Richy Kicklighter has placed songs with U.S. News and World Report, Wishbone Ash, The Diocese Of Colorado, Japanese TV, Surf Movies and advertising around the country. He writes and plays blues, jazz, country/folk, new age, reggae, r&b, and funk. Richy is known for his soulful and melodic guitar style and writes and produces his own music. Richy Kicklighter has 9 cds released on the jazz, blues and new age formats that have charted and received airplay on radio and tv internationally.
Richy got a start with the Delrays band playing r&b and soul and worked with Rufus Thomas, Eddie Floyd, Bo Diddley, Little Johnny Taylor, Pigmeat Markum, Willy Hightower and more. After a few years with the Delrays he meant Sammy Lawhorn while jammimg with the Muddy Waters band. Sammy moved to Florida and Richy and Sammy played together in the Jukes Blues Band for a year or so. Richy then moved to New York City and worked with Tom Doucette, a former harmonica player for the Allman Bros. band. Richy moved to Macon, Georgia where he played with everyone from the Allman Brothers Band to various members of James Brown and Otis Redding bands. Richy then joined T.S.S. for Talton, Stewart and Sandlin (Capricorn records), featuring Tommy Talton of Cowboy, Johnny Sandlin (Capricorn producer) and Bill Stewart, Capricorn session drummer, and featured Neil Larsen on piano.
Moving to Atlanta Richy helped put together the legendary r&b/blues band Cool Breeze with singer Bill Sheffield. Cool Breeze was a leader on the blues circuit doing the east coast from New York to Florida and sharing the bill with Stevie Ray Vaughn, Room Full Of Blues, Night Hawks, Average
thrilling, moody , dark and powerful hard driving rock guitar groove with a Jimi Hendrix/007 kind of feel. Has exceptional hammond organ and a thrilling guitar solo on the vamp out drama, spy, other worlds. . . . . Instrumental, Rock Music, Art Rock
touching moving sensitive dramatic, searching or looking for you, piano melody pop/r&b with acoustic bass and good rhythmic beat, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Contemplative Music
the dark train, mystery train drama folk/jazz/blues with acoustic guitar, piano, percussion, pedal steel. Rhythmic night groove, Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
the wild side, moving rhythmic instrumental island or latin feel or mood, guitar is soulful blue/jazz style,New Orleans rumba? good for party, dance,night scenes... Instrumental, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz
very raw real lost and lonely finger picking acoustic guitar with a cool funk beat and piano melody, lonely on the road, road of life, longing , hoping, never ending, searching.... Instrumental, Jazz Music, Folk Jazz
A little mystery/suspense r&b jazz groove with a dark start then a haunting piano melody over a tropic rhythm (drums & percussion) with acoustic bass, espionage, drama, crime. Low key menace, James Bond spy movie, murder mystery, edgy, lurking, plotting, planning a bank heist. Hiding watching, Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
big time suspense come get me funk groove with a middle eastern vibe and sound to it. Hendrix style wah solo on vamp out. Probably good for suspence or building, maybe a chase or looking out over distance, Instrumental, Action Music, Action Impending Buildup (pending)
down home the real deal slow acoustic blues with stand up bass moody dusty road summer blues, Robert Johnson/Taj Mahal feel, Instrumental, Blues Music, Delta Blues
relax , wonder , dream, acoustic fingerpicking guitar and piano with a folk/newage feel and a mix of natural sounds, Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
if you like Jimi Hendrix check solo on vamp out, flat out Big Mystic R&B Funk Blues / Jazz guitar instrumental. Laidback spy theme, mellow moves, waiting for action build-up. Great soundscape for drama spy romance and more. Instrumental, Rock Music, Blues Rock
journey into mystery and wonder , soundscape starting with a rain storm moving into evening and night. guitar , piano, pedal steel, strings haunting and beautiful, Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
howling trains coming, solo electric guitar blues, very basic raw blues riff , very cool down home raw delta style GREAT for country , drama, trains, rivers, rural,dusty roads, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,Florida, swamp,beer, whiskey, Everglades scenes, Instrumental, Blues Music, Electric Blues
driving jazz instrumental with a little latin mood and exotic melodie,lots of percussion with great acoustic piano solo could easily be called Miami Moon, great for Miami night scenes , travel, love , passion, tropics, moon on the water, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Latin Jazz
a soulful rhythmic r&b groove with an island brown eyed girl kind of feel, motivating touching, nostalgic, baseball a summer song, Female Vocals, Pop Music, Tropical Rock
tender lost and lonely love blue jazz with a light latin bossa feel. acoustic rhythm guitar and electric melodie very soulful solo, Kenny Burrell feel, Has a little lost, night and lonely mood. Scenes: love, night, lonely, moon, travel, romantic, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Latin Jazz
funk r&b blues guitar instrumental with kind of Neville bros feel and Eric Clapton blues style guitar , breakdown to drums(spooky, mystical,erotic ) , great for night scenes, moon scenes, late night and dance or traveling, erotic, Instrumental, Blues Music, Modern Electric Blues
summery r&b/jazz guitar instrumental with a cool easy going mood over acoustic bass and a Brazilian hip hop drum groove, it feels like cool breezes and summer, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Jazz Rock
upfront raw powerful rock/jazz/new age/ country guitar instrumental with a touch of Jimi Hendrix mixed with pedal steel guitar, beautifully haunting takes you to another place, Instrumental, Rock Music, Folk Rock
Big UP building new age/ folk/rock kind of a Police style. space and uplifting with a great wah guitar solo and great violin solo from Willie Royal, Male Vocals, Pop Music, Alternative Pop
a very cool swinging reggae groove. blues, reggae guitar instrumental up happy crusin on down the road. if you like reggae this is a groove you have to check great for travel, night, island mystery, crime drama, dark roads scenes, Instrumental, Reggae Music, Reggae-Pop
strong solid groove/dance r&b/jazz/funk guitar instrumental, with a Wes Montgomery/Eric Clapton style and solid r&b groove, has a very passionate sax solo and nice blues style guitar solo on vamp out with horn section backing, good for nite scenes , dance scenes, party, Instrumental, RnB Music, Smooth Soul
very touching guitar instrumental, beautiful melody, caring, feeling, longing, good by...... guitar over drums and acoustic bass, Instrumental, RnB Music, RnB Pop
r&b/funk/pop female vocal, love style song ,strong funk guitar rhythm up and rhythmic, funky guitar rhythm with a break down to drums, good for love scenes, city or outdoor , groups , parties and night scenes, breakups, Female Vocals, RnB Music, Funk
This is an artist's version of sunrise, with music and sounds mixed together, to give the feel and mood of the sun coming up. Acoustic guitar, piano, pedal steel, synth violins and pads, along with dogs barking, birds, crickets, a rooster and a train whistle. Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
beautiful haunting intro you can feel the cool breeze, tropic, soulful r&b/jazz over a tropic latin rhythm, soulful guitar instrumental,great for tropic ocean scenes, beach,island, florida, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz
motivating and beautifully haunting blue/jazz new age smooth jazz with some acoustic fingerpicken , haunting melodic, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz
acoustic instrumental blues, fingerpicking delta style with a little r&b feel,has a little Stevie Ray Vaughn mixed with some Taj Mahal, music for love ,farm , road, night and country scenes, Instrumental, Blues Music, Country Blues
cool and romantic blue smooth jazz guitar instrumental with a bossa feel, romantic moody track, soulful melodic sort of a cross between Pat Metheny and Eric Clapton,SCENES: love , night, moon , city, travel, tropic, distance, lonely, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz
very magical journey, folk jazz new age guitar instrumental with acoustic guitar , acoustic piano and pedal steel,, Instrumental, New Age Music, Contemporary Instrumental
Passionate, very cool jazz/folk/love song with female vocals, finger picking acoustic guitar, kind of light rumba/bossa groove, soulful and bluesy great for love lost mystery love potion night bedroom wind in the curtains scenes, Female Vocals, Pop Music, Alternative Pop
a open free form finger picking blues with a misty late night feel, moody and slow. So mellow, dusty roads, open skies = super road trip, dirt farm story or sweet Southern Blues. Baby done left you? No damn good about that dilemma... Tales of hardship, hard drinking, regrets, flashbacks, Instrumental, Blues Music, Delta Blues
dusty road REAL acoustic delta blues instrumental, fingerpicking acoustic blues with a touch of Eric Clapton and Taj Mahal, just like your sittin on the front porch Scenes: country, river , delta, florida great for all rural scenes, farm, Instrumental, Blues Music, Delta Blues
Passionate ,very cool jazz/folk/love song with female vocals, finger picking acoustic guitar, kind of light rumba/bossa groove, soulful and bluesy, Female Vocals, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz Vocals
very moving passionate lost and lonely sea of love folk/ jazz waltz , new age, haunting guitar instrumental, call of the whales, call of time and life, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Smooth Jazz
Female vocal, Pop/RnB, whiter Shade of Pale feel, slow sad lost time to move on mood and words, good organ and guitar solos, guitar has Eric Clapton/Pat Metheny feel, dramatic, haunting and soulful, Female Vocals, RnB Music, Northern Soul
