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Indiana transplant Ritchey has undergone a serious artistic transformation since arriving in Nashville, going from a more simple, straightforward folk-country style to one now informed more by rock and pop influences to such an extent that his most recent performances had people comparing him favorably to Ryan Adams.
NOTICE:
Brian's new self title E.P. was released on Dec. 15th 2005. Stay tuned for upcoming reviews of his new release.
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Bio
A native Hoosier, Brian started honing his songwriting talents between the ages of 16 and 17 while growing up in rural Indiana.
Focusing primarily in the folk/country field of songwriting, it wasn’t until the age of 19 that he discovered the music that would help shape and develop his alt-country/ rock ambitions and accomplishments.
Some of the artists and albums that would help fuel these ambitions were Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks" and "Desire”, Neil Young’s “Comes a Time" and "Harvest” and Gram Parsons' “Grevious Angel" and "GP”, among others.
With a new found love for these artists, Brian began teaching himself to play piano, harmonica, and banjo to help compliment and diversify his ever growing love of songwriting.
At the age of 20, he had a chance encounter with Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter Larry Butler, who had success producing legendary acts such as Willie Nelson, John Denver and Kenny Rogers, to name a few. He also penned the smash hit “Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”.
When Larry heard of Brian’s talent, he asked that he and a handful of hit Nashville songwriters accompany him to the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival held annually in Perdido Key, FL and Gulf Shores, AL.
It was during this visit that Brian would make invaluable contacts that would help him realize his dreams of moving to Nashville and becoming a songwriter/artist.
This festival also led him to a five night stay at the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville for a Music Expo where, at just 21 years of age, he was chosen out of 600 plus songwriters as "most promising songwriter" after the performance of his self written protest song "The War". This also led him to a meeting with a staff writer at Sony Tree publishing. With the encouragement from a two hour plus meeting with Sony Tree, he then made the decision to move to Music City.
Since arriving in Nashville Brian has worked with some of the best talent that the city has to offer. He recently released his first official album, "Brian Ritchey E.P.", following several unreleased projects recorded in previous years.
The E.P. consists of 7 original tracks recorded live with his band in one afternoon and evening in an all analog home studio in Murfreesboro, TN.
Since releasing the E.P., Brian is currently working on a follow up full length concept album that is expected to be released in the spring or summer of 2006.
As he did in 2005, Brian is currently playing dates in the Nashville underground circuit, and is making plans to take a small tour in support of his album this year.
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