- Ricky Gardiner
Ricky Gardiner (born 1948 in
Edinburgh ,Scotland ) is aguitarist andcomposer .He has played in his own outfit, Beggars Opera, and also with
David Bowie andIggy Pop . For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album "Low". [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/qgn8/ BBC album review of Low] ] He worked with Pop on "Lust for Life" the same year. The album included "The Passenger", regarded as one of Pop's best songs,Roy Carr &Charles Shaar Murray (1981). "Bowie: An Illustrated Record": p.118] for which Gardiner composed the music. Bowie biographer David Buckley described it as being "possessed with one of the greatest riffs of all time".David Buckley (1999). "Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story": p.318]Since the 1970s Gardiner has played and composed in a variety of styles, including ambient, classical and
rock and roll .Gardiner claims he suffers from
electromagnetic hypersensitivity , believed by him to be contracted through exposure to high levels of computer radiation andmagnetic fields . He discusses this condition on his website. [ [http://www.beggarsopera.co.uk/node/29 Gardiner talking about his hypersensitivity] ] .Notes
External links
* [http://dmme.net/interviews/gardiner.html An interview with Gardiner]
* [http://www.beggarsopera.co.uk/ Personal website]
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