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Finger Style Guitar
2004 Madison Area Music Awards Nominee:
Best Acoustic Artist, Best Acoustic Album
Visit 'Albums' to hear selections from Richard's 2003 release "Out Of The Blue".
Richard Wiegel has been a fixture on the Madison,Wisconsin music scene for more than 30 years. His stirring guitar work has added excitement to the performances of The Midwesterners, Johnny and the Hawaiians, The Wisconsin Opry, Out of the West, The Swing Crew, Clicker and The Bowery Boys.
More recently, Richard has added solo acoustic guitar performance to his credits. On his new solo CD "Out of the Blue", Richard covers classic songs from a variety of muscial genres: rock, ragtime, blues, jug band, jazz and rockabilly. The result is an upbeat and seamlessly entertaining album.
Following in the path of finger-picking guitar greats Chet Atkins, Doc Watson and Mississippi John Hurt, Richard pays tribute to these pioneers with his own treatments of classic songs: St. Louis Blues, Deep Water Blues, La Vie En Rose, A Good Girl is Hard To Find, and even a finger-picking version of Chuck Berry’s devilish The Thirteen Question Method. Guitar and vocals were all recorded live at DNA Studios, and mixed by Mark Haines at Smart Studios in Madison.
Press
The Wisconsinite says, “Wiegel's warm, mellow vocals fit the smooth fingerpicking guitar accompaniment very well. If you're a fan of melodic guitar playing, you'll enjoy the album very much.”
Rick’s Café says “Wiegel possesses a smooth, rich voice that is well suited for this type of material.”
The Isthmus says, “A nicely realized solo CD that features his finger-style guitar.”
Visit www.MadisonOriginalsMagazine.com Vol 12 2007 for a very nice article on Richard and The Midwesterners.
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