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Rick
Bedrosian began playing guitar and bass shortly after seeing
the Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show". He
played bass in numerous rock bands during his years as a
junior and senior high school student and throughout his
studies at The Junior College Of Albany and The State
University Of New York at Albany, where he earned a
bachelor's degree in psychology and also studied theater.
Rick's SUNY Theater Department class included Terri
Vandenbosch, an actress who was eventually cast as
Frannie Hughes on "As The World Turns". Rick has been a full
time professional musician since his eighteenth birthday.
In the mid 1970's, Rick and long time
friend Jim Fish founded the legendary country-rock band
Silver Chicken. Fish had just returned to New York
after a stint in Florida with a group that eventually became
Arista recording act, The Outlaws. Silver Chicken
established a large fan base, first playing clubs in Upstate
New York and eventually opening for big name acts and
headlining at larger clubs and colleges throughout the
northeast. In 1977, Silver Chicken caught the
attention of Boston's Don Law Agency.
The Don Law Agency began grooming their
best two unknown bands for success; Silver Chicken and a
Boston based outfit called The Cars. Meanwhile, Silver
Chicken recorded a demo of catchy original songs at Rick's
October Eve Studio. With their high profile gigs and a
quality demo tape, a major label recording contract seemed
within Silver Chicken's reach. But it wasn't to be.
Late in 1977, Henry Paul, a singer/songwriter with whom Jim
Fish founded The Outlaws, left The Outlaws, formed The Henry
Paul Band, and recruited Fish as lead guitarist.
Silver Chicken survived for a few more
years with many musicians coming and going. They finally
disbanded in the early 1980's, leaving Rick to pursue other
musical styles. Rick's bass playing and vocals were
now in demand more than ever, and he kept himself quite busy
performing with popular Albany, NY based groups including
The Fabulous Newports, a band that featured
Bert Sommer, a
singer/songwriter whose credits included a slot in the
legendary 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, Johnny Rabb and The Rockin' Shadows,
Squareone (YouTube
video), Donnybrook Fair, and Jeannie Smith and The Hurricanes.
In the mid 1980's, Rick moved to Nashville,
Tennessee with Jeannie Smith and The Hurricanes aka,
Breathless. After a year of playing clubs, concert venues
and private showcases, The Hurricanes, who were
re-christened Breathless by their Bug Music manager, signed
a recording contract with CBS Records. While in Nashville, Rick also played with
many other talented musicians including Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Marshall Crenshaw, John Stewart (of The Kingston Trio), Gene
Clark (The Byrds) and Carla Olson (The Textones), Floyd Domino (Asleep At The
Wheel), Hank DeVito (Emmylou Harris' Hot Band), Marshall
Chapman (Jimmy Buffett), and Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets)
-- before returning home to help found The McKrells (with
whom he played at Carnegie Hall and The Winterhawk Bluegrass
Festival). Rick joined up with John Haggerty and Mike
DeAngelis to form
Hair of the Dog in 1993.
Hair Of The Dog has become one of America's foremost Irish
Rock bands and a potent international force as well. As the
leader and
bassist/vocalist of the group and producer of their CDs,
Rick has helped guide Hair Of The Dog from it's humble
beginnings as a modest three piece folk group into the one
of the 21st century's most popular world music acts. His
independent October Eve Music record label has sold
thousands of units worldwide, with the Dog's "Release The
Hounds", "at The Parting Glass", "Let It Flow" and "Donegal"
accounting for the bulk of sales. Instead of running out of
steam after almost 20 years together, Hair Of The Dog has
been gaining momentum lately and seems poised for more
success.
Hair Of The Dog concerts have become happenings for the band's
worldwide legion of fans. As the leader and spokesman of
Hair Of The Dog, Rick infuses humor at performances with
off-beat jokes and commentary. His occasional shout-outs to
random audience members has inspired an addition to
pop-lexicon. "Ricknowledged"
was recently added to the Urban Dictionary.
Rick is also an accomplished fine-art photographer and film
critic. His photographs hang in numerous homes and
businesses throughout the United States. Rick's recent photo
of Sir
Paul McCartney landed on the cover of the Spring, 2010
issue of Classic Drummer magazine, an international
publication. His weekly iTunes movie review and interview podcast
"Rick's Picks" won the
2008 Communicator Award for Entertainment, the 2008 MarCom Award for Broadcast Excellence
and the 2011 Nori Award for Interactive Media.
Discography
| 1986 |
Donnybrook Fair |
Fast Folk |
Fast Folk
Volume #302 |
| 1987 |
John Stewart |
Punch The Big Guy |
Shanachie |
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1992 |
Rick Bedrosian |
Inside My Car |
October Eve Records |
| 1994 |
The McKrells |
Somethin' Fierce |
October Eve Records |
| 1995 |
Hair Of The Dog |
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October Eve Records |
| 1995 |
Frank Jaklitsch |
Irish Ways |
October Eve Records |
| 1995 |
Jeff Strange |
The Killing Words |
October Eve Records |
| 1996 |
Hair Of The Dog |
K9 |
October Eve Records |
| 1996 |
The McKrells |
Better Days |
October Eve Records |
| 1996 |
Frank Jaklitsch |
Sieze The Day |
October Eve Records |
| 1996 |
Michael Eck |
Resonator |
Madala Hand |
| 1996 |
Eamonn McGirr |
Different Yet The Same |
Rosina Records |
| 1997 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Release The Hounds |
October Eve Records |
| 1997 |
Frank Jaklitsch |
Dreamers and Angels |
October Eve Records |
| 1997 |
Jeff Strange |
Invisible Life |
October Eve Records |
| 1998 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Dirty Dog |
October Eve Records |
| 1998 |
Frank Jaklitsch |
Singing For My Life |
October Eve Records |
| 1998 |
Jim Gaudet |
Give Up The Ghost |
Prime CD |
| 1998 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Gaelic Bark |
October Eve Records |
| 1999 |
Ben Murray & Siobhan Quinn |
Two Rivers |
Rosewood Records |
| 2000 |
Michael Eck |
Small Town Blues |
Dancing Druid Music |
| 2001 |
John Stewart |
Gold |
World Artists |
| 2001 |
Hair Of The Dog |
at The Parting Glass |
October Eve Records |
| 2003 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Let It Flow |
October Eve Records |
| 2003 |
Rick Bedrosian |
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October Eve Records |
| 2005 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Collection |
October Eve Records |
| 2005 |
The McKrells |
Cosmic Hayride |
Thorntree Records |
| 2005 |
The Rumdummies |
Too Dum To Quit |
Swampjangle Records |
| 2007 |
Kevin McKrell |
The Irish Collection |
Thorntree Records |
| 2007 |
Hair Of The Dog |
Donegal |
October Eve Records |
| 2008 |
Rick Bedrosian |
Rick's Picks:
The Movie Podcast Review Sampler (with bonus music tracks) |
October Eve Records |
| 2008 |
The McKrells |
Traveling Man |
Thorntree Records |
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2009 |
Rick Bedrosian |
Inside My Car
(expanded and remastered) |
October Eve Records |
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