- Richard Bennett (guitarist)
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Name = Richard Bennett
Img_capt = Performing on tour with Mark Knopfler
at theNAC inOttawa , July 18, 2008
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Born = birth date and age|1951|7|22
inChicago, Illinois ,United States
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Instrument =guitar
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Genre = Rock, Country, Hawaiian,Jazz
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Associated_acts =Neil Diamond ,Mark Knopfler
URL = [http://www.richard-bennett.com/ Home Page]
Notable_instruments =Richard Bennett is a noted touring
sideman , session veteran, andrecord producer . As a touring sideman, he performed withNeil Diamond for 17 years, andMark Knopfler since 1994. As asession player , he has worked with artists ranging fromBilly Joel andBarbra Streisand toRodney Crowell andVince Gill . He has producedGrammy award winning artists likeSteve Earle ,Emmylou Harris , andMarty Stuart .Career Notes
*In February 1979, Columbia released another single from the previous year's Neil Diamond album "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", the up-tempo "
Forever in Blue Jeans " (co-written by Richard Bennett), which reached the Top 20.*Formed in the late '70s as
Rodney Crowell 's road band,The Notorious Cherry Bombs ' original members include guitaristsVince Gill and Richard Bennett, keyboardist Tony Brown, steel guitarist Hank DeVito, drummerLarrie Londin and bassistEmory Gordy, Jr. With a modified lineup the musicians went to the studio in early 2004 to record "The Notorious Cherry Bombs", their first album as a band.*From the liner notes of Richard's solo album, "Themes From A Rainy Decade", Mark Knopfler writes, "For almost ten years now I've felt very lucky having Richard Bennett as a pal and as a member of the band. His quiet, self-effacing manner hides an encyclopaedic knowledge of all kinds of roots and rock music, from Hillbilly to Hawaiian, played effortlessly on a variety of instruments which appear out of a flight case as big as an Airstream trailer...... May his cracking guitar playing find a place in your life as it has in mine."
*His stinging electric guitar kickoff to Emmylou Harris' "Heaven Only Knows" (from her Bennett-produced "Bluebird" album) was the first sound heard on the 2004 season-opening episode of
The Sopranos . [ [http://www.tennessean.com/entertainment/music/archives/04/07/54523185.shtml Tennessean] ]*Among many accomplished contributions to the 2007 album "American Standard" by Thelonious Moog, Richard has an out of body electric sitar excursion. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTVqOiSURiM Take 5, 6 & 7 The Long Version] ]
Personal
Bennett's brother is Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, the drummer for
"Weird Al" Yankovic since 1980.Discography
* "
Themes From A Rainy Decade " (2004)
* "Code Red Cloud Nine " (2008)Gallery
External links
: [http://www.richard-bennett.com/ Richard Bennett's personal site] : [http://www.mark-knopfler.net/frameset.html Mark Knopfler News] : [http://theloniousmoog.com/ Thelonious Moog] : [http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2770285650080234166gZaHYH Richard Bennett 6/25/06]
References
* [http://www.richard-bennett.com/bio.htm Richard Bennett's official biography]
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