Rick McRae, George Strait's guitarist, Interviewed for the Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording

Описание: The Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording interviewed Rick McRae to recognize musicians who work, often behind the scenes, in performance and recording.

Rick McRae is best known as the long time guitarist for George Strait. Rick also plays with his trio the "Riff Ryders" and plays solo gigs. This is Rick's video demo performing with a loper.

Rick was born in San Antonio, Texas. After playing with the Jimmy Heap Band and other groups in the 1970's, Rick joined the George Strait band in the early 1980's and never looked back.

First musical influence
....played rhythm guitar to fiddle tunes.

Early influences
....Bob Wills....Buck Owens....Merle Haggard. ....All the musicians on the country shows on TV and the great road bands fronted by Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills and Hank Thompson.

Country and swing heroes
....Johnny Gimble, Roy Clark, Roy Nichols, Phil Baugh, Chet Atkins, Leon McAulif, Leon Rhodes..etc.

Telecaster Heroes
....Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Vince Gill ,and Jimmy Bryant among others.

Discovered jazz guitar in 1968 by hearing "Color him Funky" by Howard Roberts and became hooked on Jazz guitar to this day.

Jazz guitar heroes
.....Howard Roberts, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, Jimmy Wyble, Eldon Shamblin and others too numerous to mention.

Vocal heroes
...George Strait, Tommy Duncan, Merle Haggard, Tony Bennet, Sarah Vaungh, Ella Fitzgerald among many others.

" I guess I am a total guitar nut. I love all the different aspects and sounds that they make. Guess that is why I have so many guitars. I like to play my electric classical guitar a lot too. I have recently started to learn more bluegrass flat-picking too. That will keep a man busy"

Favorite gig
....touring once a year with George Strait and his Ace in the Hole Band."

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