My bio, as it appears on the Bass Musician Magazine website:
Rick Suchow has been an in demand bassist on the live New York music scene for three decades, logging well over 3000 live performances in a career that has taken him from Lincoln Center to the White House. He continues to play more than one hundred gigs per year, appearing in many notable NYC clubs, hotels and venues. He is also a songwriter with several Billboard hits to his credit and a composition included in The New Real Book, the biggest selling legal jazz fakebook of all time. As a bass journalist his articles have appeared frequently in Bass Guitar Magazine, including interviews with Will Lee, Jimmy Haslip, Bob Babbitt, Roger Sadowsky and many others.
Originally a keyboardist, Rick picked up the bass guitar in his teens. When a friend gave him a copy of the debut Jaco Pastorius album, his entire musical life changed. Primarily self taught, Rick eventually went on to study bass with Lincoln Goines, and for a brief period was a bass instructor himself as well.
Rick is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers, the American Federation Of Musicians and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. His list of credits includes Ringo Starr, Angela Bofill, Deodato, Roberta Flack, TKA, Motown's Martha Reeves, Larry Graham, Jay Black, Gary U.S. Bonds, and many others, and he has shared the stage with many world class drummers including David Garibaldi (Tower Of Power), Jai Johnny Johnson (Allman Brothers), Roy Burns (NBC Orchestra), and the late Jim Chapin.
Rick brings a lifetime of bass experience to Bass Musician Magazine, and welcomes the opportunity to contribute as a staff writer.
From the Scrapbook...
Not long after recording my tune "What Goes Around" for his '92 album Time Takes Time, Ringo kindly signed my White Album. He drew an arrow to his picture so I would know which Beatle he was...
In 2004 I played at the White House for the Bush family Christmas Party, just a month after he was elected to his second term in office. I had the opportunity to chat quite a bit with George, Laura and the twins, and was allowed to roam freely around the entire White House during the night. Very cool event, easily my most memorable gig ever.
I can say that I wrote a number one hit in my life. "SOS Fire In The Sky" reached #1 on the Dutch Top 40 back in the mid 80's.
All in the family: My wife Camille received 4 gold albums and one multi-platinum (6 million in sales) for singing on the smash hit "Come Baby Come" with hip-hop artist K7.