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Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer

Over the Air, Under Skin, Words: A Beat Machine

About Me

Rich Ferguson's latest CD, Where I Come From, can now be purchased at CD Baby. Just follow this link: http://cdbaby.com/cd/richferguson.Rich Ferguson is a poet with a sound, not the scratch of pencil on paper or the tick of fingertips on plastic, but the sonic of syllables warm and warn rubbing up against trip hop beat and street atmosphere. Imagine Kerouac kissing Massive Attack with a side order of Swordfish Trombone. All this and more can be heard on Richs latest opus, Where I Come From, produced by Herb Graham, Jr (John Cale) with Jeremy Toback (Brad) on bass and Butch (Eels) on drums.
Rich has graced radio stations across the nation, including WBAI, KCRW, KPFK, and World Radio. He has shared the same stage with Bob Holman, Patti Smith, Exene Cervenkova, David Thomas (Pere Ubu), Holly Prado, and many more. He has performed at the Redcat Theater in Disney Hall, the South by Southwest Music Festival, the North By Northwest Music Festival, the Henry Miller Library, Tongue and Groove, and Beyond Baroque. In short, hes been around.
Ferguson will also be a featured performer in the sequel to the cult multi media sensation One Giant Leap, due out in Spring 2007. He has studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg and fiction writing with Aimee Bender and Sid Stebel. In addition, he has been published in the LA TIMES, spotlighted on PBS (Egg: The Art Show), and has released a CD entitled World Without Dogs.
Rich currently resides in LA where he is gathering steam for the Where I Come From world onslaught.
To listen to additional tracks like LA Book Of The Dead And With This Kiss go to Rich's Indie 911 page
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Member Since: 4/15/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/richferguson
Band Members: Rich Ferguson and a various cast of other good-hearted, kick-ass musicians that join along for performances and recordings. Speaking of which, I need to send out HUGE THANK-YOU'S and TONS OF PRAISE to all the wonderful people that lent their time and talents to this latest CD, Where I Come From. First, the CD wouldn't have been possible without the guidance, wisdom and friendship of Jeremy Toback (he also plays a mean-ass bass on the CD, too). The whole psychedelically sonic schebang was produced by the Grandmaster Flash of Sound and Motion: Mr. Herb Graham Jr. (John Cale, Macy Gray). On guitars: Mr. Paul Garrison and Aaron Schier . And on drums: Butch (from The Eels). Thank you, guys. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! YOU CAN ALSO VISIT RICH AT WWW.RICHRANT.COM

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Influences: Everything from Charles Bukowski to William Faulkner to Pablo Neruda to perhaps even some old drugs still floating around in my system.

CHECK OUT MY BRAND SPANKIN' NEW SPOKEN WORD/MUSIC VIDEO:

With This Kiss

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Every Now is Everything

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AND ALSO, "BONES"

Sounds Like: Listen to LA Book Of The Dead And With This Kiss at my Indie 911 page
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My Blog

New Post on The Nervous Breakdown

Hi All:Just wanted to let you know that I have a new post up on The Nervous Breakdown:www.thenervousbreakdown.comA little something about a weird flight I once took abroad in the pre 9/11 days.Hope yo...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:22:00 PST

New Post on The Nervous Breakdown

Howdy:Wanted to let you know that I have a new post up on The Nervous Breakdown:www.thenervousbreakdown.comA little something about the age-old dilemma of how to pronounce Uranus.Also, if you feel lik...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:20:00 PST

New Spoken Word Music Tracks

Greetings:Wanted to let you know that I have a couple brand new spoken word/music tracks on my page. They're called "Fast" and "Grow Wings or Cease to Be.""Fast" was created with Paul Garrison (music)...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:42:00 PST

New Post on The Nervous Breakdown

Greetings:Wanted to let you know that I have a new post on The Nervous Breakdown.www.thenervousbreakdown.comA little something about the last time I ever watched the cartoon, Underdog.And if you feel ...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:18:00 PST

With This Kiss

Greetings:Just wanted to let you know that I have a new blog posted at The Nervous Breakdown:www.thenervousbreakdown.comIt's both the text and video for one of my latest, "With This Kiss."Would love f...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:05:00 PST

God is a Beat Machine

God is a Beat MachineFor JettOver the airwaves under the skin God is a beat machine but the song hes playin, my brother, is for the preacher man standin over your grave shoutin Hell Mary Full of R...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:58:00 PST

Find Them All and They'll Say...

Find Them All And Theyll Say Find the angry dogThe dying houseplantThe noncommittal monosyllabic babbling idiots having a tailgate party in your first chakraFind the vice-president of the finger paint...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:07:00 PST

The LA Book of the Dead

The Los Angeles Book of the Dead Words to be recited to someone at the time of their death in this city   O Son and Daughter of Noble Birth The time has come for you to seek a path As your breath...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:12:00 PST

If I Were a Bond Girl

If I Were a Bond Girl   If I were a Bond Girl Id be Thunderball beautiful Have a body like a smart bomb Be Jill St. John, Britt Eckland and Barbara Bach All rolled into one   If I were a Bo...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:10:00 PST

All The Times

All The Times       All the times I stuck something up my nose and couldnt get it out: 2. All the times I said Underdog instead of Under God when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as a ...
Posted by Rich Ferguson / Spoken Word Performer on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:08:00 PST