Artist description The live band consists of Richard X. Heyman on guitar and lead vocals, Nancy Leigh on bass and vocals, and Kurt Reil on drums and vocals. On record, most of the tracking of all the instruments and vocals is done by Richard X. Heyman, with an occasional assist from Nancy on bass and background vocals.

Music Style Pop-rock

Musical Influences Freddy King, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Magic Sam, Lennon & McCartney, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Davies, George Gershwin, Pete Townshend, Brian Wilson, Goffin & King, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, Aaron Copland, James Brown, the Zombies, Ringo Starr, Hal Blaine, Cha

Similar Artists Tom Petty, Marshal Crenshaw, REM, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Hollies, etc.

Artist History Ladies & Gentlemen -- Introducing the Artist Currently Unknown as Richard X. Heyman. Well, that's not exactly true. RXH has a legion of fans who eagerly anticipate each new release and live performance in their particular part of the planet. It's just that some music lovers are still in the dark about this sensational singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist.After three critically acclaimed albums, Heyman is overwhelmingly regarded by those in the know as the premiere purveyor of pure pop pleasure. Now, with the completion of recording his forthcoming fab fourth, Basic Glee, RXH should receive the mass recognition he so rightly deserves.If you aren't familiar with RXH, here is a mini-micro-bio. Richard kicked off his musical odyssey at the tender age of five, astounding family and friends, by sitting behind a drum kit and launching into a Gene Krupa-style solo. From then on it was a nonstop singin', strummin' safari. The piano, guitar, bass, singing, and ultimately composition were all targeted and tamed. The influences soaked up were as varied as Bernstein to The Beatles, Richard Rodgers to the Rascals, and the Blues to the Byrds.1986 saw the debut release of Actual Size, a six song EP including the songHoosier, which was recently covered by Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits fame. That recording will be released this year as part of an EP featuring several other Heyman rarities. In 1988 Living Room!! came out and was the first DIY home recorded album to be reviewed by Rolling Stone. Their rave led to Heyman signing with Cypress/A&M, who re-released Living Room!! to an appreciative audience of lovers of melodic pop. Sire/Warner Bros. president Seymour Stein heard the song Call Out The Military on New York's WDRE, called Richard at home and offered to put out his next effort. The result was the now classic Hey Man! which Stereo Review cited as Album of the Month. Heyman fans were againdelighted with the wealth of tuneful tracks.Cornerstone burst upon the scene in 1998 and is regarded as Heyman's finest work to date, garnering stacks of praises from the music press, a featured interview in Goldmine magazine, as well as another Album of the Month in Stereo Review. In 1999, X-Posures was released, a collection of rare performance footage and videos for the songs Cornerstone, Falling Away, and Call Out The Military, among others.On the live front, Richard leads his own band on guitar and keyboards. Along the way he found time to lend his amazing drumming skills to such great artists as Brian Wilson, Link Wray, Jonathan Richman and the Left Banke's Michael Brown, composer of Walk Away Renee. He also played keyboards for the legendary Ben E.King.It's safe to say that Richard X. Heyman's soon to be released album Basic Glee will be the paramount, zenith, apex, summit -- and all those other words we learned in school to describe the highest of achievements.

Group Members Live Band: Richard X. Heyman, Nancy Leigh, Kurt Reil

Instruments Richard X. Heyman: guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, percussion; Nancy Leigh: bass guitar

Location New York, NY - USA

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