Acoustic instrumental blues with a delta feel and a touch of Jimi Hendrix

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BLUES: Acoustic Blues, BLUES: Delta Style



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Richy has been playing blues from the start.Writing and developing a truly original fingerpicking acoustic blues sound that is a mix of delta blues and a touch of Jimi Hendrix, Taj Mahal,Albert King and Kenny Burrell.This is his first release of his natural soulful blues style on acoustic guitar.There are no overdubs, retakes or artificial ingredients its just pure natural spontaneous blues.
About Richy Kicklighter
Writes and plays blues , jazz, worldbeat, new age, reggae, r&b, funk. Richy is known for his soulful and melodic guitar style . He plays both acoustic and electric and writes and produces his own music. Richy Kicklighter has 9 cds released on the jazz , blues and new age formats that have charted and received airplay on radio and tv internationally. Currently his new cds Early Morning Rain,Richy Kicklighter Live, Unknown, One Sun One Moon and Moving Skies (jazz) are on his own label, Midnight Pass Music. Moving Skies was picked in the top 15 of 2005 on Sky fm radio, and has received many outstanding reviews. He also has a song on the new Wishbone Ash cd, Clan Destiny. Midnight Pass Music and Richy Kicklighter have a new smooth jazz cd to be released before Christmas, and are planning to release an acoustic blues jazz mix as well. Just For Kicks, released in 1987 on the Ichiban label, was an immediate favorite with contemporary jazz radio, and climbed quickly on Gavin and R&R radio charts. With the release of his second Ichiban recording, his soulful and unique guitar voice and originality in songwriting and melody made his name synonymous with good contemporary jazz music. King's Highway was released in the spring of 1992 on the Japanese Polystar label and reached ..4 on the Japanese billboard charts. Produced by Richy and Sonny Abelardo King's Highway featured and allstar band with Neil Larsen, Jimmy Earl, Bubba Bryant, Lenny Castro and Joe Sample. In 1994 Myakka also on the Polystar label, was released with another allstar band featuring Jimmy Earl, Sonny Emory, Lenny Castro, Neil Larsen and Richard Elliott and produced by Richy and Sonny Abelardo. These recordings did very well in Japan as well as the U.S.and led to several compilation cds in Japan with artist like John Denver and Christopher Cross. In 1998 Richy wrote and produced One Sun One Moon, his first new age cd which has just been rereleased and is possibly his biggest seller. It is a nonstop musical adventure with a train and sounds mixed with exotic acoustic guitar, piano, pedal steel, percussion and more. Richy started his Midnight Pass Music label to provide him with a way to produce his music and ideas and at this time Midnight Pass Music has 5 cds available by Richy: Moving Skies, One Sun One Moon, Unknown, Early Morning Rain and Richy Kicklighter Live