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GEOFFREY RICHARDSON
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Geoffrey Richardson was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England in 1950. His father, Geoffrey Bert Richardson, was a multi-instrumentalist playing the clarinet, tenor banjo and guitar in Leicestershire band, The Syncopated Players, in the late 1920's.
His first musical performance was at Hinckley Youth Centre in 1964. He began to play regularly around the Midlands and helped to run two folk clubs in Hickley in 1965 and 1966. After Hickley Grammar School he went to Nuneaton School of Art (1967 to 1968), Manchester College Of Art (1968 to 1969) and Winchester School Of Art (1969 to 1972).
At Winchester he helped start a college band, Red Acid, playing Caravan, Frank Zappa and King Crimson music. Oddly enough, he subsequently joined Caravan, supported Frank Zappa on a US tour in 1975, and now he play with Michael Giles.
He finished college in June 1972 and moved to Canterbury to join Spirogyra. They dissolved shortly afterwards, but in the meantime he was introduced to Pye Hastings, singer and guitarist with Caravan, who invited him to join them. His first professional performance was at the "Gaskessel" in Bern, Switzerland on September 21st 1972.
In 1978 he spread his wings as a session musician, playing on other people's records and often playing with them live. From 1982 to 1990 he wrote and recorded film and TV music with Peter Veitch of Café Jacques, a group that he has recorded and toured with in the late 70's and early 80's.
He has toured the world and played on lots of records. He has been a member of Caravan since 1972, a member of the Penguin Café Orchestra since 1976, has been in, or is in, the bands Murray Head (since 1978), Rupert Hine, Quantum Jump, Paul Brady (1985 to 1988), Bob Geldof (1989 to 1995), Renaud (since 1989), Elsa, Michael Giles and other session bands.
Since 1995 he has worked with Jim Leverton, the bass player with Caravan, in the clubs and pubs, occasionally touring as support of Barclay James Harvest and others. He is the staff guitarist for Annie Whitehead's World Music Workshop, in Whitstable, a backing musician for The Serenity Sisters in Birchington, and a member of Hamish Stuart's Big Band in Faversham. He is also a member of The Orchestra That Fell To Earth Playing Penguin Café Orchestra pieces.
Albums
CARAVAN- For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (1973)
CARAVAN - Caravan & The New Symphonia (1974)
KEVIN AYERS - The Confessions of Dr. Dream & Other Stories (1974)
CARAVAN - Cunning Stunts (1975)
CARAVAN - Blind Dog At St. Dunstan's (1976)
JOHN G. PERRY - Sunset Wading (1976)
CARAVAN - Better By Far (1977)
QUANTUM JUMP - Barracuda (1977)
QUANTUM JUMP - Mixing (1977)
THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS - Don't Look Down (1977)
CAFÉ JACQUES - Round The Back (1977)
CAFÉ JACQUES - International (1979)
MURRAY HEAD - Voices (1979)
MURRAY HEAD - Between Us (1979)
JOHN GLOVER - Midnight Over England (1979)
CARAVAN - The Album (1980)
THE BUZZCOCKS - Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore (1980)
BOB WESTON - Nightlight (1980)
WILDLIFE - Burning (1980)
RUPER HINE - Immunity (1980)
MURRAY HEAD - Find The Crowd (1981)
RUPERT HINE - Waving Not Drowning (1982)
MURRAY HEAD - Shade (1982)
JOHN GREAVES - Accident (1982)
JULIEN CLERC - Femmes, Indicrétions, Blasphéme (1982)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Penguin Café Orchestra (1983)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Broadcasting From Home (1984)
MICRODISNEY - The Clock Comes Down To Stairs (1985)
MURRAY HEAD - Restless (1986)
MURRAY HEAD - Sooner Or Later (1986)
MURRAY HEAD - Some People (1986)
PAUL BRADY - Primitive Dance (1987)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Signs Of Life (1987)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - When In Rome (1988)
THINKMAN - Hard Hat Zone (1990)
DUBH CHAPTER - Silence, Cunning And Exile (1990)
BOB GELDOF - The Vegetarians Of Love (1990)
THE CROSS - Blue Rock (1991)
THE BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA - "Still Life" At The Penguin Café (1991)
MURRAY HEAD - Wave (1991)
RENAUD - Marchand De Cailloux (1991)
BLISS - A Change In The Weather (1991)
BOB GELDOF - The Happy Club (1992)
CHRIS DE BURGH - The Power Of Ten (1992)
MILLA JOVAVICH - The Divine Comedy (1993)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Union Café (1993)
RACHID TAHA - Rachid Taha (1993)
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Viola Mon Amour (1993)
SALIF KEITA & STEVE HILLAGE - L'Enfant Lion (1993)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Concert Program (1994)
RENAUD - A La Belle De Mai (1994)
CARAVAN - Battle Of Hastings (1995)
MURRAY HEAD - When You're In Love (1995)
JIM LEVERTON & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Follow Your Heart (1995)
MURRAY HEAD - Pipe Dreams (1995)
NINA MORATO - L'Allumeuse (1995)
JOHN G PERRY - Seabird (1995)
RACHID TAHA - Olé, Olé (1995)
CARAVAN - All Over You (1996)
NICK HEYWARD - Tangled (1996)
BRUNO MAMAN - Aujourd'hui (1996)
RENAUD - Paris/Provinces (1996)
FRANKIE VALENTINE - Summary Of Evidence (1997)
RACHID TAHA - Diwan (1997)
MÉTISSE - Singe (1997)
JUSTIN HAYWARD - The View From The Hill (1997)
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA - Preludes, Airs And Yodels (1997)
LINDA McCARTNEY - Wide Prairie (1998)
WOLF MAAHN - Album (1998)
RACHID TAHA, KHALED, FAUDEL - 1,2,3, Soleils (1998)
RACHID TAHA - Carte Blanche (1998)
BLOEM DE LIGNY - Zink (1998)
AFSANEH - Album (1998)
EXTENDED FAMILY - Album (1998)
SADIA - Pieces (1999)
NOVA NOVA - La Chanson De Roland (1999)
THE UNCALLED FOUR - Rubbed Raw (1999)
CARAVAN - Surprise Supplies - Live (1999)
CARAVAN - All Over You Too (1999)
RACHID TAHA - Made In Medina (1999)
KOFI DAKO - Kologo (2000)
JIM LEVERTON & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Poor Man's Rich Man (2000)
FRANCIS KENDALL - Goodbye Ramblin Man (2000)
SIMON JEFFES - Piano Music (2000)
NOVA NOVA - Plaid (2000)
HOWARD JONES - Metamorphosis (2001)
CARAVAN - Live At The Fairfield Halls 1974 (2002)
MOSTLY AUTUMN - Catch The Spirit (2002)
MICHAEL GILES - Progress (2002)
CARAVAN - The Unauthorisez Breakfast Item (2003)
FRANCIS KENDALL & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Oh Sister! (2003)
FRANCIS KENDALL & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Estella In Lux (2004)
DAVID BLOSSE - Pilot Episode (2005)
JULIAN WHITFIELD - Christopher (2005)
JIM LEVERTON - Bright New Way (2005)
THE FAT RIVER BAND - The Last Great Guitar Heist (2005)
JIM LASLETT - Loving Should Be Easy (2005)
LUPEN CROOK - Accidents Occur Whilst Sleeping (2006)
JIM LEVERTON & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - The End Of The Pier Show (2006)
PAUL ROLAND - Re-Animator (2006)
MAESTOSO - Caterwauling (2007)
RAPHAEL MEAD - On The Hill (2007)
MURRAY HEAD - Tête à Tête (2007)
DARWIN BAY - Pluies Acides (2007)
MURRAY HEAD - Rien N'est Ecrit (2008)
UP-C DOWN-C LEFT-C RIGHT-C - Embers (2008)
CHRIS DE BURGH - Footsteps (2008)
RENAUD - Tournée Rouge Sang (2008)
RENAUD - Molly Malone (2009)
MANDALABAND - Ancestors (2009)
AMBER - Album (2009)
CHRIS DE BURGH - You'll Never Walk Alone (2009)
RAPHAEL MEAD - Ruled By The Heart (2010)
MURRAY HEAD - Live / 2009 & Collection Live (2010)
CHRIS DE BURGH - Moonfleet & Other Stories (2010)
JUANES - P.A.R.C.E. (2010)
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Moving Up A Cloud (2011)
CHRIS DE BURGH - Footsteps 2 (2011)
MATTEA DE LUCA - Album (2011)
CARAVAN - Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire (2011)
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON & COTTON CLUB - Vintage Cool (2011)
JIM LASLETT - Album (2012)
MURRAY HEAD - My Back Pages (2012)
ALISTER ATKIN - In Time (2012)
GEOFFREY RICHARDSON & COTTON CLUB - Vintage Cool 2 (2013)
ALISTER ATKIN & THE GHOST LINE CARNIVAL - To Evangeline (2013)
CARAVAN - Paradise Filter (2014)
CARAVAN - Heritage Tracks Album (2014)
JO HOOK & GEOFFREY RICHARDSON - Silence Sorrounds Me (2014)
Last Knight Songs
OVERTURE
Talking To The Moon
Written by J.M.Medina, N.Pombal, G.Richardson & D.Rohl
MOONRIDER
Talking To The Moon
Written by B.Baragaño, J.M.Medina & N.Pombal
REQUIEM
Talking To The Moon
Written by G.Richardson
REDEMPTION
Talking To The Moon
Written by J.M.Medina & G.Richardson