Rick Price (bassist)
Rick Price | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Gordon Price |
Born | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 10 June 1944
Genres | Rock music |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Bass, vocals, pedal steel guitar |
Years active | 1960–2022 |
Richard Gordon Price (10 June 1944 – 17 May 2022)[1] was an English bassist who played with various Birmingham-based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, the Move (1969–1971), and Wizzard (1972–1975).[2][3]
Career
He first picked up the guitar in 1957 for a school play at Colmers Farm Secondary School.[4] He soon stopped playing the instrument, but saw interest in music again by 1960 when he realised that "girls liked boys in groups".[4] His first band were the Cimarrons, who were inspired by the Shadows.[1][5] He then moved on to the Sombreros, who later changed their name to Sight & Sound and moved in a more psychedelic direction.[5]
He began collaborating with Mike Sheridan as a songwriting partnership.[5] His influences in his earlier career in the 1950s included rock and roll artists such as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard and Lonnie Donegan.[4]
Price joined
After leaving the Move he signed a contract with Gemini Records; he then recorded (with Sheridan) the album This Is To Certify That, released in 1970, and a solo album, Talking To The Flowers, in 1971.[5][7] He then joined former Move colleague Carl Wayne in Light Fantastic,[1] before forming Mongrel with future Wizzard drummers Charlie Grima and Keith Smart.[5][8]
He joined up again with
After Wizzard split up, he joined the Wizzo Band on pedal steel guitar in 1975, but they broke up in 1978.[5] Price was also a member of The Rockin' Berries from 1990 until his death.
Personal life and death
Richard Gordon Price was born and raised in Birmingham, Warwickshire, on 10 June 1944 to Catherine and Frank Price.[9] He had three brothers and a sister, and the family moved to the border of Worcestershire and Warwickshire when Price was a child.[4]
Price worked with the 1970s
Price died of natural causes in Birmingham on 17 May 2022, at the age of 77.[6][12]
References
- ^ a b c "Rick Price tribute". Brumbeat. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-1844492831
- ^ "Special Merit Picks", Billboard, 5 June 1971, p. 40. Retrieved 12 June 2014
- ^ a b c d "Rick Price - A Brief History". cherryblossomclinic.x10.mx. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Eder, Bruce. "Rick Price Biography". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Rick Price 1944/2022". ELO España. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "This Is to Certify: Gemini Anthology Review". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ISBN 978-0472068685, p. 177
- ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ "Rick Price - A Brief History". Cherry Blossom Clinic. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness, 2005, p. 140
- ^ MythofRock. "RICK PRICE PASSED AWAY". www.mythofrock.gr. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
External links
- Rick Price discography at Discogs