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Who is Ross Rice?
ROSS RICE has been a professional
musician for 23 years. After
finishing a Bachelors of Music
Composition degree at University
of Memphis in 1983, he then
went to the REAL University
of Memphis music: the Memphis
club scene. Working his way
through the ranks, he ended
up in a group called The Coolers,
which featured Donald “Duck” Dunn,
Stax Records house bassist
(Otis Redding, Sam and Dave,
but, most notably, Booker T.
and the MG’s). This became
the premier ryhtym section
in town, backing up Charlie
Rich, Ron Wood, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Joe Walsh, and Luther Ingram,
among many others.
After 2
1/2 years, Ross left to form
Human Radio, which signed
with Columbia records, and
had a minor hit in 1990, “Me and
Elvis”, the video of which
was briefly in heavy rotation
on MTV (back when they actually
showed music videos). After
a coast-to-coast tour, and
several years in Nashville,
the band broke up, and Ross
continued writing and performing,
co-writing songs on albums
by Susannah Hoffs (Bangles)
and Adrian Belew (Talking Heads,
King Crimson). A batch of publishing
demos found its way to Steve
Earle, who promptly signed
Ross to his new E-Squared label.
Ross’ CD “Umpteen” was released
in 1997 to international critical
acclaim (also released on Sony
Japan).
Ross relocated back
to Memphis, and became a
mainstay on the local scene,
producing and performing frequently.
As a sideman, he contributed
to CD’s by Steve Earle, Jill
Sobule, Steve Forbert, Tim
Easton, Amy Rigby, Banyan (w/
Stephen Perkins, Jane’s Addiction),
Garrison Starr, Swan Dive, and
the Bloodthirsty Lovers. He
appeared on tour with Banyan,
Rob Wasserman’s Space Island,
Todd Snider, Eek-A-Mouse, Scott
Miller and the Commonwealth,
Kim Richey, Jamie O’Neal,
Willie Waldman Project, Mark
Farner (Grand Funk RR), and
most recently, Peter Frampton.
Ross has recently relocated
to the Hudson Valley of New
York, to pursue a less volatile
quality of life for himself
and his family.
Click here to see the Ross
Rice Discography
Photos and video fom the Memphis
show with Human Radio! Click
here.
Click
here for video and pics from
Ross's NYC gig.
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