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Richard Bennett
12+ albums
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Richard Bennett (born In Chicago, IL, on 22 July 1951) is an American guitarist and record producer; 2) Richard Bennett is an American bluegrass singer and guitarist. 1) Richard Bennett (born In Chicago, IL, on 22 July 1951) is an American guitarist and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for seventeen years and Mark Knopfler since 1994. In addition to his solo albums, he has worked as a session musician with Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Rodney Crowell, and Vince Gill. He has produced albums for Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, and Kim Richey. Bennett took an early interest in music, had his own record player at age 2, first record Doggie In The Window by Patti Page and was raised on a diet of pre-rock pop ie., Joni James, Frankie Laine, Les Baxter etc. as well as Randy Blakes Suppertime Frolic, a program that aired nightly on WJJD radio featuring country music of the 1940s and 50s. Moving to Phoenix, Arizona in 1960 he began studying guitar in 1962 with Forrest Skaggs. Through the 1950s, Skaggs was Arizonas ace western band leader having his own morning radio show, Saturday afternoon TV slot and The Arizona Hayride, a live Saturday night barn-dance show that hosted every major national country star who came to the Phoenix area. By way of Skaggs, Bennett met former student and Arizona Hayrider, Al Casey, then a top call studio musician in Hollywood. Bennett did his
