Rick Boston
Rick Boston | |
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Birth name | Richard Wallie Boston |
Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Origin | Los Angeles |
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Guitarist, composer, producer |
Instruments | Guitar |
Labels | Foodchain Records World Domination |
Associated acts | Low Pop Suicide Rickie Lee Jones The Januaries |
Richard Wallie "Rick" Boston is an American musician, composer and producer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his roles in Low Pop Suicide and for producing Rickie Lee Jones' album, Ghostyhead.
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Early life and education
Richard Wallie Boston was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He studied[where?] jazz arrangement and composition.[1]
Early career
Boston played guitar for Belinda Carlisle's 1988 album, Heaven on Earth. He composed "You Know We're Gonna Hurt" for Joe Cocker's 1989 album, One Night of Sin. Boston was a member of the band Hand of Fate, working with John Keck to produce the 1990 album, Hand of Fate, and is credited for vocals.[2] He composed eight of the songs on Lowen & Navarro's 1991 album, Walking on a Wire,[3] and another for their 1993 album, Broken Moon. Boston played guitar for and produced Sky Cries Mary's 1991 EP, Exit at the Axis.[4]
Low Pop Suicide
Boston subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen as the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, making a series of releases on World Domination Recordings. He was the band's frontman, singing and playing lead guitar, on their 1993 debut album On the Cross of Commerce,[5] but both Allen and Jeff Ward exited the band. As the only founder left, their second LP, The Death of Excellence,[6] was a more personal vehicle for his songwriting, singing, guitar playing, and angst.
As a side project with Allen as the Crash Baptists, Boston recorded the soundtrack to the 1993 thriller The Harvest.
After Low Pop Suicide
Exploring a more acoustic sound, he released one solo record in 1996, Numb,[7] a verbatim copy of Low Pop Suicide's last release, the Unzipped EP.[8]
In 1997 he partnered with Rickie Lee Jones in songwriting, playing, and production for her record Ghostyhead.[9]
Boston was a member of The Januaries,[10] which released two albums in 2000, The Januaries[11] and The Girl's Insane.[12]
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Production work
As a producer, Boston has worked in the studio with artists Rodleen Getsic and Norwood Fisher of Fishbone on Getsic's song, "The Reaper".[13]
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Selected discography
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- With Hand of Fate
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- With Low Pop Suicide
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- With The Januaries
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- The Rick Boston Jamie Cohen Project
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- As composer
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- As producer
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Notes
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- ↑ Hand of Fate 1990.
- ↑ Sky Cries Mary 1991.
- ↑ Low Pop Suicide 1993.
- ↑ Low Pop Suicide 1995.
- ↑ Rick Boston 1996.
- ↑ Erlewine.
- ↑ Jones 2000.
- ↑ Sosnowski 2014.
- ↑ The Januaries 2000a.
- ↑ The Januaries 2000b.
- ↑ Getsic, Boston & Fisher 2006.
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Somewhere Nice To Fall — The Somewhat Acknowledged Low Pop Suicide and Rick Boston Webpage
- Rick Boston at AllMusic
- Rick Boston discography at Discogs
- Rick Boston at the Internet Movie Database