- Richard Dodd
Richard Dodd is a cellist, recording artist, musician (born
April 25 ,1965 ) inBristol ,England .Biography
Emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 2 to Long Beach, California. He began studying the cello at age 10 and took his advanced studies at
California State University, Northridge .Career
Dodd had an early interest in punk rock. Later as a teenager, he performed live with
The Bangles . Afterstudies atCal State Northridge , he spent many years touring and doing solo sessions with rock artists. [Citation
last = Reel
first = James
title = Hard Rock Cachet
newspaper = Strings Magazine
volume =No. 150
pages =
year = 2007
date = June/July 2007
url = http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/150/150,3941,Feature-1.asp
accessdate = 2008-02-10]Richard Has been playing Recording Sessions since 1983, beginning with
The Three O'Clock , albumSixteen Tambourines where he appears with his sister Sarah Dodd, who is a violinist in theNorrköping Symphony . In 1990 he joined the groupLowen & Navarro ; toured and appeared on their albums: Walking On A Wire, Broken Moon, and Pendulum.
He has since recorded with numerous musical artists such asFoo Fighters , with his velvety grit-to-the-string cello intro on the hit single "The Pretender" of the albumEchoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace .Kanye West Graduation (album) ,Late Registration ,Johnny Cash ,Dixie Chicks latest albumTaking the Long Way ,A Perfect Circle ,Dr. Dre .
He is a member ofThe Section Quartet , (the world's loudest string quartet) who are signed toDecca Records .
Richard also appears on the soundtracks to many movies including :I heart huckabees ,Knocked up ,SAW ,Richard Has also appeared on many TV shows including,The Tonight Show (10 times)David Letterman ,Craig Kilborn ,Saturday Night Live ,American Music Awards , and many more.Discography
Trivia
There are 2 Richard Dodds working in the recording industry. The other is Richard Dodd the Grammy Award winning recording engineer. The 2 Richard Dodds both appear on the
Dixie Chicks album "Taking The Long Way "External links
* [http://www.cellodick.com Richard Dodd Cellist]
[http://www.thesection.net The Section Quartet]
[http://www.richarddodd.com Richard Dodd Recording Engineer]References
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