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Richie Happnin Again pics.mov RichieBegin 6 views My Buddy Rick made this Video of me from clips I sent him. It's too funny!!
Desire.mp4 RichieBegin 54 views Very cool little urban sounding cautionary tale about the dangers of giving yourself up to constantly chasing after whatever new sensation or situation you think you need t...
All There Is.mp4 RichieBegin 23 views She's in a Hotel Where, she won't tell. . .
Into The Mystic.mp4 RichieBegin 344 views Into the Mystic words @ music Van Morrison We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere' the Bonny Boat was won As we sailed Into the Mystic Hark...
Its Not About That.mp4 RichieBegin 22 views Not About That RB JUNE 2006 BLUES G G/F# Em (A7 -- Bb7 -- B7) -repeat- It's NOT ABOUT THAT and you know it's true Why does every...
No Guarantee.mp4 RichieBegin 19 views No Guarantee R. Begin OCT 2005 A A7 1- SAY ITS OVER NOW YOU WAN GET PAID A7 E7 ...
A Real Spot.mp4 RichieBegin 22 views Sometimes, you get yourself into A Real Spot. You know, where you can't get over, can't get under? Can't get around? You know what I mean? Looking for a place there's no g...
Here Comes Trouble.mp4 RichieBegin 27 views Ever see Trouble coming straight at cha? I mean Trouble, with a capital T, which rhymes with, G, which stands for "Girl?" That's what I thought. Well then, this one's for ...
Whad Ya Do Now.mp4 RichieBegin 61 views
Too Much Like Work2A.mov RichieBegin 76 views Funky little pre-divorce dance tune with some jazzy sus chords. Don't bother getting up!

About Richie Begin

California singer and songwriter performing soul, blues, rock and country.

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Date Joined

Aug 5, 2006

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Richie Begin
Tehachapi. California song-writer,drummer, guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, writer, poet,Dad, and the most exciting one-man-band on the Central California Coast!

These are a few of the hats this 21st Century renaissance man wears.

The author of hundreds of Jazz, Pop, Rock, R&B, Blues, Country, Novelty, Children's and Spiritual songs, a couple volumes of poetry, many magazine articles, philosophical essays and a few under appreciated screenplays - Mr. Begin lives a life motivated by the creative process - inspired by experience, examined in words and music.

Born in 1951 on the Dutch island of Aruba, he was raised in Idaho & Southern California, attended California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo - moved to Santa Cruz, Ca. in 1976. For over 30 years he has been active in the arts & entertainment scene in Santa Cruz writing concert reviews, feature stories and columns for many local publications.

As writer/columnist -critic for Good Times Magazine(gtweekly.com) he's covered the changing face of music in Santa Cruz, CA for over 40 years. He has over 1600 articles in print.

Richie Begin is the lead singer, arranger, drummer and founder of SOUL UNIVERSITY, the San Francisco Bay Area's most requested wedding and special event dance band. He performs over 200 shows a year. [Soul-university.com]

As a bandleader and singing frontman; he founded and steered to popularity soul dance show-band The Cool Jerks, new wave jazz-rock pioneers The Strain, San Luis Obispo's Park Hotel Band and many more.

Voted Santa Cruz's Best Vocalist in 1981-82 by a newspaper reader's poll, Richie has a voice that can croon an Al Green soul ballad, caress a Jazz Standard, and belt out a barroom blues shouter with equal ease. He plays the piano, bass, guitar, but is most at home behind his set of Vintage 1961 Ludwig drums or with his cherished 1950 Gibson J150 acoustic guitar.

He's happiest spread out on top of the bed with a pencil in one hand and a guitar in another struggling with a new lyric or melody.

He is delighted to perform in clubs and concerts all over California manned with only a red Stratocaster, a 1981 Black FENDER Vibrolux amplifier , a small JBL PA and an iPod glued to his guitar strap whereon he selects original backing tracks (piano, bass, drums, guitar, percussion and backing vocals) all recorded in real time at his own digital home studio.

Richie Begin LIVE is the biggest sounding one-man-act in music. And the Band is always on time!

The music of Richie Begin is as varied as a love song, easy as a summer afternoon and as hard to describe as a dream.

As a songwriter, Richie Begin is hard to classify and very easy to appreciate.

Songs full of passion, whimsical lyrics that can easily mean two or three things, funny songs that aren't so funny, sad songs with a happy beat, blues songs with more than one level, songs about relationships under pressure and undernourished, love gone right and love gone wrong, silly songs, songs that should be classic jazz standards, rock and roll tunes that defy categorization... Mr. Begin is constantly listening for a lyric... stumbling across a melody, rummaging around for inspiration in the darndest places.

Mr. Begin writes the lyrics, arranges the music, plays all the instruments and has written and recorded well over 2800 compositions.

He disappears for weeks at a time, re-emerging with notebooks full of swinging Blues shuffles, soulful Country standards, blistering Rockers, sardonic Jazz Valentines, heartfelt Ballads, and more than a few hopeful, prejudicial as well as clear-eyed Love Songs.

Richie Begin has a songbook full of songs you will want to listen to again and again, songs that celebrate, challenge, provoke, inspire and always entertain the listener.
Contary to popular belief, it IS possible to think and dance at the same time.

Click around, listen, look, dance and if you like, put your feet up, relax, click on the links, enjoy the 5 - song DVD released in AUGUST 2006. Go ahead and listen then download full-tracks of FREE MUSIC.

His newest CD "Ready To Have Some Fun" is also on hand. Recorded in Franklin, Tennessee in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 it was produced and engineering by Kevin McKendree, long time pianist and musical Director for GRAMMY Winner Delbert McClinton and his band. It features Delbert's current rhythm section Willie Doman - bass, Kevin McKendree- keyboards, Rob McNelley - guitars, and one of the most respected drummers in the business, John Haitt's and Sonney Landreth's touring and recording session drummer; the inimitatable Ken Blevins.

Have a good laugh, a good cry, get inspired & pissed off, and if you dare; get to know an artist worth singing about:
Richie Begin.

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Hometown

Tehachapi, CA

Country

United States

Occupation

Musician, Writer, Project Coordinator, Director of Marketing

Companies

Soul University Music Productions

Schools

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Interests

Composing, Dreaming, Home Recording, Movies, Literature, Photography, Girls, Travel, Poetry,Essays, Songwriting &amp;amp;amp;amp; Composition and digital photography

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