; and I'm glad they did. Not all of it is New Orleans-influenced, but the some t...
Posted by Rick Moors on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:38:00 PST

Upcoming Gig Details

Latin music afficionados, take note - The awesome Conjunto Jardin will be having a CD release gig at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica on Friday, June 13th, location is 1026 Wilshire in Santa Monica. We...
Posted by Rick Moors on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:20:00 PST

The ten best things about playing in a Reggae band:

1. When you get on stage after a 45 minute break, the club owner is pleasantly surprised.2. Finding medical marijuana in the tip jar3. Hearing the sub drummer shout "Where's three?" when he gets lost....
Posted by Rick Moors on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:47:00 PST

Revised song titles for geriatric rockers

With time to kill in the dressing room, some of the Bonedaddys got this one going and have added to it from time to time.Not that we're geriatric mind you. We are all exactly 29 years old, what are t...
Posted by Rick Moors on Sat, 31 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

Will play bass for food

On second thought, forget the food, just give me money and I'll use it to buy food.Here's the deal, you send me an MP3 of your song, minus bass, and I'll dump it into Digital Performer and add a bass ...
Posted by Rick Moors on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:17:00 PST