Richard Bennett (guitarist)
Richard Bennett | |
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![]() Performing on tour with Mark Knopfler Zwolle, The Netherlands, 2013 | |
Background information | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | July 22, 1951
Genres | Rock, country, Hawaiian |
Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, ukulele |
Website | www |
Richard Bennett (born July 22, 1951) is an American guitarist and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for seventeen years and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session musician, he has worked with Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Rodney Crowell, and Vince Gill. He has produced albums for Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, and Kim Richey.
Career
Bennett began his career playing clubs in
On 1975's "
Formed in the late 1970s as
From the liner notes of Bennett'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 encyclopedic 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."
Bennett's electric guitar intro 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.[2]
Bennett contributes electric sitar to the 2007 album American Standard by Thelonious Moog.[citation needed]
Personal life
Bennett's brother is Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, drummer for "Weird Al" Yankovic since 1980.
Discography
References
- ^ Childs, Zac (3 May 2007). "Features-- Artists: Richard Bennett". Vintage Guitar. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Tennessean
External links
- Official website
- Richard Bennett at AllMusic
- Richard Bennett discography at Discogs
Media related to Richard Bennett at Wikimedia Commons