Artist description The "band" is me (Bob Ritchie) composing, playing guitars, the occasional bass, whistles and singing. As people come in to contribute their playing talents, I use them for different tracks. So, a heartfelt thanks to Carlos Jiménez for co-writing "Stay Before Me" and contributing his incredible electric guitar playing.

Music Style Depending on the day: I call it Rock Plus, which is Rock plus Progressive and/or Folk and/or Jazz and/or Classical and/or Minimalist. Sometimes without the "Rock".

Musical Influences Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis, Pat Metheny, Camel, Frank Zappa, Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Peter Gabriel, Synergy, Kansas, the Beatles, the Kingston Trio, the Beach Boys, John Adams, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, the Moody Blues, Anthony Phillips, Eric Satie, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Keith Jarrett, Bill Bruford, Sting

Similar Artists Umm. Dave Matthews? Ben Folds Five? Marillion? Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young? No.

Artist History Chimera started as a legitimate rock group. We played in bars and nightclubs around Puerto Rico for almost a year. Our repertoire consisted of rock covers and the odd original tune. I also loved taking two disparate tunes and putting them together. Such as "Hello, I Love You" by the Doors and "The Planets" by Gustav Holst (In fact, I have a great recording of exactly that arrangement that I would love people to hear. Contact me and I'll send you--for free--what I've done.). Or taking Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" and making it into a funk tune. The penultimate version of Chimera broke up in the early nineties. The idea for Chimera lay dormant for a few years then began to make itself heard again through its founding and sole remaining member: me. I released my CD, "Letting Go Again", in 2000 and have nearly finished work on the next one: "On Being Young and Old". All you female singers out there, I need a woman (don't we all) for two different songs. One of them requires singing in Spanish. If you think youcan do the job, drop me a line via eMail: chimerasong@hotmail.com. Keep on musicing. Bo

Group Members Bob Ritchie and Harvey the Computer. Carlos Jiménez plays electric guitar on "Stay Before Me".

Instruments Guitars, Voices, Bass, Whistles, MIDI

Albums Letting Go Again, On Being Young and Old

Press Reviews Castroman said: Bravo!! Excellent work! I think your music should be heard and I'm glad that you are exploring it on your own. Truck Verdura said: You are very (very)...VERY good... I liked it so much that your are in my favorites...

Additional Info Thanks to: Dad, Mom, Cassandra, Samantha and Roger Duffer. I could not have done it without you. A special "hello" to mate Lourdes and the newest (almost) member of the family, Robert Christian.

Location Ponce, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico

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