John Geraci at 2013-04-24 10:33:37:

Thanks for posting, very insightful. I had no idea he jammed for 3 hours. No wonder he ran out of material. At the end of the video when he goes backstage -- looks like Jon Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful at the right. Rock on, Richie!

SabinaGiado at 2013-04-24 12:11:13:

When I was doing stand-up, I used to negotiate with that 'immutable fact' a lot: "We have no idea how it will turn out." I used to tell myself that this was my story. I was putting my soul on the line. If they wanted it, they could have it. If not, that's fine too. But I'm here to play anyway. That works most of the time. Trusting myself is something I need to work on too.

plinytheelder_t at 2013-04-24 16:24:38:

One of the things we tend to ignore about musicians is just how far their tastes in music range beyond the style in which they perform. For instance, Prince is a well known Joni Mitchell fan and counts her as one of his major influences. Hendrix once stated that King Crimson was the best band in the world. In Richie's case, he was great friends with Steve Hackett, the ex-Genesis guitarist. So for those of you who like prog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-PeKSB9_0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfg5K9ut2k

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