Please feel free to contact me at contact[at]richardhenderson.ca. I look forward to hearing from you!
Please feel free to contact me at contact[at]richardhenderson.ca. I look forward to hearing from you!
Hi Richard, I heard and saw you playing in an irish pub downtown in Toronto, I think it was on Sunday, July 5.
I had a small conversation at the Bar of the Pub with you and your partner.(unfortunately I forgot his name, he was playing the rythm guitar) You gave me one of you CD’s for free, I played it here at my home in northern Germany and all my friends liked it, there were impressed when they heared you playing your steel guitar. Especially we liked the song “Red Rooster”, we think your voice is made for singing Blues.
Cheers and all the best for you.
Jens
I ran across your album on you tube and listened and it is great. It’s very unique. The covers and originals was both great.
Hey Chad, thanks very much!
Hi,can you share your tuning (tunings) and string gauges?
Hey Tommy, good to hear from you. I tend to stick with two basic tunings: one for my Rayco Wiessenborn, and one for my Bear Creek Kona. Because the body of a Weissenborn-style guitar is not as deep as other guitars, they tend to sound a little thin to me, so tuning down adds to the depth and richness of the tone. So I tune to E (EBEG#BE) for the Rayco. On the Kona, I tune to G, but not the standard G tuning used by most dobro players. I use GGDGBD- that avoids the double major third and allows a rougher, edgier, bluesier sound, I think. I change up my string gauges regularly, but here are the general median gauges: The Rayco: 62, 46, 36, 26, 17, 15; and for the Kona- 56, 54, 35, 26, 17, 15. I generally use electric guitar pure nickel flat wound strings by Pyramid and Thomastik-Infeld- I find them to be a little less bright and more vintage-sounding. Thanks for asking!
Richard
Hi Richard. Nice speaking with you and your wife today. It was a good hang. I only wish the occasion was in another place and in another time. All best man.
Play it right.
Hi Richard – My wife and I hosted The Wanted at our antiques store in Orillia a few years back as part of the Roots North festival, I’ve been a huge fan ever since and regularly play your music on my radio show, Backbeat. Looking forward to seeing you at the Legion in Orillia this weekend, and plan to attend the show at the Coldwater Fair too.
Hey Lorne! I remember you guys well! And Roots North at your Orillia store were really fun times. It’ll be great to see you again this weekend!
Hello, Mr. Henderson
My name is Tom. My lady and I had the pleasure to see and hear you (and the two blokes with you) at the Orillia Legion on September 27.
Although the crowd was sparse (!?) you three put on an amazing show. It was like we were at a private concert of exceptional musicians. Truly a treat.
When you mentioned that you were also part of the band ‘the Wanted’ something twigged in my brain. I do remember you from Mariposa Folk Festival and I do have the ‘the Wanted’ CD in my collection.
Thank you for providing your autograph (wish I had the CD with me) and truly THANK YOU for an amazing Saturday night.
Hi Tom- it was great to see you both at the Orillia Legion, and thanks for your kind words. Even though the crowd was light, it was a really fun evening. Hope to see you on down the road!