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Finger Style Guitar
2004 Madison Area Music Awards Nominee:
Best Acoustic Artist, Best Acoustic Album
Visit 'Albums' to hear selections from Richard's 2003 release "Out Of The Blue".
Visit 'Videos' to see 5 solo performances videotaped at Full Compass' store opening Oct. 2009.
Biography
Richard Wiegel has been a fixture on the Madison,Wisconsin music scene for more than 30 years. His stirring guitar work has added excitement to the performances of The Midwesterners, Johnny and the Hawaiians, The Wisconsin Opry, Out of the West, The Swing Crew, Clicker and The Bowery Boys.
More recently, Richard has added solo acoustic guitar performance to his credits. On his new solo CD "Out of the Blue", Richard covers classic songs from a variety of muscial genres: rock, ragtime, blues, jug band, jazz and rockabilly. The result is an upbeat and seamlessly entertaining album.
Following in the path of finger-picking guitar greats Chet Atkins, Doc Watson and Mississippi John Hurt, Richard pays tribute to these pioneers with his own treatments of classic songs: St. Louis Blues, Deep Water Blues, La Vie En Rose, A Good Girl is Hard To Find, and even a finger-picking version of Chuck Berry’s devilish The Thirteen Question Method. Guitar and vocals were all recorded live at DNA Studios, and mixed by Mark Haines at Smart Studios in Madison.
Mr. Richards and The FunTime Express (Richard's new kids show)
Songs and stories for youngsters, from renowned Madison guitarist
Richard Wiegel. Join in and sing along to new and traditional
favorites-You've Got A Friend In Me, I've Been Working On The Railroad, There Ain't No Bugs On Me and many more-accompanied by fancy guitar pickin' and G-rated jokes, as heard on Richard's new CD Songs For Kids. (Visit 'News' for ordering information.)
Press
The Wisconsinite says, “Wiegel's warm, mellow vocals fit the smooth fingerpicking guitar accompaniment very well. If you're a fan of melodic guitar playing, you'll enjoy the album very much.”
Rick’s Café says “Wiegel possesses a smooth, rich voice that is well suited for this type of material.”
The Isthmus says, “A nicely realized solo CD that features his finger-style guitar.”
Visit www.MadisonOriginalsMagazine.com Vol 12 2007 for a very nice article on Richard and The Midwesterners.[/size]
Along with original compositions, this is a partial list of songs that are included in Richard's solo repertoire:
Standards
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller)
Jitterbug Waltz “
Up A Lazy River
Georgia
Summertime
It Had To Be You
I’ll See You In My Dreams
All Of Me
Right Or Wrong
Sunny Side Of The Street
Such a Night (Dr. John)
She’s Funny That Way
The Stars Fell On Alabama
Blue Skies
Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Cabaret “
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Scotch and Soda
La Vie En Rose (inst.)
Over The Rainbow (inst.)
Yellow Bird (inst.)
Cielito Lindo (inst.)
Tears (Django Reinhart)
Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman)
I'm In The Mood For Love Fats Domino
Girl From Ipanema
Charade
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Autumn Leaves
Old Time/Blues
Nobody’s Business (Mississippi John Hurt)
My Creole Belle “
Louis Collins “
Can’t Be Satisfied “
Deep River Blues (Delmore Bros.)
St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)
San Francisco Bay Blues (Eric Clapton)
Nobody Knows You When Your’e Down and Out
Rag Mama Rag (Blind Boy Fuller)
No Matter How She Done It (Tampa Red)
Things ‘Bout Comin’ My Way “ “
A Good Gal Is Hard To Find
Make Me Down a Pallet On Your Floor
Stormy Weather
How Long (LeRoy Carr)
Way Downtown (Doc Watson)
Hesitatin’ Blues “ “
Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia (Jimmy Rodgers)
Can’t Forget My Wild and Rowdy Ways “
Frankie and Johnny
Come Rain or Come Shine
Key To The Highway
Anytime
Goodbye My Bluebell (inst.)
Under The Double Eagle (inst.)
Yakety Ax (Chet Atkins)
The Day the Fingerpickers Took Over The World
Windy and Warm (inst.)
Sloppy Drunk (Jimmy Rogers)
House of the Rising Sun
Rock And Roll
Let The Good Times Roll
Blue Days Black Nights (Buddy Holly)
Rave On “
Can’t Catch Me (Chuck Berry)
13 Question Method “
You Never Can Tell “
Here Comes The Sun (George Harrison)
Shake Rattle and Roll (Bill Haley)
Elvis Presley Medley
Flip Flop and Fly (Big Joe Turner)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (inst.)
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
Jump Jive and Wail (Louis Prima)
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
Country
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
Get Rhythm “
Blue Moon Nights (John Fogerty)
Big Train From Memhis “
16 Tons (Merle Travis)
Cannonball Rag “
9 Pound Hammer “
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)
On The Road Again (Willie Nelson)
Crazy “
Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain “
Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams)
If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)
Don’t Think Twice It’s Allright (Bob Dylan)
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight “
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere “
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