Ricky Fataar

Musician + Drummer + Guitarist

Male

Born Sep 5, 1952

Age 60

Ricky Fataar is a South African multi-instrumentalist of Malay descent, who has performed as both a drummer, and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in the comedic television movie, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a spoof on the actual history of… Read More

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Jon Regen And All Star Cast Release Revolution, Hit The Blue Note Monday Examiner.Com
Google News - Sep 09, 2011

He's talking about his exceptional new album "Revolution", which features guests a-plenty like Benmont Tench from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Andy Summers of The Police and Rutle Ricky Fataar, not to mention a co-write with Grammy winner Rob Thomas of
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Groove has always been an essential element for the jazz guitarist John Scofield, expressing itself in ways either subtle or obvious, depending on the setting. ''Piety Street'' (Emarcy), released last week, falls in the obvious category, with a fortunate twist: it's Mr. Scofield's old-time gospel album, recorded in New Orleans with a band drawn
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JAZZ Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. RALPH ALESSI AND THIS AGAINST THAT (Wednesday and Thursday) The tensions implied by this band's title are expressed in the subtlest of fashions, as Mr. Alessi, an incisive trumpeter, thoughtfully balances composed and improvised music with the help of Tony Malaby on tenor and soprano
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Style &Amp; Entertaining; L.A. Bohème
NYTimes - Mar 24, 2002

''When we first moved here, before we opened the cafe, and we did not have any money, we used to have toast parties,'' recalls Rick Owens, indicating in his soft-spoken way that he's talking about whole-wheat toast, not Champagne. ''We would go down to the deli and buy salmon and whitefish, and then I would sit at the head of the table with a loaf
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1952 Birth Born on September 5, 1952.

1963 10 Years Old Fataar's first childhood band was The Flames, a band from his birthplace of Durban, South Africa that began in 1963. … Read More

TEENAGE

1972 19 Years Old 1 More Event

Fataar and his fellow former Flame bandmate Blondie Chaplin were recruited by the Beach Boys, in March 1972. … Read More

TWENTIES

1976 23 Years Old Although both Fataar and Chaplin had left the band prior to the recording of the Beach Boys' next studio album, 1976's 15 Big Ones, Fataar is credited as having played on 1980's Keepin' the Summer Alive in the absence of Dennis Wilson.

1978 25 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1978, Fataar starred in All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary film known more commonly as The Rutles, a spoof on the real life history of The Beatles, which had a follow up to a Saturday Night Live television sketch, which is a popular comedy show in the United States. … Read More

1979 26 Years Old In 1979 Fataar was introduced to Bonnie Raitt, and recorded on her Green Light album.

FORTIES

2002 49 Years Old In 2002, he joined up with Raitt, and has been a member of Raitt's band. … Read More

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