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 Rick Ruskin's Profile |
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| Location: | SEATTLE, Washington |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 14, 2008 (151 days back) |
About Me |
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| Rick Ruskin started playing guitar in 1962 and in just one year became a respected professional musician in his native Detroit, Michigan. In 1964, while still in Jr. High School, he was chosen to open the bill for the Reverend Gary Davis at Detroit's legendary Retort Coffee House. This engagement resulted in a fast and permanent friendship with the master blues, ragtime, and gospel guitarist. Rev. Davis was so taken by the young Ruskin's skill and eagerness, that he invited Rick to spend that summer with him at his Long Island home. By the end of the summer, Davis stopped teaching Rick new material and told him, "It's time you started paying attention to your own music." Ruskin has been doing that ever since. RICK RUSKIN RECORDINGS FROM LION DOG MUSIC (Available here, http://liondogmusic.com, CDBaby, & iTunes; etc.) In The Beginning Perfect Pitch The Gospel According To (with Vivian Williams) Once Upon A Time Words Fail Me RICK RUSKIN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS (Available at http://liondogmusic.com & http://videoprogressions.com ) Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Fingerstyle Groooves Fingerstyle Christmas – Vol I Fingerstyle Christmas – Vol II RICK RUSKIN GUITAR TRANSCRIPTIONS (Available at http://liondogmusic.com) Words Fail Me (Note-For-Note from the CD The Takoma Sessions |
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Music:Member Since: 5/23/2006Band Website: liondogmusic.com Influences: Rev. Gary Davis, Beatles, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Mowtown, Brian Wilson, Dick Rosmini, Tom Dowd, J. M. Horton, Bernard Purdy, Jim Keltner, Mike Botts, Colin Cameron. Record Label: Lion Dog Music Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Blues / Funk) |
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Download Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons |
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| It has been a long time in coming but my entire instructional video catalog is now available in digital form. My 1st has been on DVD since Dec. 2007 but now the remaining 3 are finally available in di... Posted by Rick Ruskin on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:54:00 PST |
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3rd Time’s The Charm |
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| My 1st Lion Dog Music CD, "Words Fail Me," went into it’s 3rd pressing today. Not bad for an independent guitar-oriented label if I do say so myself. To celebrate this mini-milestone... Posted by Rick Ruskin on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:39:00 PST |
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Fingerstyle Instruction Video Bargain |
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| GOOD NEWS: The DVD version of my instruction video, Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar, was at long last released just before Christmas of 2007. The cost is $32.00, postage included, within the U... Posted by Rick Ruskin on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:38:00 PST |
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Fancy Guitars for Sale |
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| While at the last Healdsburg Guitar Festival in Santa Rosa, CA, I met guitar builder Jimmy Caldwell of Spicewood, TX. He was exhibiting a pair of stunning 00-sized guitars. Both had the lo... Posted by Rick Ruskin on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:50:00 PST |
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James Taylor, Noah Zacharin, Tom Marcellis Band, Rick Bockner, David, Pete Crowley & the Mirror Neurons, ACOUSTIC CLUB, MusicblacK2, Tricone John, Pascal Pittorino, Peter Schwimmer, 赤猫トム （Akaneko-Tom), ALEXANDER MURRAY, Nick Naffin, Matt Sofianos, Matthew Burgess - Percussionist, John Batdorf, Pete Huttlinger, Brian aka Davispicker, Scott Von, Larry Pattis, Rick Payne, Richard Gilewitz, Intergalactic Yurt Band, Peter Langston, Rick, Jim Kimo West, Ren, Pete Astor, Matt Stevens, Thom Bresh, Tony Rice, Davy Graham, Flatpicker, Stringed Instrument Repairs, JAMES BURTON Official MySpace Page, Pierre Bensusan, Ian Melrose, PETER STAMPFEL, Teja Gerken, Mike Fekete, Golden Flower Media, Manoel Macia, Phil Minissale, anita camarella, Anthony Deaton, Mike MacInnis, Mark Guitar Miller, Rune Bolstad, bruce thorn, www.OurZone.ning.com, Mister Blues, Katie Louise, Ånkhvenaris, The Cool Vibes Acoustic Diner, The Bothwell Arts Center, Michael Derning & Mia Arends, Mandi Martin, Lutz Keller, Michael Lightbourne, Larry Murante, john cephas, Daniel Bracken, Robert Harding, Rick, James Lee Stanley, Olivier Giry "new album is coming soon", Orlando Volpe, Bobi Thomas, Daniele Bazzani, John Morgan, Miroslav Musicant, Doug Cox, Toulouse Engelhardt, Stevie Coyle, Chris Bremmer, Larry Larson, Stefano di Matteo, Kol Isha, Michael Gulezian, Dale Miller
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Rick Ruskin's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. dick rosmini, rick ruskin, mike botts, jim keltner, acoustic fingerstyle guitar, vivian williams, reverend gary davis, colin cameron, native detroit, professional musician, videoprogressions, perfect pitch, guitar fingerstyle, christmas vol, rev gary davis, music type, mowtown, time words, tom dowd, coffee house |
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