Richard Naiff

Richard Naiff is a pianist and flautist from London, England who has performed with the bands Soulsec, The Catacoustics, The Waterboys and The Icicle Works. Naiff is a classically trained musician, having joined the Guildhall School of Music at age ten. The Irish music website Cluas.com describes Naiff as "phenomenally talented"ref|Cluas.

Naiff was invited to participate on The Waterboys' album "A Rock in the Weary Land" after the group's leader Mike Scott heard his piano work in a studio next to one where the recording sessions for "A Rock in the Weary Land" were taking place. Naiff joined the band officially in June 2000ref|Who. Along with Mike Scott and Steve Wickham, Naiff makes up the core of the post-2000 Waterboys band.

Former Waterboy Ian McNabb described Naiff as Scott's "find of the century"ref|KTBrep. Not coincidentally, while keeping his membership in the Waterboys, Naiff also joined McNabb's touring band in 2004, and became a member of a revived version of McNabb's old band The Icicle Works in 2006.

Naiff's rock and roll influences include The Damnedref label|Who|2|a.

Notes

# cite web | title=Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland, January 2002 | work=Gig Reviews on Cluas.com | url=http://www.cluas.com/music/gigs/waterboys.htm | accessdate=October 30 | accessyear=2005
# note label|Who|2|a cite web | title=Weary Land Who's Who | work=mikescottwaterboys.com | url=http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/rock/who.htm | accessdate=October 30 | accessyear=2005
# cite web | title=Karma to Burn reports | work=mikescottwaterboys | url=http://www.mikescott.com/mikescottwaterboys/karmatoburn/karmareports.htm | accessdate=November 3 | accessyear=2005

External links

* [http://www.soulsec.com/bio/richard.htm Soulsec biography]