Maddie Rice
Maddie Rice | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993 (age 30–31) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Berklee College of Music |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
Maddie Rice is an American guitarist. She is best known for performing several years with Jon Batiste's Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She currently plays with the Saturday Night Live Band.
Early life and education
Rice grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School, while taking guitar lessons at the local Musicgarage and School of Rock.[1] Rice moved to Boston, Massachusetts for college, where she attended the Berklee College of Music.[1][2]
Career
In September 2015, at the age of 22, she played lead guitar in Jon Batiste's Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[1][3]
She has toured the world with performers of all genres.[4] In 2017 and 2018, she toured with a five piece band, Rubblebucket, and played on their Sun Machine album.[4][5][6] She also performed with the Korean pop music group Taeyang on an international tour.[4]
In 2019, she performed as part of the house band at the Global Citizen Festival, for artists as diverse as French Montana, Carole King, and Kelly Clarkson.[4] She toured with electronic dance music artist Big Wild.[4]
In October 2020, she began appearing with the Saturday Night Live Band.[7]
References
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Chris Miller. "Utah guitarist lands spot on Colbert's 'Late Show'". KUTV. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
It's just like, 'What can this 14 year-old do?' and then about five, ten minutes into the lesson, I thought, this is the most talented person I've ever worked with.
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Katherine Cusumano (2016-11-11). "Exclusive Track Premiere: Rising Star Clay's Sultry New Single "Follow Me Down"". W magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
She was chafing at the confines of higher education, and she found an outlet in her funk music that also comprised fellow students like bassist Alissia Benveniste and guitarist Maddie Rice (who now plays with the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).
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"Stephen Colbert's New Guitarist Talks Pentatonics". Gear gods. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
It's sick to see someone so young get the call, and Maddie rips. See for yourself below, as EMGtv recently posted a lesson with her about pentatonic substitutions (which you might also call modal pentatonics).
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Alyssa Ladsinski (2017-01-28). "Rubblebucket Brings a Bit of Brooklyn Bounce to The Hollow". NYS Music. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
The five-piece, consisting of Kalmia Traver, Alex Toth, Dandy McDowell, Maddie Rice and Adam Dotson, hit the road for a string of Northeast dates across CT, RI, MA, NY and PA in support of their latest EP, If U C My Enemies,
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Denny Dryoff (2017-01-26). "On Stage: Rubblebucket gets things going". Unionville Times. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
"We started writing the EP in summer 2015," said Toth, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Rhode Island. "We've been working on a full-length since then – on-and-off. We recorded the EP tracks last spring and got them finished by summer."
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