category: instrumental classical / folk / jazz / pop / easy listening

"The great fingerstyle guitar playing of Ric Ickard (aka Richard Alcoy) appeals to everyone who loves music. Just like his idol and mentor Chet Atkins, Ric covers the whole spectrum. He could be playing a jazz standard and immediatley follow it with a classical piece. Ric could also be Travis-picking an Atkins original and then play Lennon-McCartney. This is how varied his repertoire is. Ric's audiences, large or small, are able to enjoy his unique, wonderful and melodic arrangements of all these songs." -- Ace Batacan, fingerstyle player and member of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society (CAAS) and Asian Circle of Fingerstyle Guitarist (AFG) - 2003

Chet Atkins & Ric Ickard at CAAS convention 1991

CD Track Listing

  1. Solace (Scott Joplin; trans. by Ric Ickard) (4:01)
  2. Batucada (Luiz Bonfa; arr. Ric Ickard) (3:18)
  3.Yellow Bird * (Keith / Bergman / Layoff) (3:14)
  4. Walk Don’t Run * (Johnny Smith) (2:47)
  5. Vals Venezolano (Antonio Lauro) (2:41)
  6. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy * (Zawinul)
  7. Valse, Op. 64, No.1 (Minute Waltz) (Frederic Chopin; trans. by Ric Ickard)
  8. Medley: Oh My Love (Lennon) ~ Something (Harrison) ~ Lady Madonna (Lennon / McCartney) *
  9. Minuet & Prelude (J.S. Bach)
10. Romance (from the film "Forbidden Games") (anonymous; arr. Ric Ickard)
11. Jammed Both Sides (Jerry Reed / Pete Steinberg)
12. Cancion Triste (Francisco Calleja)
13. Somewhere, My Love * (Maurice Jarre)
14. Stars & Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa; adapted by Ric Ickard from an arr. by Guy Van Duser)

* adapted by Ric Ickard from an arr. by Chet Atkins

Total timing: 45:16

Label/No: Ickard Records 002

Release date: 2003