harvest road music: Artists
Leigh Wyckoff - Guitarist
Guitarist Leigh Wyckoff was surrounded by great music, classical from his father, big band from his mother, from the day he was born. At an early age he was hearing music whirling in his head and started writing songs on the ukulele at age five while living in Hawaii.
A native of Napa Valley in Northern California, he learned piano at age seven and at the age of 11 was inspired by the Beatles to learn guitar. When he turned 18 he went on the road to play professionally. Leigh was also a member of the folk-rock group Serendipity Singers and toured Alaska and the Orient with that group.
Leigh graduated from Sonoma State University with honors at graduation in music. He also taught guitar and music theory at SSU.
Leigh plays jazz, classical, rock and blues . Favorite guitars include his vintage 1959 Gretsch Country Club, Takamine Sante Fe classical, Casio MIDI guitar, and 1974 Martin D-18. He has produced four other albums, “Bouquet” and “A Christmas Rose” with Bay Area harpist/ pianist Francesca Fanelli; “Pony Up” with singer/ songwriter K.C. Cronin, the title song winning the 2003 Nashville Star Search Song of the Year Award; and an album of love songs from the 40’s & 50’s featuring vocalist Lenny Murphy.
Leigh Wyckoff has performed with many jazz artists including Grammy winner Paul McCandless, Richie Cole, Bennie Wallace, Jerry Hahn, Frank Morgan, Mel Graves, Peter Welker, Teja Bell, Evan Marshall, Jackie King, and many others. He has also recorded with legendary mandolinist David Grisman, harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo, violinist Tom Rigney, and pianist Suzanne Ciani.
His smooth lyrical guitar style has been influenced by Chet Atkins, Paco de Lucia, and George Benson, and his jazz arrangements have been influenced by groups such as Steely Dan and Spyro Gyra, as have his compositions been influenced by his favorite composer, Beethoven.
Russ Freeman of the Rippingtons, says about Leigh: “Very nice Craig Chaquico-like guitar work!”
Leigh's contribution to the Harvest Road debut recording is the track "Emerald Mountain".
You can visit Leigh on the web at:
http:/www.winecountrymusic.com
Randy Rigby - Multi-instrumentalist, Producer & Composer
Producer, composer & multi-instrumentalist Randy Rigby is a studio & touring veteran. He has performed with a long list of artists, including Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers), Richie Furay (Poco), as well as jazz artists Abraham Laboriel, Kim Stone (Rippingtons) and many others.
Randy is a powerful and innovative soloist on guitar & keyboards, as well as the founder and CEO of Harvest Road Music. He was born in Pensacola, Florida and grew up in the Los Angeles recording world. He currently splits his time between his main home in Denver, Colorado and the Harvest Road Music office in San Luis Obispo, CA.
visit his personal website: http://www.randyrigby.com or his myspace site: http://www.myspace.com/randyrigby
Ed Edwards - Guitarist, Vocalist, Composer, Producer & Engineer
Ed is a guitarist and vocalist, whose singing and guitar playing has captivated audiences wherever he performs. Ed hails from Los Angeles, California, where he paid his musical dues playing gigs all over the West Coast, before relocating to Denver, Colorado. He has been influenced by Pat Metheny, Wes Mongomery, Pat Martino and Jimi Hendrix.
Ed contributes the original composition, "Minor Contemplation" to the Harvest Road Music debut recording "UNCORKED". He is also the featured vocalist on the recording's only cover tune, Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic".
Besides his musical and composing skills, Ed also spends much of his time working as a producer and engineer at his world class Denver, CO studio, Summit Road Studies. Ed recorded and mixed many of the songs for "UNCORKED".
Ed is a partner with Harvest Road Music's Randy Rigby with their band, BLUE LATITUDE.
You can learn more about Ed by visiting: http://www.blue-latitude.com
Rebecca Rigby - Vocalist
Rebecca Rigby is a Denver, Colorado native, but in her younger days lived in Los Osos, California, a few blocks from the bay. The first song on Uncorked was written for her by her dad (Harvest Road CEO Randy Rigby). That song, Big Sur Serenade, was played often to her as a goodnight song.
She has been performing professionally since she was 15 and has sung on several nationally released recordings; at age 6 she was the featured vocalist on a children's record with the Vineyard Music label. In 2002, Rebecca was featured on another Vineyard CD, The Call.
Rebecca is currently recording her debut full length CD at Summit Road Studios in Denver. Fields Of Forever from the new Harvest Road Music release Uncorked, is also one of the featured tracks on her soon to be released solo recording.
Nataly Lola - singer/songwriter
22-year old singer/songwriter Nataly Lola was fortunate enough to grow up in a very musical family. Her mother, Melody, taught her to sing and play music at a very young age. Nataly LOVES music. "How can you be a music lover if you only love one type...hence I love all music but I grew up mainly on rock & roll, she explains. Her influences include Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, The Beatles & Tom Petty.
For more about Nataly, visit her at: http://www.myspace.com/natalylola
Paul Rigby - Guitarist & Keyboardist
From listening to Paul Rigby's guitar playing on "One Night In November", one could never guess that he is a 17-year old high school senior. His large musical vocabulary has come as a result of performing frequently with the Denver, Colorado based group, "Blue Latitude" as well as gigging with his own band, "Nomadic Crisis.
He has been greatly influenced by the late keyboardist Joe Zawinul, Carlos Santana, Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Eric Johnson and Wes Montgomery, to name just a few.
Paul has a promising career ahead of him. Look for a lot more music from him as he grows with Harvest Road Music.
You can contact him at his band's myspace site, www.myspace.com/nomadiccrisis
Martin Paris - Finger-style Guitarist
Martin Paris is a talented and innovative finger-style acoustic guitar player. His fans have called his music, beautiful, haunting and thought provoking.
Martin initally learned his craft from his late father, Ed Paris, who began teaching him the guitar at age twelve. Martin began to follow his favorite guitarists. In his early years, influences included the Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Loggins & Messina and Eric Clapton.
"The acoustic guitar inspires me to create a musical journey. As I got older, my experimentation with alternate tunings led me to some of the great finger style players."
Some of Martin's later musical influences were Acoustic Alchemy, Phil Keaggy and Tommy Emmanuel. Current favorites include Peppino D'Agostino and Laurence Juber, who Martin has opened up for in local concerts.
Born in Southern California, Martin grew up on the Central Coast of California. Martin resides in the quiet community of Templeton, with his wife and four children. Martin began playing live at churches and from there he started performing at weddings, wineries and concerts.
Martin's contribution to Harvest Road's first recording is the haunting, "Turning Point", an original composition.
visit Martin at his website: http:www.martinparismusic.com or at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/martinparismusic