Rick Payne - Acoustic Guitar Online

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RICK PAYNE – Acoustic Blues

‘’We’ve never sold anything like that number of tickets for a music concert before!’ Bowen West Theatre Bedford

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 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 blues show on BBC Radio 2.

Rick has recorded a number of CDs, including the noted ‘Blue River Blues’ for Bennett House Records California.

Reviewers 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 guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis and many more.

VENUES SAY …

‘We very nearly sold out! Phenomenal guitar – tremendous audience response- can we have him back!’ Quay Theatre

‘…a master of the whole gamut of blues styles…..this was acoustic blues as it should be’ Brewery Arts Centre

‘Rick was a great success…after the concert a large number of people asked about the workshop but we had already sold out, and those at the workshop were so inspired by Rick that they’ve formed their own acoustic guitar club’ Old Town Hall Arts Centre

‘…a very accomplished player with a smooth technique that looks deceptively simple, the more so because he is so at ease with his audience’ Dorchester Arts Centre

‘Polished and sophisticated, Rick’s legendary guitar playing is never put to better effect than in the Guildhall’ Gloucester Arts Centre

‘…held this sell out audience spellbound from start to finish with a most inventive and eclectic set…’ Spalding Blues Club

THE MEDIA…

"Impressive blues and slide guitar playing from West Country bluesman whose work bears comparison with early Ry Cooder" Daily Telegraph

‘Virtuoso display of guitar playing of the highest order.’ Blueprint

‘Consummate musicianship, coupled with an engaging personality provided the totally engaged audience with an exhilarating night of acoustic blues, apologies and commiserations to those who could not get tickets.’ Live Blues

‘…the guitar playing is simply amazing, it expresses such emotion you have to sit back in awe…’ R&B Magazine

‘I’m running out of superlatives of admiration to bestow on him…one of the top notch blues men in Britain today…humour and repartee…meticulously executed…a leading force in the Blues acoustic field.’ Blues Matters

'If like me, you enjoy early period Ry Cooder, this collection by the very versatile Rick Payne will suit you.' The Blues Connection

‘Rick has that authentic sound that lots of English singers try to achieve and seldom do. If you’re looking for authenticity AND entertainment, Rick Payne could be just what you’re looking for.’ Gemini Radio

Also played…

…Flavel Theatre Dartmouth Sundial Theatre Cirencester Swindon Arts Centre Roses Theatre Folk House Bristol Caedmon Hall Gateshead Playhouse Theatre Cheltenham Limelight Theatre Aylesbury Windsor Arts Centre The Plough Arts Centre Bridgewater Arts Centre Forest Arts Centre Huntingdon Hall Worcester Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Roses Theatre Tewksbury South Street Arts Centre Reading… and many more too numerous to mention!