David Rhodes
David Rhodes is an English guitarist,
songwriter, and composer. He was born May 2, 1956 in London, the third of five children, to Philip
and Elizabeth, a doctor and a homemaker, respectively. Among his early
musical influences were his father, who played banjo ukulele, as well
as the Telstars and the Beatles.
David started playing guitar in his early teens, while he was
listening to a great deal of blues and jazz music, but put music aside
to follow other passions - namely rugby football and the fine arts. At
the age of 21, he met up with David Ferguson after both attended an
unsatisfying concert, and the pair decided to break new musical ground
by forming a band, unhampered by the fact that neither of them had any
particular musical expertise. They started as an experimental
performance group, which evolved first into Manscheinen and later into Random
Hold, where they were joined by bassist Bill
MacCormick, vocalist/guitarist Simon Ainley and drummer Peter
Phipps.
The Randoms achieved some early success, came to the attention
of Peter Gabriel and were
subsequently invited to open for Gabriel on his 1980 U.S. tour. Soon
after the tour, David left Random Hold, and has continued to record and
tour with Peter Gabriel ever since (a 25-year collaboration).
In addition to his work with Gabriel, David has produced
albums with T-Bone Burnett, Akira Inoue, Indio
and Massimo DiCataldo. He composed the soundtrack for the Italian
animated film "La Gabbianella E Il Gatto". David also collaborated with
Peter Gabriel and Richard Evans on the Golden
Globe nominated soundtrack "The Long Walk Home", music from the film
"Rabbit Proof Fence". He has lent his distinctive guitar style to
albums by a wide variety of artists, including Roy
Orbison, Tim
Finn, Paul McCartney, Joan
Armatrading and The Pretenders. He also composed the
soundtrack for Atlantis III: The New
World, the famous Cryo Interactive
Entertainment video game.
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