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Kotzen in San Diego, November 2007 Background information Birth name Richard Dale Kotzen, Jr. Born ( 1970-02-03) February 3, 1970 (age 47), Pennsylvania United States Genres,,,,,,, Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, producer Instruments Guitar, vocals, piano, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, mandolin, dobro, violin, banjo Years active 1987–present Labels,,,, Associated acts Arthur's Museum,,,,,, Wilson Hawk, Website Richard Dale ' Richie' Kotzen, Jr.

(born February 3, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Kotzen has a prolific solo career, with a back catalogue of more than twenty album releases, was a member of the glam-hard rock band from 1991-1993, from 1999-2002, and since 2012 has also been a member of the band. Kotzen was signed to -based from 1989 until 1997. Contents • • • • • • Biography [ ] Richie Kotzen began playing piano at the age of five.

At the age of seven, he was inspired to learn the electric guitar by the band. He started his career in a band named Arthur's Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records', and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19, the first of two instrumental records, simply entitled Richie Kotzen. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid. One year later, a second solo album called Fever Dream was released, which was the first one to also feature his lead vocals.

Since then, Kotzen has released a long series of more than twenty albums with musical influences ranging from Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Blues, Blue-eyed-soul, R&B and Funk to Jazz Fusion. Mp3 Songs Pk Search Suggest. In 1991, at age 21, Kotzen joined glam-hard rock band, co-writing and performing on the album. This album produced two top-twenty singles which Kotzen co-wrote, ' and '. After that, Kotzen focused on his solo career, regularly releasing song oriented, r&b/soul & funk influenced melodic rock albums such as Mother Head's Family Reunion, Wave Of Emotion, Something To Say, Break It All Down and What Is.

He also made guest appearances on several albums by artists like,, and others. In 1995 and 1997 he collaborated with on two Jazz Rock Fusion albums. In 1999, Kotzen replaced as guitarist in the mainstream hard rock band, performing on their album. He also contributed guitars to their subsequent release. The record included the Kotzen song Shine, which debuted at number one on Japanese radio charts. Big disbanded, Kotzen released the solo album, in 2003.

The title track and the song Get a Life were featured in TV commercials throughout Japan. In 2002, Kotzen bought a commercial building in and established a recording studio and production company. Mach7 Remote Spy Keylogger V2 - The Best Free Software For Your.

He has since produced his own acclaimed solo albums and collaborated with various figures in rock (e.g. ), jazz and fusion, including legend, with whom he realized the project. The 2004 follow-up-album to Change, featured a more edgy, aggressive rock sound. It was more hard rock oriented than any of his previous solo outputs since Fever Dream and contains the ballad 'Remember', which became a minor hit. In 2005, Richie Kotzen teamed up with three Japanese punk rockers to form the short-lived -Project, which only lasted long enough to record and release one album. Later in the same year, Kotzen collaborated with Funk Rock Fusion guitarist on his album Rough Beat, where he contributed 50% of the vocals and co-wrote some of the songs. The album was first released on the 31st of December, 2005, and got re-issued in 2009 under the name Resurrection, coming with five additional tracks.

In 2006, Kotzen was the opening act for in Japan on their. During the year 2006, Kotzen managed to produce and release two solo studio albums, first, an album on which he played several English sung rock covers of theme songs from the Gundam anime franchise, and only nine months later, containing ten self-penned rock songs. The latter one starts with the angry song 'You Can't Save Me', in which he uses a certain F-word extensively, what eventually turned it into a fan favourite. 2007 saw the release of the album, which alternatively was named Return Of The Mother Head's Family Reunion in Europe and Japan. On the album Kotzen showcases a firework of edgy, driving, yet melodic funk influenced blues rock songs with strong hooks and passionate guitar playing. It includes the eight-minute-song 'Fooled Again', which became a live favourite on the following tours, and the soft pop ballad 'Chase It' with its significant mandolin riff, for which a music video clip was filmed in Venice.

In 2008, Kotzen's first live album, simply entitled was released, followed by the acclaimed album in 2009, for which Kotzen played and recorded all instruments himself. In 2009, Kotzen also teamed up with songwriter/producer for a short-lived project they called. Wilson Hawk produced one album called The Road, on which they celebrate some R&B & soul influenced pop music in the style of the late 60s and 70s. After the 'Peace Sign' world tour, Kotzen took a little break and released only one single in 2010 (the Rod Stewart reminiscent Angry Boy). But 2011 brought another full-length Kotzen-Solo-album titled 24 Hours, which features ten catchy, fresh 70s funk & r&b influenced rock songs with strong hooks and vibes, garnished with a lot of fiddling around. The release was followed by another tour. In 2012, he joined forces with and to form the rock who released their on May 15, 2013 in Japan, with a worldwide release on July 23 of the same year.

A world tour followed. After that, Kotzen went on an acoustic solo tour and started working on his 20th solo effort, which became the Cannibals album, that was released on January, 5th, 2015. Only nine months later, on October, 2nd, 2015, released their second album, followed by another world tour. By the time of 2016, The Winery Dogs went on hiatus and Kotzen focused on his next solo record Salting Earth, which came out on April 14th, 2017. From August until late September Kotzen completed a European tour.

Guitar playing style [ ] Kotzen has described his style as a mix of rock, blues, jazz, fusion, and soul music. Kotzen utilizes a heavy amount of and in his playing. As his main influences, he lists,,, (who produced his first album),, and many other jazz and fusion players. Kotzen, since around 2007, has opted to stop using guitar picks and been playing exclusively with his fingers ever since. Instruments and equipment [ ] Kotzen has used electric guitars for most of his career, most notably his signature model and, as well as other custom-made models.

Currently, there are two Richie Kotzen signature models made by – a Stratocaster (STR-145RK) and a Telecaster (TLR-155RK). Both guitars feature ash bodies with laminated flame maple caps, maple necks and one piece maple fretboards with abalone dot inlays and 22 super jumbo frets. The Telecaster model features a Chopper T pickup in the bridge position (single spaced humbucker) and a DiMarzio Twang King in the neck position.

The Stratocaster is fitted with three custom made DiMarzio single coil pickups. At the beginning of his career, Kotzen used guitars and amplifiers before switching to Fender guitars and amplifiers in the early 1990s. He used Marshall Super Lead, JCM800 and JCM900 models as well as Yamaha DG Series amps in the late 90's. Yamaha DG1000 preamp with Marshall EL34 100/100 poweramp, and Yamaha DG130H, Yamaha DG100 combo etc. In 2005, Cornford Amplification issued a Richie Kotzen signature model – RK100, a single channel tube amp head developed and designed in collaboration with Kotzen to suit his expansive playing style. Cornford ceased production of all amplifiers, including the RK100, in 2013.

There were also matching signature model speaker cabinets, equipped with one or four Vintage 30 12' speakers. Both the amplifier head and the speaker cabinets were the only Cornford models generally supplied with Kotzen-spec black tolex covering. The 4 x 12' cabinet also includes a special locking jack socket on the rear. Kotzen prefers not to use many pedals (or effects, in general) when playing live. However, over the years, he has been using several versions of Sobbat Drivebraker and Glowvibe pedals on top of Marshall amps when not playing with the Cornford.

He also uses reverb and delay effects of his signature series Zoom G2R effects processor, which is connected in the effects loop of the amplifier. In 2014, started selling the Richie Kotzen Signature RK5 Fly Rig, which was developed in close collaboration with Richie, who used the final prototype for the bulk of his 2014 tour with the Winery Dogs. Discography [ ].