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| Guitarist Rick Vito was born on October 13, 1949 in Darby, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.Roll and the effect it had
on his interest in playing the guitar.Everyone, of course, was crazy about ELVIS and I was too.We have a videotape (transferred from 8mm film) of me about six
years old going nuts with that guitar doing my Elvis bit in the living room.Another weekly TV show had a great impact on the young Vito.RICKY NELSON with his band every week at the close of each
episode performing one of his hit Rockabilly tunes.My father managed my grandmother's corner bar in Wildwood NJ during the summer months, and it had
an old Seeburg jukebox.Roll, many of which I still have on my own Seeburg at home.It was loud and cool and I loved it!Later in the year saw the coming of the British
Invasion, and for Rick that meant the ROLLING STONES.For some reason I was immediately drawn to their music and the rebellious image they projected.At least I thought I did.ELMORE JAMES, MAGIC SAM, SLIM HARPO, OTIS RUSH, FREDDIE and ALBERT KING, EARL HOOKER and many
others.RICK VALENTI made their way to New York city and their first professional recording date,
produced by fellow Philadelphian, TODD RUNDGREN.Rick decided to introduce himself to the musical duo DELANEY and
BONNIE BRAMLETT, and play them the tapes he had made in New York.The three hit it off and Rick was invited
to sit in at their show.This experience both blew the roof off the joint, and left Rick with the undeniable
realization that there would be no other course in life for him other than music.Late in 1974 Rick received an invitation to join a new band being formed by British Blues pioneer, JOHN
MAYALL, with whom Rick worked with subsequently on four albums.With the ACRB, Rick had a unique opportunity to back many of the Blues greats he had
been influenced by.ALBERT COLLINS, LOWELL FULSON, BIG JOE TURNER, and GEORGE 'HARMONICA' SMITH, among
many others.HILLMAN, and DAVID SOUL.DAVID COLE and I listening to Rick Vito play the slide guitar solo late one night at Rumbo
Studios in LA.It was the single most spectacular overdub I'd ever heard!US tour and has been featured on every Bob Seger album release since 1986.Partly as a result of the high profile attention garnered by the Seger album and tour, Rick soon
realized that he had reached another major turning point in his career.We'd played together a couple of times on a BILLY
BURNETTE session and at one of my gigs, and he liked the fact that I was a fan of Peter Green.CHRISTINE MCVIE, STEVIE NICKS, and Billy Burnette, as well as four original
tunes written and performed by Rick Vito.This same passion is reflected in the music within Rick Vito's CD.Bonnie has been quoted saying: Rick vito's guitar playing just slays me!Perhaps bluesman KEB MO' says it best: Soulful singer, brilliant guitar player, you got to check out
Rick Vito, for sure!Rick Vito (born 13 October 1949, Darby, Pennsylvania) is a guitarist and singer.Bonnie Raitt's touring band in the 1990s.Want More Rick Vito?Biography kindly written by Dr.Buckingham's departure, was born on October 13, 1949 in Darby PA.Philadelphia in the late 60's.Bob Seger, to mention only a few.Roy Orbison and Timothy B.Peter Green songs on lead vocal and guitar as well.Street Angel solo album.In 1998 he was also on the road with Bonnie Raitt.Lucky", and many fine tunes written by Rick himself.The copyrighted photos of Rick Vito on display have been kindly contributed by Dr.Germany in November 2000.Guitarist RICK VITO was born Darby, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.Most of the classic rockers made their debut on this show before they got to Ed Sullivan, and I remember being fascinated with guys like Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domion, and Little Richard.But it was the guys with the guitars that really got to me.My mom had played Hawaiian lap guitar as a young girl and we still had her old Oahu acoustic.Another weekly TV show had a great impact on the young Vito.From this point, Rick picked up bits and pieces from the likes of Duane Eddy, Chuck Berry, The Ventures, and whatever else could be seen and heard on radio and TV.My father managed my grandmother's corner bar in Wildwood NJ during the summer months, and it had an old Seeburg jukebox.At the time, you paid one price and got to see the World Famous Diving Horse, take a ride in the Underwater Bell, see a movie (I saw Ma and Pa Kettle) and finally, see a live show.We saw the Everly Brothers, an experience which I can never forget.Johnny And The Inspirations.Later in the year saw the coming of the British Invasion, and for Rick that meant the Rolling Stones.Over time I mastered every lick from every Stones record every day after school.King, and also included such stellar musicians as Elmore James, Magic Sam, Slim Harpo, Otis Rush, Freddie and Albert King, Earl Hooker and many others.Peter was a master of taste and tone, sang great songs amazingly well, and was obviously the guiding force behind his band.I'm still working on it!CARE FOR THE BUSINESS, also produced by Todd.Soon after this, Rick had an experience that was to change the course of his professional life.This experience both blew the roof off the joint, and left Rick with the undeniable realization that there would be no other course in life for him other than music.At this time Rick also worked with such artists as Little Richard, Bobby Whitlock, John Prine, and Dobie Gray.With the ACRB, Rick had a unique opportunity to back many of the Blues greats he had been influenced by.Performing regularly at the Topanga Canyon Corral club on Monday Blues nights, they regularly held court with Albert Collins, Lowell Fulson, Big Joe Turner, and George 'Harmonica' Smith, among many others.Hillmann, and David Soul.In between solo recording and live shows in the LA area, Rick continued session dates with many artists including Rita Coolidge, Maria Muldaur, and Dolly Parton, when he came to the attention of legendary rocker, Bob Seger.David Cole and I listening to Rick Vito play the slide guitar solo late one night at Rumbo Studios in LA.Lindsey Buckingham had just been let go and Mick wanted Billy and I to learn some Mac tunes and come over to play with the band.Rick did join the band as a member in July, 1987 and began rehearsing for the TANGO IN THE NIGHT world tour.Soon after, the group released it's GREATEST HITS album which featured two new cuts on which feature Rick.In 1989 Fleetwood Mac began work on what would become BEHIND THE MASK, a solid collection of songs by Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Billy Burnette, as well as four original tunes written and performed by Rick Vito.Bonnie has been quoted saying: Rick vito's guitar playing just slays me!Perhaps bluesman Keb Mo' says it best: Soulful singer, brilliant guitar player, you got to check out RICK VITO, for sure!Rick Vito tuvo su primera experiencia en el estrado con su banda en la Universidad, la cual principalmente tocaba obras de los Rolling Stones."Takin Care of Business" de James Cotton, el artista de blues de Chicago.Desde entonces Rick Vito ha sido un miembro regular de la banda de estudio y en vivo de Bob Seger.Peter Green y Lindsey Buckingham, sin perder su propia individualidad.Stevie Nicks con "Street Angel" junto con Rick Vito.Rick Vito tiene una manera especial de tocar la guitarra.Rick Vito
Rick Vito was born October 13, 1949, in Darby, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia area), where his father was in the nightclub business.Once the new songs came in, the old ones came out, so we always got an endless selection.As a teenager Rick bought Chuck Berry albums, then Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and a few other famous artists of that time.Right after the concert, he started to write his own blues songs.John Mayall, who always has had a great eye for aspiring talent, hired Rick Vito for his band."New Year, New Band, New Company" album, released in February of 1975.In May 1976, John McVie rejoined his old employer, John Mayall, on his album "A Banquet In Blues" , playing bass on "Sunshine" along with Rick Vito on guitar.They only recorded one album, but the record company didn't really promote it, so it never became a real hit.He was impressed by Rick's guitar skills and hired him for his own band, from which Vito became a member in 1982 untill 1985.He played lead guitar and did vocals on the "Lawyers In Love" album which was released in 1983.You can hear Rick on songs like "Lawyers In Love", "Tender Is The Night" and "On The Day"."Working with Jackson Browne was when I really began to stretch out as a musician.The whole track had already been finished, except for the long passages that begged for some kind of solo guitar.Rick suggested using his slide guitar on it .This experience with Seger would prepare him well for his Fleetwood Mac experience.In 1987, Fleetwood Mac released their "Tango In The Night" album and shortly after the release, Lindsey Buckingham decided to leave the band.Billy Burnette and Rick Vito were hired.Apparently, he really liked the way I played and sort of filed it away in the back of his mind.Then, about two or three weeks before Lindsey announced that he wouldn't be touring or staying with the band, Mick, Billy Burnette and Kenny Gradney, who all played together in Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, came in to catch a gig of mine at Josephina's.Mick's memory about my playing, singing, or whatever.He insisted to the other Mac members that I tried out before they looked at anyone else.They didn't have much time to practice with the other band members because the album was already a big success and the tour already planned.Mick, John, Christine, and Stevie encouraged the two newcomers to freely express themselves and their own styles.Stevie Nicks, like "Love Is Dangerous" and "The Second Time" and wrote "When The Sun Goes Down" with Billy Burnette.Their presence clearly made it possible to revive on stage some of the old Peter Green era blues classics."Oh Well" and "I Loved Another Woman" had already been performed during the Tango In The Night tour,
but on the "Behind The Mask" tour they also brought back "Stop Messin' Round" (which hadn't been performed live on stage since 1968).Then in 1997, Rick played the guitar on the debut album, "A Voice Like Yours", from the country duo The Killens.Rick recorded his second solo album in 1996 and called it "Blues Town".The album features such studio heavyweights as Resse Wynans (formerly of Stevie Ray Vaughn's Double Trouble) and Glen Worf.There are a wide variety of music styles on this CD, fifties rock, country, blues, ...One of the songs is a cover of the Mac classic "I Loved Another Woman".Black" are the rocking "I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down", the country song "Lazy Love", and the instrumental "Streamliner".The album was among the five nominees for the "1999 Nashville Music Awards".That feeling, maybe that has personality to it.That's why I'm not a lifelong member of Bob Seger's band or Bonnie Raitt's band or any of these other people.In 2000 he signed with a German record label called Hypertension Music and released his next cd entitled "Lucky Devils" in March of that year in Europe.After that he joined John Fogerty's band for a World Tour as the supporting act for Tina Turner.There is also a new DVD available in the U."Rick Vito in Concert" was fimed in
Germany during Rick's 2001 "Lucky Devils" tour.German
concert show "Ohne Filter."Tommy Kay, Jim DeJulio, and Paul Eckman.Rick's also had some of his songs appear on television shows lately.Rick Vito is one of America's most expressive guitarists.Influenced by the early years of rock 'n' roll, he was fascinated by guitarists like Scotty Moore of Elvis Presley's backing group or Rick Nelson's lead guitarist James Burton.RICK VITO gained his first stage experience in his college band, which mainly played Rolling Stones covers.In the process he discovered the second blues generation, with Peter Green and his band Fleetwood Mac exerting a particular fascination on him.RICK VITO began his professional musical career in New York, where he met the producer and guitarist TODD RUNDGREN.Todd made recordings with RICK VITO for Chicago blues man JAMES COTTON on his album "Takin Care Of Business".In 1974, he received an invitation from English blues pioneer JOHN MAYALL to join his new band.That was the start of four successful years with four studio albums.At the start of the '80s, RICK VITO worked for slide guitar queen BONNIE RAITT on her album "Green Light", and this led to a deep and continuing friendship and musical alliance.RICK VITO accompanied Bonnie Raitt on her 1999 world tour, which in Europe included solo concerts and support for ERIC CLAPTON).US rocker BOB SEGER and RICK VITO teamed up in 1986 to make Bob's mega hit "Like A Rock", and since then, RICK VITO has been a regular member of BOB SEGER's studio and live band.RICK VITO when he became a member of the band he had always admired, FLEETWOOD MAC, filling a gap left by LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM.Within the band, RICK VITO achieved a blend between the different guitar styles of PETER GREEN and LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM without losing his own individuality.Five successful years followed for FLEETWOOD MAC including two world tours, with the albums "Tango In The Night" and "Behind The Mask ".At that time, Fleetwood Mac also released a "BEST OF" album with new studio tracks featuring RICK VITO.RICK VITO was also working on his first solo album "King Of Hearts" with the single "Desiree", a duet with the Fleetwood Mac singer STEVIE NICKS.This was followed by STEVIE NICKS's "Street Angel" solo world tour with RICK VITO.At the end of 1998, RICK VITO released his second solo album "Pink and Black", a clear confession of his roots in the traditional blues and rhythm 'n' blues style.RICK VITO continued this trend in his studio album "LUCKY DEVILS" and added a distinctive new accent to it.His PETER GREEN influenced guitar sounds are absolutely typical, and especially noticeable in the instrumentals.RICK VITO has a quite exceptional approach to guitar playing.He seamlessly combines slide playing with separate clear notes.RICK VITO plays in a galaxy of guitar styles and achieves a unique combination of classic blues with modern rock elements, creating a third space between rock, pop and blues without losing the rootsy appeal.His personal guitar style and his mastery of stylistic fusion make RICK VITO into one of the most innovative blues guitarists of the present day.Red Team LeaderJealousy (1984) (TV) ....They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Internet Movie Database Inc.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you. |
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