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Richard Gardner

"original blues for the broken hearted" -Insangel

About Me


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Ask Richard Gardner to describe his music and he’ll quote Frank Zappa at you; "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture". Or else he’ll ask you to go and talk to someone who’s seen him play live. This reluctance to pigeon-hole himself or his music springs from more than just a desire to be awkward or pinned down to a narrow definition of himself. Every song that "falls out" as he puts it, is different to the last. His voice finding and mastering new territories to suit the musical landscape that unfolds before the listener.
The songs that you hear on this profile are a small sampling of his back catalogue, not necessarily representative of his live performances. It was with this in mind that Richard sat down and realized that he needed to make a live album recording to capture on record what people have been hearing, and loving, for years. The project; Just For The Record is set for early Autumn
With songs about life, love, loss and communication (or the lack of it) Richard’s music spans many styles and genres from the psychedelic blues of "Cut the Cord" to alt.folk/rock like "The Obvious Mistake", "Piece by Piece" and "Not True" to the chamber pop of "Take it Back". The impassioned delivery of all of these is thrown nicely into balance by songs like "Whole Lotta Woman", "Baby Blues" and "Night & Day" showing the lighter side of life. The forthcoming release, the daddy_longlegz demos, expected later this year showcases some of the more established material alongside future favourites. Just send a message to be put on the mailing list for more information on the CD and for further gig updates

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: comingsoon
Band Members: Richard Gardner; Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, various bits........Blues Implosion Cohorts......Mark G Williams; Guitar Paul Gowland; Saxophone

Influences: The Tragically Hip, Howard Bloom, Neil Young, Ben Harper, John Martyn, Ani DiFranco, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Sonny Boy Williamson III, Bill Evans, Nick Harper, Flaming Lips, Jim O'Rourke, Cake, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, BUkka White, Stan Tracey
Sounds Like: Changes song to song ....despite the "Blues Implosion" subtitle
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Merry Christmas & thank-you!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS / SOLSTICE / YULE ETC ETC!!!! I'd just like to wish everyone all the best and to say a huge thank-you to everyone that helped and supported myself and the music this past year especial...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:42:00 PST

Londons world famous MARQUEE CLUB

 Gig at London's world famous MARQUEE CLUB 5th Dec KOJO / Richard Gardner /  The Longsands /Roof on Fire / Stripey Hat Live music night at London's world famous Marquee Club! ...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:30:00 PST

"BLANK" GIGS

Hiya, I'm currently undergoing the frustration of myspace (for some bizarre reason) not being able to display the venue/event name listed for gigs when I've inputed them. It seems daft but there's not...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:47:00 PST

MY BIRTHDAY!!!! and ACOUSTIC CIRCUS @ The Bridge Hotel

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!  Come down and help me celebrate and join in the fun!!!!  It's my birthday on Monday and one of the ways I'm celebrating is by playing Acoustic Circus on the...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:22:00 PST

Downloadable free for a limited period!!

  Hiya, n the run-up to Just For The Record on Tuesday 11th Sept the songs on my profile will all be made downloadable for free until the 12th! tracks include;   Preying on My Mind- feat. M...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:45:00 PST

Just For The Record

Well, here we are, after much talk and planning, a date has been set for the gig.  Tuesday Sept 11th.  There's no significance in the choice of date other than the availabilty of everyone i...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:07:00 PST

Gig at SUBSTANCE 25th August

GIG AT SUBSTANCE Bar & Cafe : Aug 25th     In a few short weeks time I'm perfoming a gig at Substance in Sunderland. I'm looking forward to it lots as the last time I played there ...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

HOMECOOKING

      homecooking It's that time of the month again ladies and gentlemen! Homecooking is back; it's one of my favourite gigs both to attend and perform.  There's always a very war...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST

New Songs on Profile

New Songs I've been going through some recordings that Mark Williams and I did last year.  After having had a listen through, I came across this take of Preying on My MInd.  I wrote the song...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

New (well kinda) tunes up!

Hiya, hope you're all grand.... I've been asked by lots of folks to put some tunes up on this page.  Well truth is I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I've never quite been happy with anything enoug...
Posted by Richard Gardner on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:07:00 PST