Don Rich Redux

Since it's clear the Adios Lounge hosts a formidable Don Rich fan club, here's a few more nuggets from the vault. And when I say nuggets, I'm talking pure gold. Enjoy.



A surprisingly excellent Rich bio courtesy of his ... high school alumni association??? True. Great footage, fleshes out Rich's background, but it's mildly depressing that the most thorough overview of Don Rich's life and career is the product not of a music production company or anything "Hall of Fame-y," but of the sons and daughters of Oly? Thank God for the youtube.



Interesting thing about "Guitar Pickin' Man" is that it was actually written by Wayne Moore, Clarence White's old bassist in The Reasons (aka Nashville West). In fact, CW played on Moore's original 1967 recording during his stint with Gary S Paxton at Bakersfield International. How likely is it that Rich learned of this song through White? I'd say likely.

Says Gene Parsons: "Clarence was a big fan of Don Rich and Don was a big fan of Clarence's. Later, Don came to some sessions when we were in The Byrds. He was a really nice guy, great guitar player and singer."



Are you kidding me? This is so good and I can't believe I didn't know of its existence until RJ pointed it out to me a few days ago. Sweet ghost of Rick Danko, this is a king harvest of badass.