Rusty Anderson

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Rusty Anderson
Anderson in 2014
Anderson in 2014
Background information
Born (1959-01-20) January 20, 1959 (age 65)
La Habra, California, U.S.
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar
Websiterustyanderson.com

Rusty Anderson is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist for

touring band since 2001. He has worked with an extensive list of other artists in addition to his own solo career.[1][2]

Career

Anderson became a professional musician at age 14 with his first band, Eulogy. Eulogy won a sizeable local following in Los Angeles, playing with bands such as The Police, Van Halen, The Runaways, Quiet Riot, Rick Derringer, Eddie Money and The Motels.[3][4] Later, Anderson formed The Living Daylights, which shared the stage with Fishbone and OMD. The Living Daylights was a psychedelic/progressive rock band and Anderson's first as primary songwriter. The Living Daylights put out a record on the Greenworld Label, but subsequently disbanded when Anderson signed a solo development deal at Columbia Records.[5]

In 1993, along with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven, Carla Azar and Paul Bushnell, Anderson formed Ednaswap. Ednaswap shared the stage with Sublime and Social Distortion, and toured as opener for No Doubt and Weezer. The band released four major label records on East West and Island Records, and penned the worldwide Number One hit song "Torn".[6][7]

For his debut solo album

Amazon
.

Anderson's second album Born on Earth was released October 2009.[8] His third release was a compilation album titled Until We Meet Again, and released in the spring of 2012 with pre-release copies available during the winter 2011 leg of Paul McCartney's On the Run tour.[9]

Anderson's 2022 solo single, "Firefly," again with Copeland on drums, was described on WAER as " neo-Bossa nova...destined for adult contemporary radio."[10]

Rusty Anderson Afternoon

Joining with his longtime collaborator,

Gibson Beverly Hills showroom debut of the Rusty Anderson Gibson ES-335 signature guitar, in coordination with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental charity.[13]

Now officially a band, Rusty Anderson Afternoon released their first single, "Effortless", on April 30, 2013. "Effortless" made it to No. 1 at Sirius Radio's "20 on 20".[13] The band released Rusty Anderson Afternoon II on the Oxide Records label on July 31, 2014, produced by Anderson and Paul Ratazcjack, whom Anderson worked with years earlier with the bands Soldier and The Living Daylights. The band's second single, a version of the Stewart and Gouldman song "I'm Not in Love" began in rotation on "The Blend," a Sirius radio station, in August 2014.

Rusty Anderson Afternoon was a featured act at

Forever Stamp in Butler Park in Austin, Texas. The band also performed at the Leo Fender Museum Center in Fullerton, California in 2014[13] and the Hard Rock Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 2015.[14]

In April 2016 the band premiered its next single, "Evidence" on the syndicated worldwide show "Passport Approved", airing on over 30 alternative radio stations.[15] Their first full album, RAA, produced by Anderson and Ratazcjack on Anderson's Oxide label, was released shortly thereafter in May 2016[16] and debuted in the Top Ten on iTunes Alternative New Releases chart the week of its release.[17] Early media responses to the record described it as "most accomplished and brilliant.[18] During 2016–2017 the band performed several shows in California, including San Juan Capistrano[19] and at Pepperdine University in Malibu.[20][21] In 2019, Rusty Anderson Afternoon performed at the Duesenberg Imperial Charity Ball.[22]

Paul McCartney

Anderson in 2006

In 2001, Anderson, along with drummer

Roman Colosseum, Live 8 UK and Red Square
in Moscow.

Following the success of this tour three multi-Platinum DVDs were released, all featuring Anderson on guitar: Back in the U.S., Paul McCartney in Red Square, and The Space Within US. Anderson also performed with McCartney at the Super Bowl twice, in 2002[26] and 2005.[27] Anderson played guitar on McCartney's

Grammy winning song "Helter Skelter",[28] and Good Evening Europe
.

Anderson continued performing during the

Olympics opening ceremony,[30] the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert[31] and the Grammy Awards.[32]

McCartney released

Salon as "perfect and life-affirming — well-sequenced, well-paced and incredibly satisfying".[38] Argentina's La Nación said during the tour "Anderson is the virtuoso of the six strings, the greatest rocker of all".[39] The Detroit Free Press noted that the band is "brimming with class, chops and energetic focal points in guitarist Rusty Anderson."[40]

After the 2018 announcements of McCartney's Egypt Station album and Freshen Up Tour, Anderson performed with McCartney at "secret" gigs at Abbey Road Studio[41] in London, The Cavern Club in Liverpool,[42][43] and New York City's Grand Central Station.[44] McCartney also headlined the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas.[45]

The 2022

Spokane with a sold-out show,[46] with the tour's American dates preceding the Glastonbury Festival.[47]

Other collaborations and performances

Anderson's recordings include music by

B.B. King, Chrissie Hynde, Billy Joel, and Brian Wilson.[51]

Anderson performing in 2014

He has performed live with such notables as

Robbie Krieger, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl,[52] Slash,[53] Steve Lukather, Joe Sumner, Mary Bridget Davies, Bob Weir, Brittany Howard, Diana Krall, Krist Novoselic, and Wayne Kramer; Anderson has also played "The Star Spangled Banner" live on solo guitar at Dodger Stadium.[54]

Producer and composer

In addition to Anderson's solo songwriting career, he has written with and produced acts such as

Cold Case, Men in Trees, Kyle XY, and Wildfire.[55] Other soundtrack credits include Highlander, Highlander II, and Beyond Westworld.[56]
The Rusty Anderson Afternoon song "Points of Interest" was featured on the hit CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory in 2014.[57]

Discography

Collaborations

With Bryan Adams

With The Bangles

With Michael Bublé

With Belinda Carlisle

With Melanie C

With Joe Cocker

With Miley Cyrus

With Taylor Dayne

With Lana Del Rey

With Neil Diamond

With Dido

With Nelly Furtado

With The Graces

  • Perfect View (A&M Records, 1989)

With Geri Halliwell

With Nona Hendryx

  • Skin Diver (Private Music, 1989)

With Taylor Hicks

With Susanna Hoffs

With Yusuf Islam

With Courtney Jaye

With Jewel

  • 0304 (Atlantic Records, 2003)

With Elton John

With Ronan Keating

With

Tonio K.

  • Olé (Gadfly Records, 1997)

With Carole King

With k.d. lang

With Ricky Martin

With Paul McCartney

With Tim McGraw

With Ingrid Michaelson

With Billie Myers

With Stevie Nicks

With Sinéad O'Connor

With Hope Partlow

With Lisa Marie Presley

With The Pussycat Dolls

With Jessica Riddle

With Richie Sambora

With Santana

With Ron Sexsmith

With Michael W. Smith

With Patty Smyth

With Gwen Stefani

With Matthew Sweet

With Rob Thomas

  • ...Something More (Melisma Records, 2005)
  • Cradlesong (Atlantic Records, 2009)
  • Someday (Atlantic Records, 2010)

With Kim Wilde

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