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"For Stan Ridgway life is like an old detective movie, full of furtive con men and tough dames who hide their daily crimes in the gray mist of the city. This is mature music, short on sentimentality, long on imagination and style." PEOPLE MAGAZINE "Stan Ridgway has a cast of thousands at his fingertips, and a wealth of tales in his head.
Stan Ridgway. Launching his solo career, The Big Heat turned Stan (ard) Ridgway’s pulp fiction/film noir aesthetic — always an element in Wall of Voodoo, the Los Angeles band he formed in 1977 and exited in 1983 — into a full-blown cinematic musical experience. The singer/songwriter’s bizarre characters and tales are as vivid as any ...
Hanging Johnny. Stan Ridgway. Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket) Stan Ridgway. Cannon Song (aka Army Song) (from the Threepenny Opera) Stan Ridgway. I Wanna Be a Boss. Stan Ridgway. The Big Heat.
Real Name: Stanard Ridgway. Profile: American singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and film composer born on April 5, 1954.In Barstow,California. Original lead singer and co-founder of Wall of Voodoo. Co-founded Birdcage Records with Joe Ramsey . Married to Pietra Wexstun .
by Stan Ridgway. Carsten Pieper This is his 2010 album Neon Mirage, which is a very good bunch of songs in itself, ranging from Country Noir to Singer-Songwriter-Wave (if that genre exists) and many things inbetween, plus 5 bonus tracks (same sessions, released as now out-of-print EPs) that include Wayfaring Stranger which always is a winner.
Oct 5, 2017 · New Single "Black Diamond" - Stan Ridgway / A440 / Birdcage Records Stan Ridgway's "weird, wounded folkie on the road" masterpiece. The former Wall Of Voodoo singer spins strange and surreal tales, like a series of dreams that keep you up at night. Contains the secret 13th track hidden after the last track"Crystal Place", "Hear That Bird".
Oct 7, 2020 · Anatomy of a Tracklist: Stan Ridgway: The Big Heat. While Stan Ridgway’s story might not be that of the characters who so memorably populate his songs, the brief flaring of celebrity before the longer turn as a journeyman musician and songwriter is not that distant from the stories that occupy him. Ridgway’s songs avoid the carnival quality ...
