Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: rickspreitzer.com
Band Members: The Rick Spreitzer Trio has lately become a One More-O and consists of
Kevin Edwards (and his Martin arsenal) 1990's Martin 000-28 and a 1970's D-35 cannon. JD Wilson: Tacoma mandolin, Regal dobro, Guild Mark-series classical and any number of Guild acoustics. Angelo Melendez on a bumble bee yellow Fender electric and Michael Kelly acoustic fretless bass. Me: Montana-built Gibson J-45 (with a K&K Pure Western pick up, Composite Acoustics Performer GX, Godin Multiac Nylon SA, Godin LGX-SA and a Larrivee rosewood parlor.
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******************************ARTIST ENDORSMENTS:K&K Sound Artist of the Month June 2008.Product endorsements include: Composite Acoustics (www.compositeacoustics.com), Godin Guitars (www.godinguitars.com), K&K Pick ups (www.kksound.com). I also support and endorse Mullis Music (www.mullismusic.com) and guitar repair/set up by the talented and honest, Pat Walters.****************************************************
***************************************Aside from ensemble shows with Kevin, JD and Angelo, I'm also involved in a series of "Trading Songs" gigs with the likes of Michael Reno Harrell, David Childers, Lenny Federal, Chris Cook, Terry Clarke, Mike Strauss, Tom Eure, Mike Orlando, Trip Rogers, Blaine and Leah Howard, Billy Jones, Kate Minogue, Steve Simpson, Heidi Sidelinker, Herschel Browne and others.It's been a fun ride so far...
Influences: Woody Guthrie, Loudon Wainwright III, Guy Clark, Norman Blake, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Utah Phillips, David Childers, Malcolm Holcombe, Michael Reno Harrell, Mike Strauss, Nick Drake, Hank Williams Sr., Muddy Waters, Ali Farke Toure, Vic Chesnutt, Nels Anders, Tim O'Brien, Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Morrissey, Snake Chapman, Alex Hall, Neil Young, Eric Andersen, Johnny Cash, Al Grierson, Tom Paxton, old J. Geils Band, the Nighthawks, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Carl Jung, Black Elk, those who walked the Trail of Tears, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemmingway, Carl Sandburg, Hunter S. Thompson, B. Kliban, anyone who's ever worked harder with their hands than their mouth, those who suffer with mental illness, my dogs Bialy and Amber, the late great Willie the cat, the almost invisible kindnesses found in chance meetings and the smiles of strangers, murder ballads, old time music, unadulterated blues, old tools, young fools, puppies feet, missing teeth, crotchety old men and that ever-shifting ether that gets young fools in trouble and makes old fools write songs.
Sounds Like: I sound like this.
Record Label: self released
Type of Label: None