RICK PAYNE is an established acoustic blues guitarist in the UK with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.

As a teacher he has written and facilitated many guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Gary Davis...

"Impressive blues and slide guitar playing from West country bluesman whose work bears comparison with early Ry Cooder" Daily Telegraph

Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne's performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided the background music to a number of major BBC TV productions, for wildlife programmes on Radio 4 and for BBC World Service. He has also featured on BBC Radio 2 with Nigel Kennedy and appeared live on BBC1 'Holby City'

His mastery of acoustic blues takes him beyond the usual boundaries of blues festivals and clubs. He frequently plays at jazz and folk events and at literature and poetry festivals and has even played the blues at a classical music festival, on stage after the English Symphony Orchestra.

A qualified guitar tutor, Rick passes his skills on to around 150 students per week at schools throughout the South West and at workshops nationwide.
Reviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.

CREDITS
CD ALBUMS
CD Blue River Blues (Roots label Bennett House Recordings California)
CD Live at the Folk house
CD Live at the Dragon Blues Festival
CD Instrumentally Yours
CD The Bridge
CD The Fret Files
CD Sessions

To purchase any of the above click here:

Downloads click here:
Television/Film
Commissioned to compose and perform music for major series e.g.
BBC TV Whickers World
BBC TV Natural World
BBC TV Ray Mears
BBC TV Holby City
BBC TV Regional Points West
Channel 5 Nick's Quest In search of the Polar Bear
Wire TV Sunday Show
Film John Doe and the Anti

Radio includes
BBC Radio 2 (with Nigel Kennedy)
BBC Radio 2 (Paul Jones Show)
BBC Radio 4 (composed/performed music for wildlife programmes)
BBC World Service (regular performances)
BBC Radio Bristol (regular performances)
BBC Radio Gloucester (live performance)
KMVR Nevada City (live performance
Danish Radio (live performance)
Radio Japan
Anna Livia FM Dublin
Gemini Radio

Festivals include
International Stage Colne Cheltenham Literature
Gloucester Blues Farnham Blues
N.Columbia USA Bristol Blues
Aarlborg Denmark Dartmouth Blues
International American Express Norton Park Blues
Trowbridge Folk Devizes Festival
Marlborough Folk Stonehouse Music
Birmingham Jazz Chichester Festival
Cheltenham Music Ribchester Classical Music
Lichfield Winter Crawley (The Hawth) Folk

For more info on Rick including full discography, press, photos, shop and more go to RICK PAYNE ONLINE: WWW.RICKPAYNE.CO.UK