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Nick Rich
b. March 30, 1972

Stage manager / Drums tech
Human beat box on Steal My Kisses (Burn To Shine, 1999)
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Nick Rich
Photo © Emmanuel Rivet / swer.net
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Ben Harper : "This is our stage manager that you can hear in the intro. I wrote this song in Nashville, in the bus. I began to beat the rhythme, very funky and he came by beginning to do us this beat with the mouth. Everybody make fun of him but in the final it was not so bad. Then, we made listen to that to JP Plunier who found that it would be perfect for an intro. So, we put it in the album.
The Hip-Hop movement always strongly interested me and I would really like to participate in an album with The Roots or Public Ennemy."
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Nick Rich - Steal my kisses

Photos © Jai Mitchell


Guitar Collector's Ben Harper, 2000
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Sandra Salazar: How did you became human beat box on Steal my kisses?
Nick Rich: I know the crew since four years ago and as I do the beat box all the time, one year ago, they decided to write a song around that. One day, in the bus, Ben had an idea. Ben, Juan (Nelson) and I, we began to write the song and that's all!

Sandra Salazar: Did you earn money for this song?
Nick Rich: No, these stuff are very new for me. But I'm happy to do it, I like seeing that it pleases people, that they enjoy.

Sandra Salazar: How did you do these noises, concretely?
Nick Rich: That takes place between the breast and the lips. When I was twelve years old, I listened to a lot of rap, Run DMC, Fatboys, Udini and others like that. It's a thing that I liked doing when I was a kid and since, I have never stopped.

Sandra Salazar: Drums tech, in tour, it's a full-time occupation, I suppose?
Nick Rich: Absolutely! We are on tour ten months per year. Two months on tour, two weeks on holidays and we go again... It's rather constant.

Sandra Salazar: You are a drummer originally. Animal, the drummer of the Muppet Show, is a big influence, for you?
Nick Rich: Absolutely! To say you the truth, I've even a marionette of Animal at home, which I had when I was eight years old! It's a collector.


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