★ on Wicked Din
Broadway musicals, Doo Wop, and Bolero was the sonic sea I swam in as a child. I wanted to play the violin, which I did in junior high school orchestra. But because of Elvis and the Beatles, and because of those old Columbia deals of 15 albums for a penny or whatever it was, the eight track of Queen Jazz wound up in my parents' collection. BLEW ME AWAY!!! A guitarist/songwriter was born. Now I could both drown out the chaos outside my bedroom and piss off my parents. But I also had this uncle who lived with us. Rifling through his um, paraphernalia, and his album collection with the Doors and King Crimson, my musical foundation was set. Meandering through many genres over the course of my life, I found myself in ensembles of progressive rock, alt-country (Adlin & Appleford), and traditional Middle Eastern music. Now I'm here, and also with another band of excellent original music called King Pall (kingpallmusic.com).
On Wicked Din
Lead guitar and harmony vocals on all eight tracks — I Knew, The Beanstalk Speaks, Kiss Hello, Wicked Din, Soup A, Lonely Lady, Life Fever, Unshakable No.
Albums I love
Records Rich keeps going back to.
- Clem Snide: Your Favorite Music
- Hendrix Experience: Axis Bold A Love
- Every album by the Beatles as well as their solo albums
- Tom Waits: Real Gone
- Townes Van Zandt: Rear View Mirror
- Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
- Gillian Welch: Revelator
- John Prine: Diamonds in the Rough
- Rush: Permanent Waves
- Queen: Jazz
- King Crimson: Discipline
- Bob Dylan: Another Side
- ACDC: For Those About To Rock
- Ozzy Osbourne: Diary Of A Madman
- Radiohead: OK Computer
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
- Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
- Beck: Sea Change
- Yes: The Yes Album
On right now
What Rich has been playing lately.
Photographs
19 shots Rich is in. The whole gallery.
What the press said
Rich Adlin's lead guitar doesn't shred so much as narrate — every solo here sounds like it's finishing a sentence someone else started singing.
Indie Dock Music Blog
The electric guitar solos are a huge highlight, full of personality and just the right amount of grit when they pop up.
We Write About Music not by name
Jules' unusual synthesizer textures, Rich Adlin's experimental guitar sounds and Brian Wooten's haunting lap steel create an especially distinctive sonic palette.
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