Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers
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Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers was an eleven piece band led by Rick Bryant
that performed 60s and later styles of rhythm and blues
music in New Zealand
. Although it started as a covers band in 1983, it gradually transformed through several line up changes, with a repertoire of Rick Bryant compositions resulting in a CD release of songs by Rick Bryant in 2004 "Time" - the title track with image compilation by Radio Active New Zealand http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Rick-Bryant--The-Jive-Bombers---Time/tabid/504/articleID/23536/Default.aspx.
In 2007 - 2008 the final format of this band performed shows at The London Bar in Central Auckland.
Rick Bryant, whose real name is Donald Richard Bryant, has a three-decade music history in bands including Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir, Blerta, and the Windy City Strugglers.
A drawing of Bryant was the cover of "cult classic" rock history Stranded in Paradise by John Dix (1988).
Following the final performances with the Jive Bombers format Bryant continued writing and recording so far unreleased solo material. He was convicted and jailed on cannabis charges in 2010.
Rick Bryant
Rick Bryant is a New Zealand blues and rock singer/songwriter. Bands include Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir, and Windy City Strugglers. With over a thirty year history in music other bands include Mammal and Bruno Lawrence's Blerta...
that performed 60s and later styles of rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
music in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Although it started as a covers band in 1983, it gradually transformed through several line up changes, with a repertoire of Rick Bryant compositions resulting in a CD release of songs by Rick Bryant in 2004 "Time" - the title track with image compilation by Radio Active New Zealand http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Rick-Bryant--The-Jive-Bombers---Time/tabid/504/articleID/23536/Default.aspx.
In 2007 - 2008 the final format of this band performed shows at The London Bar in Central Auckland.
Rick Bryant, whose real name is Donald Richard Bryant, has a three-decade music history in bands including Rick Bryant and the Jive Bombers, The Jubilation Gospel Choir, Blerta, and the Windy City Strugglers.
A drawing of Bryant was the cover of "cult classic" rock history Stranded in Paradise by John Dix (1988).
Following the final performances with the Jive Bombers format Bryant continued writing and recording so far unreleased solo material. He was convicted and jailed on cannabis charges in 2010.
Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 1997 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy... |
Time | Red Rocks Records | - | - | |