Artist description Rick Veneer is well known in Australia for his hot blues rock guitar style and singing slide work.This page features a mix of tracks, some from the 1993 Rick Veneer and the Vigilantes album"Hot and Sticky" (Big Rock Records - Sydney, Australia) with the old lineup and some producedin Rick's home studio. The current lineup of Rick Veneer and the Vigilantes features one of thegreatest rhythm sections south of the equator , (the legendary Barry "Little Goose" Harvey andPhil Hoffman) and Rick and "Little Goose" also have a successful acoustic blues duo, "Rick andThe Goose". Plans are afoot as we speak to include some Vigilantes and Rick and the Goosetracks on this site.

Music Style BLUES SOUL ROCK

Musical Influences Howling Wolf, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Miles Davis, Coltrane.

Artist History Rick Veneer (born London UK.) and his family moved to Perth, Western Australia. whenRick was eight. His mother is a classical and light music buff and there was always musicplaying in the house (when Dad wasn't around!).As a toddler Rick was raised with the sounds of"In The Mood" or "The Ritual Fire Dance", but when he heard that Hank Marvin FenderStratocaster twang in The Shadows' 1960 hit "Apache" his life changed forever.Chuck Berry and the Stones led the teenage Rick to Chicago blues; Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Howling Wolf, then Albert King (the King of string bending), Buddy Guy and BB. Then along came Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Leslie West and the amazingly gifted Jimi Hendrix, who really did set the world on fire. The die was cast. In the world of Rick Veneer the guitar rules. "Rick Veneer and the Vigilantes" debuted at a large rock festival in 1986 and spent the next three years as one of the more popular Perth outfits, touring extensively and releasing independent recordings. In 1989 they moved base to Sydney, where Rick and the boys teamed up with a variety of legendary Australian musicians, toured and played constantly and recorded "Hot and Sticky" for Big Rock Records in 1993. Now based in Queensland Rick has been busy playing and recording in his home studio and the Vigilantes are to start on their long awaited new album in the latter part ot the year.

Group Members Rick Veneer- vocals, guitar, harmonica; Barry "Little Goose" Havey - drums and double bass; Phil Hoffman - bass guitars.

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, slide guitar, harminica, double bass.

Albums "Hot and Sticky and Other Tropical Treats" (Big Rock)," Rick Veneer & the Vigilantes" (ind), Rick Veneer's Hot Rockers (ind).

Press Reviews "Rick is an awesome blues rock guitarist, backed by Barry Harvey (drums) and Phil Hoffman(bass).""Blistering, hard-edged blues performed with snarl and bite." "Featuring the blues-soaked fretwork of Rick Veneer, with the irascible rhythms of Phil Hoffman (bass, ex-Lowdown) and Barry "Little Goose" Harvey (drums, ex-Hipshooters, Chain) for a mind-blowing performance of blistering boogie'n'grunt."(The Healer Blues News)."This hard-driving band will have you in party mode from the first note! Rick Veneer has played with some of this country's finest. With the recent inclusion of Chain's Doctor of Rhythm - Mr Barry 'Little Goose' Harvey on skins, the Vigilantes will be tight enough to hold water." (Woombye Pub)"If you like your rock and roll raw, raunchy and slightly blues-orientated, then this is the band for you." (Xpress Magazine)"The band will rock your socks off when they get up on stage ...." (Albany Advertiser)"The music is tight - blues rock with a boogie tilt, strong and hard." "Building is what the band does - piece by piece, song by song the energy rises to a fitting crescendo.""If it's rock blues you're into, try the Vigilantes." (Daily News)

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Location Brisbane, QUEENSLAND - Australia

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