Rick Nielsen Interviewed by Sweetwater
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Mitch sits down with Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) for a special interview here at Sweetwater. Rick was visiting Sweetwater to hold a recording workshop. Renowned as the superlative lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the legendary rock band Cheap Trick, Rick is one of rock 'n' roll's most colorful and accomplished musicians. With more than four decades of performing and recording under his belt, Rick has earned the respect and admiration of fans and A-list musicians alike. On top of that, Rick has owned about two thousand guitars over the years and now has over 400 instruments in his possession, including his famous custom-made 5-neck Hamer guitar.
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I remember walking in to Ralph Nielsen's music store back in the late 70s on a trip to Rockford for the weekend with my family. I had no idea where I was. But I got to talking with the owner... what a nice guy! At some point he says "My son's in a band too." and sends me over to the wall to look at pictures. Well you know who I saw. I nearly fell over. Definitely a memorable day!
One of my guitar heroes!
Rick is by far one of the coolest guys in the business and an icon.
Humble genius.
Budokan and comes alive are still two of the best and iconic live albums of.... ever! thx again rick
Definitely. I'd add The Who: Live at Leeds.
Rick's just free of pretension. Great talk thank you.
LOVE CT and Rick! The first CT album is one of the greatest rock albums of all-time. I first saw CT live when they were unknowns opening for Boston in 1977. They blew Boston off the stage, and they blew my mind!! Great show.
No doubt. Cheap Trick freakin' rocks in concert!
Great stuff, Rick's a legend.
but do you believe the legend?
He sounds like a fun guy.
And, even after all of these years, he STILL reminds me of Huntz Hall. Rick will wear that cap, eternally.
Saw them in the 70's a few times and they had so much energy at that time. The shows were really ex.
One of a kind individual. Not to mention the band.
Rick Nielson, what a unique individual. I saw Cheap Trick open for 38 Special in the summer of 83 at a place called North Star Live Stage in Mecosta Michigan. It was an old farm converted to a outdoor venue with a stage built behind a barn. My buddy and I were up front against the barrier. I could hardly hear shite for 3 days afterwards. Great memories.......Thanks Rick.
Great interview!
His parents may have been classically trained but Rick is a real class act , as they say.
He is one of the reasons i play guitar today. Live At Budokan was one of the first rock records i ever bought.
Guitar God, and one of the Biggest Guitar Collectors around!
Great interview Mitch, love Rick! Going to see Cheap Trick this September so this starts the party!
Cool dude. Same kid weve always known
Cheap Trick is the best-met Rick a few times always really nice-saw them so many times-first time was right after they released their 1st album in a small bar in New Jersey and they played for 2 hours to maybe 25 people-unbelievable show
Wow! That's a once in a lifetime experience right there, vibrato6!
Great interview Mitch :-) I collected stamps when I was younger. LOL Many years ago. Cheaper than guitars, sort of.
Surrender was the 1st song I learned in the 1st band I was in and I still cover The Flame. After all these years and many CT concerts (even scoring a few treasured guitar picks), I'm still a huge fan.
This was a fun interview to watch
there was a Guild Merle on Reverb.com. $250,000!
I have way too many guitars, who do I blame? Rick Nielsen!
Living proof that you don"t have to be a virtuoso to become a legend.
Rick seems like the kind of guy who would ask his grandkid to pull his finger.
Still the coolest Cat in the business. thx
anyone remember FUSE?
02:16 ya.. in between Chicago and Madison Wisconsin is Rockford Illinois.
listen very carefully you can hear that Wisconsin region accent pop out slowly.. only needed a yaa or ya know 🤣
Mitch is the perfect straight man to Rick.
cheap trick opening for 38 special? how disgusting
no actually at the time Don Barnes and Jeff carlisi asked for them to open...
this was before the pop of the flame and stuff like that from the later 80s.
38 special with climbing and climbing and getting more popular and they wanted a group that they knew could be a greatopener and we get the crowd going and they decided to take them out on tour.
you have to remember we're Cheap Trick was about 1983 and where Cheap Trick was too.
it was just after the wild-eyed Southern Boys hit. this time Cheap Trick is repaying the favor. CT invited 38 as a triple bill.. was supposed to happen this year. however because a covid the Styx Cheap Trick 38 Special concert tour set for next year.
Does the censoring bother anyone else?
no they have to do that cuz Sweetwater's a family-friendly Channel and business..you got a lot of kids that like to watch stuff and go shopping there for music.
I didn't really notice. Rick is just fun to listen to, format notwithstanding.
Mitch would make a great professional poker player - totally has the look down
Nice to see Sweetwater use Studio A for a video interview !! 😂
Beautiful studios (all three) and they don't record/get used much.... A few how to training seminars.
I don't understand..
End of my Rant!
Love Rick, but for heavens sake, does every sentence out of his mouth have to be a wise crack? We're all here to hear about guitars and great stories of the past, not endless punch lines and innuendo.
Same crazy personality!!.... AGEING SUCKS!!!
Lol Rick Nielsen just threw all drummers under the bus.....
that's one thing people don't know.. Rick has a very dark deadpan humor.
I wonder how Bun E. Carlos felt about it. Lol.
Great interview!