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and welcome to my website, I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks
to all of you around the world who have visited this site,
and have supported my music by coming out to shows, sending
for CDs and DVDs, and for being really great friends and
fans. Be sure to check in on all news regarding tours, new
releases, and more. Hope to see you sometime soon!
For
worldwide booking, or for answers to any questions you may
have, feel free to contact by email me using my CONTACT
page. You can also write to me or send for merchandise at
P.O. Box 903, Franklin, TN 37065.
News Flashes-
"ANNOUNCING THE MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND FEATURING RICK VITO 2008 WORLD TOUR 2008!
Rick and Mick hit the road beginning on Oct. 9 in Germany with twenty-city tour scheduled also in Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the U.K. The tour is in support of their new 2-disc Live CD, "BLUE AGAIN" on the Hypertension Music label, which features both exciting new renditions of classic Fleetwood Mac songs from the BLUES era as well as a selection of new originals penned by Rick. The band band also features Lenny Castellanos on bass, and Mark Johnstone on keyboards. Please go to: http://www.hypertension-music.de/ for a complete listing of tour dates."
ANNOUNCING THE NEW ISLAND RUMOURS BAND!
Rick has recently reunited with FLEETWOOD MAC bandmate MICK
FLEETWOOD to form the all-new ISLAND
RUMOURS BAND.
You can see a LIVE FILMCLIP of this fantasy group in concert
by going to http://www.IslandRumours.com/irbvid1.html
Plans are underway for the band to perform selected dates
in the coming months which we will also post here as they
come in.
Rick's new instructional DVD, "RICK
VITO-COMPLETE GUIDE TO SLIDE GUITAR"
is now available for sale.
This Hal Leonard published video guide is full of Rick's
personal tips on slide guitar and has something for players
on all levels.
All copies ordered through this website can be personally
autographed by Rick at your request.
It's a really great tutorial from the man who played the
classic slide solo on Bob Seger's "LIKE
A ROCK!"
Click on the "merchandise"
page to order.
Click
here to read the interview with Rick at musicgearsource.com
Click
here to read about Rick in
"The ToneQuest Report" magazine.

NEW CD "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE"
AVAILABLE NOW!
Rick's
CD "Rattlesnake Shake," is available for orders
now. This CD is in part different from the European Hypertension
Music record, containing some different songs and alternate
versions which are found on the import.
"Rattlesnake Shake" showcases 8 Vito originals
plus inspired new versions of both the title track written
by Peter Green, and a soulful instrumental take on Sam Cooke's,
"A Change Is Gonna Come." Featuring Rick's live
touring band, the Lucky Devils (Charlie Harrison, bass and
Rick Reed, drums), this recording was done in a more stripped-down,
edgy, slide guitar style which suits this bluesy collection
of songs perfectly. See" Available CD's" page
for more details.
Check
out the New Reviews of Band Box Boogie!
NEW DVD AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON.COM and at the rickvito.com
merchandise
page.
The
new live
DVD, "RICK VITO IN CONCERT" is now available in
the US through www.amazon.com, www.bestbuys.com, and other
fine internet media sites. The concert was fimed in Germany
on Rick's "LUCKY DEVILS" tour back in 2001 for
the long-running TV concert show "OHNE FILTER."
It features 12 songs from his three HYPERTENSION MUSIC cds
performed live with the original Lucky Devils, Tommy Kay,
Jim DeJulio, and Paul Eckman. One song from this DVD also
appears on a second, “GUITAR HEROES,” along
with some of Rick's guitar heroes like Albert Collins and
Gatemouth Brown! An autographed copy of the DVD is available
on the merchandise
page.
RICK'S
SONGS ON TV!
An HBO
has featured Rick's song, "WHERE DID YOU GO, BETTIE
PAGE?" on a recent episode centered on the infamous
50's pinup gal. Also you may have heard "EXOTICA BY
NIGHT" on the hit show, "WITHOUT A TRACE,"
and various others on shows like, "MEN IN TREES,"
“THIRD WATCH,” “EVERWOOD,” “FELICITY,”
and “THEIVES.”
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