RIC HALL

Meet Ric Hall

Chicago-based Guitarist and Face to Face Recording Studio owner. Ric Hall has been a sought after arranger and guitar player for premier Jazz, R&B and Blues artists in the Chicago area as well as touring bands worldwide, frequently asked to play in house bands performing at benefits and fund raisers.



Ric has also had a ten-year association with the Chicago Black Ensemble Theater (BET) working in both local and road tour productions of Muddy Waters (the Hoochie Coochie Man), The Jackie Wilson Story and The Soul of Black Music among others. All the while, Mr. Hall proudly served as guitarist and rhythm section leader for the Dells, the legendary R&B band from Harvey Illinois and Jerry ( ICEMAN) Butler for 10 years along with Bloodstone vocal group and The Emotions and many others.



In June 2004 Ric joined another legendary performer's touring band, that of five-time Grammy Award winner, 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Buddy Guy. Since joining the band Ric has not merely held his own playing along side the man Eric Clapton calls one of the greatest blues guitarists who ever lived, but also garnered fans of his own touring extensively with the group through the US, Europe, Japan, Brazil with a stop in Mumbai India. With the release of Buddy Guys album Bring Em In, the band has also made television appearances on Late Night with Jay Leno, The Craig Ferguson Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, opened for the Rolling Stones on selected dates of their 2005 US Tour, played Farm Aid, and the Austin City Limits Music Festivals as well as many nationally broadcast radio appearances.



Check out Buddy Guy's Tour Schedule on Pollstar



Ric endorses: Chicago Blue Box amps, Wittman Spinstraps, Dunlop Effects and Dean Markley Strings



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