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<\/a><\/p>\nName<\/em>: Nick Richards Do you have a favourite tune in the Skamonics repertoire?<\/em> Alley Cat Ska<\/p>\n What’s the best gig you’ve ever played with the Skamonics? with other bands?<\/em> It was nice to play at the 100 Club a few years ago, but it was early days for the band, and I think musically we get better all the time so maybe our most recent gig is always the best!<\/p>\n How did you learn to play?<\/em> Mainly self taught, with advice from Annie Whitehead and Rico Rodriguez, and some lessons from Malcolm Earle-Smith<\/p>\n What else do you do musically?<\/em> Another ska band called The Apocryphalites<\/a> and a jazz big band run by Cool Boy, an old Alpha School boy. Here’s a great vid<\/a> about the Alpha Boys School – the Jamaican institution that educated a huge proportion of the early ska and reggae musicians.<\/p>\n Who are your musical influences on your instrument – and more generally?<\/em> Don Drummond (Skatalites), Fred Wesley (James Brown), Glen Pine (The Slackers), Bill Harris (Woody Herman)<\/p>\n As well as ska, what other types of music do you like, and who are some ofyour favourite bands or musicians?<\/em> Jazz trombonists- Robin Eubanks, Frank Rosolino, Urbie Green, Jack Teagarden. Classical composers- Wagner, Mahler, Schubert, Bach<\/p>\n What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to (where you weren’t playing?)<\/em> Maybe John Zorn at the Barbican in 2000, 3 sets the last of which was the Masada Quartet with Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen and Joey Baron. Blew my mind as to the amount of energy & inventiveness it can be possible to create and sustain with acoustic instruments.<\/p>\n What do you do when you are not playing music?<\/em> Graphic Design is my day job, outside of that I do running, cycling, yoga, practising…<\/p>\n Who is the most famous person you’ve played with?<\/em> The footballer Nobby Solano, I used to play in his salsa band a couple of years ago when he was playing for West Ham.<\/p>\n What about you would surprise other members of the band?<\/em> I really want to SING!!!<\/p>\n Have you ever been described as a Renaissance Man?<\/em> Yes<\/p>\n Are you the tallest trombonist in London?<\/em> Probably!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the first in a series of band member profiles. We’ve asked everybody to fill in the same questionnaire. First up is our bone man Nick. Name: Nick Richards […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members","tag-nick-richards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nWhat instrument do you play?<\/em> Trombone
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\nDo you have any other role in the band?<\/em> being late for photo sessions<\/p>\n