Richard is an award winning finger-style guitarist who frequently performs with Tommy Emmanuel, Jim Nichols and others. He also heads up the gypsy jazz group, The Hot Club of Nashville. Stunning renditions of ragtime, swing jazz, & blues music, rendered with humor, precision and heart. Blues, Joplin Rags, Bach, Chopin, flatpicking fiddle tunes, Sousa Marches, fingerstyle jazz to straight Travis picking tunes make up his evolving repertoire.
Rich is also one third of the amazing Transatlantic Guitar Trio alone with Joscho Stephan and Rory Hoffman!
What fellow musicians say: “The most amazing guy I know on the guitar. He can play anything I know, only better.”
Chet Atkins, CGP (music legend)
“If you like my playing, you should hear Richard Smith! The world champion!”
Tommy Emmanuel, CGP (two-time Grammy nominee)
“Guitar playing at its finest. Don’t miss this one.”
Doyle Dykes (thumbpicking wizard)
“He is one of the world’s greatest guitarists.”