Richard Naiff
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| Richard Naiff | |
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 Naiff playing the keyboards in 2003
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| Birth name | Richard Naiff |
| Born | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Rock, folk, folk rock, blues |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano Keyboards Flute |
| Associated acts | The Waterboys Soulsec The Catacoustics Icicle Works |
Richard Naiff is a pianist and flautist from London, England who has performed with the bands Soulsec, The Catacoustics, The Waterboys and The Icicle Works. Naiff is a classically trained musician, having joined the Guildhall School of Music at age ten. The Irish music website Cluas.com describes Naiff as "phenomenally talented"[1].
Naiff was invited to participate on The Waterboys' album A Rock in the Weary Land after the group's leader Mike Scott heard his piano work in a studio next to one where the recording sessions for A Rock in the Weary Land were taking place. Naiff joined the band officially in June 2000[2]. Along with Mike Scott and Steve Wickham, Naiff makes up the core of the post-2000 Waterboys band.
Former Waterboy Ian McNabb described Naiff as Scott's "find of the century"[3]. Not coincidentally, while keeping his membership in the Waterboys, Naiff also joined McNabb's touring band in 2004, and became a member of a revived version of McNabb's old band The Icicle Works in 2006.
Naiff's rock and roll influences include The Damned[2].
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland, January 2002". Gig Reviews on Cluas.com. http://www.cluas.com/music/gigs/waterboys.htm. Retrieved October 30, 2005.
- ^ a "Weary Land Who's Who". mikescottwaterboys.com. http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/rock/who.htm. Retrieved October 30, 2005.
- ^ "Karma to Burn reports". mikescottwaterboys. http://www.mikescott.com/mikescottwaterboys/karmatoburn/karmareports.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2005.
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