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Rick Payne
Rick Payne is an established acoustic blues guitarist with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues...view moreRick Payne is an established acoustic blues guitarist with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne’s performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided music to a number of major TV productions, for programmes on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He has also featured on The Paul Jones and Mike Harding's show on BBC Radio 2.Rick has recorded a number of CDs, including the noted ‘Blue River Blues’ for Bennett House Records California.New CD - Radio City Blues now available CD or downloadReviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.As a teacher he has written and facilitated many courses and guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Garry Davis, Django, Ry Cooder and many more.view less
Books by Rick Payne
Rick Payne's Fingerstyle Guitar Anthology. Let's Django Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blues Chord Buster Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rick Payne's Blues And Rags Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great British Finger Style Guitar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chord Creative Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bottleneck Blues Volume 1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Broonzy Blues Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond The Delta Slide Guitar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hooker Blues Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBottleneck Blues Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings