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
soundscape starting with a rain storm moving into evening and night. guitar , piano, pedal steel, strings haunting and beautiful, Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
a midday soundscape of music and natural sounds with approaching thunder storm. Acoustic guitar , piano,pedal steel, strings, Instrumental, New Age Music, Nature
New age/folk/ soundscape, with acoustic fingerpicking guitar, piano, pedal steel, percussion and nature sounds. Instrumental, New Age Music, New Age Acoustic
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
