December Update — Richard Bennett

The leaves of autumn have segued to the 12th month of the year. Hope everyone had a good summer and are enjoying the brisk fall weather as we sail into the holidays.

We had an end of summer splash down on the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of weeks in early October. The weather still very warm and mild, just like the Gulf waters. I always hate to see summer end but having an early autumn holiday makes it easier to take.

I’ve been doing several podcasts recently to promote the Tall Tale Tunes album. Craig Garber hosts a wonderful podcast called Everyone Loves Guitar, and I spoke at great length with him about the new record. That interview will be up beginning December 3rd, You can find it at www.everyonelovesguitar.com along with another interview I did with him a couple of years ago.

A new podcast dropped called “Legends” with Andy Ellis. Andy’s an old friend and great guitar player. We had this chat a couple of months ago and here it is:

Here’s a link to a fun hour I spent with Paul Burch on his radio show, Works Progress Radio Hour. We talked about the new record and also took turns picking some of our favourite guitar records to play. You can hear it here: https://www.wxnafm.org/broadcasts/27880

And one more from my friends at Craft Brewed Music, the curated music website with exquisitely chosen artists and music by Brian Horner. I’m proud to be among the artists who are included at Craft Brewed Music. CBM is definitely worth your time to check out and here is a link to a brand new interview I did with Brian and his pal and CBM artist Aaron Stayman.

There are more podcasts to come and I will post them here as they upload.

Orders are still coming in for the new record and I want to thank all of you who’ve shown interest in it. The reception has been overwhelming and to that end I’ve decided to make all of my albums available through my site, sort of one stop shopping. They will of course remain on Amazon too along with all the streaming and download platforms. Code Red, Cloud Nine…. For The Newly Blue…. Contrary Cocktail…. Ballads In Otherness…. they’re all right there and nicely priced for the holidays.

I’ve just returned from London and another week of recording with Mark Knopfler & Co. It was great seeing everyone again, making music at British Grove studios, having lots of laughs, a million cups of tea and maybe just a few martinis. Everybody in great shape and high spirits. In the process we put another clutch of great songs in the can.

At this point I’m double vax’d, triple boosted and beginning to feel the world pulling at my sleeve again but still staying cautious. I hope you all are as well. Wishing everyone a warm and peaceful holiday season.

Be well,

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Tall Tale Tunes CD (Autographed)

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"Tall Tale Tunes is the latest installment in an ongoing series of guitar instrumental masterpieces from Richard Bennett. This project like its predecessors, is a study in the art of touch, tone, taste and timing. The compositions are exquisitely crafted scores with melodies that carry the listener on dreamy flights of fantasy, up and down the fretboards of various guitars that can only be made to sound the way they do in the hands of Richard Bennett.”

- Marty Stuart

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Themes From A Rainy Decade CD

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“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 encyclopaedic 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.”

— MARK KNOPFLER

The ‘Themes From A Rainy Decade’ CD is currently out-of-print but can be streamed at all the usual places, including Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ytCI0zyqFjqZuBSm2vI3C

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Code Red Cloud Nine CD

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“I believe these tracks might reflect the real ‘heart and soul’ of Richard Bennett. Of course, I think that about everything I hear him play, whether it’s jazz, blues, country, pop or rock and roll. And perhaps, as someone once said, he plays that way just because he can!”

— DUANE EDDY

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Valley Of The Sun CD

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“January, 1960 ... it was a hell of a winter. We piled into a drafty, black, 1954 Cadillac convertible, picked up Route 66 and pointed the Caddy west in search of a new life in Phoenix, Arizona...the Valley of the Sun. These eleven postcards are love letters, distant watery images...mirages of the Valley.”

— RICHARD BENNETT

The ‘Valley Of The Sun’ CD is currently out-of-print but can be streamed at all the usual places, including Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6X9KiCB6x3FJmwM6dWzN2L

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For The Newly Blue CD

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“Like the builders who’d etch a design, a gracing touch on the uppermost ledges of those first early 20th century skyscrapers, Richard puts something into his work that no one else may be able to extract or identify or even know exists. But something about its being there makes the end product complete, better, best. Yes, Richard Bennett is one lucky son of a gun but a spin of For The Newly Blue is all you’ll need to know he’s giving as good as he gets.”

— RICK ALLEN, WRITER FOR VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE

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Contrary Cocktail CD

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“A hypnotic blend of rhythms, landscapes, tones, colors, styles and moods, with melodies leading the way to certain places that only songs without words can go.”

— PIETA BROWN

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Ballads In Otherness CD

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“Richard Bennett is one of my favorite guitar players of all time. Not just because he composed the back-track to our song “Forever in Blue Jeans” and not because of the inventiveness and clarity of his compositions but because of the rock and roll spirit which infuses every song he touches.”

— NEIL DIAMOND