JD Richards
United States, Texas, Houston
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About JD Richards
My CD, "72", is available at link and on my official site, link
EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLES IN BEACH SUN BY JENNA WARE
This is the man who has captured the true essence of life on this large sandbar, in the Gulf of Mexico, in musical form. “ Galveston Music Scene 07 November 2005 “WEST GALVESTON ISLAND MUSICIAN: link. Richa
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Gulf Of Mexico03:47
I'm back to writing every night and after adjusting the neck on my guitar, I'm playing better every day. I've had two stretches of little or no feeling in an arm and hand. 1st 1990-Early 1998 (Left) then 2011- November 2020 (Right). I basically had to teach a hand all over again twice. My wooden lady and I don't know when to quit. I played 45 minutes then an hour off for 8 hours tonight.
Thank you to my supporters. I will be posting new acoustic/vocal songs periodically in a variety of genres. Be safe my friends. jd
You Were The One03:49
Greetings one and all. Thank you to those of you who were so kind with your words early on n1m. You encouraged me to present more of my songs. I'm all in. Probably, one of the few to try and jump-start a singer-songwriter career at 73 but here I am.
When I was writing in Nashville, I kept getting the same response, "This is a really good song but it fits you best. Why don't you record it?" 1980-1990 and I did not envision me as a country artist. I enjoyed getting a genre hat for the song I was writing then going back and getting a different hat for the next song. I was offered several indie recording deals and declined. From 1990-1998 I lost feeling in my left arm and hand and had extreme pain issues. 1998-2008 I found my musical home and played 5-7 evenings a week. then again I lost feeling in an arm and hand (Right side this time) and became a bed-ridden recluse surviving on pain meds (2011-2017). 2 four discs fusion procedures got me back feeling in both arms and all put the little fingeron my right hand. After the 1st fusion surgery, 2 bone grafts didn't heal properly and I experienced pain at a level I sometimes thought I couldn't tolerate.
I am lucky to not to have an addictive trait in my family tree. I took myself off all opiates and my painmangement dr put me on nerve pain medications after a friend told me about Pregabalin. In November of 2020, I moved back to the Texas Coast and cut back on all meds. I went from two 100mg capsules three times daily to 1 at bedtime.
My best friend takes me along to his karaoke shows and put a microphone in my hand and after 12 years of pain isolation and loss of feeling, I discovered I actually could sing better than before (I'm told). To my amazement, I picked up a guitar and am writing at a furious pace. I feel so blessed. My CD, "72", contains 20 full band original tunes in a variety of genres. It is available for download purchase at link and all of the major outlets. My physical challenges have kept me away from LIVE perform,or vocally.
The 1st new song I recorded with my new used Ibanez acoustic/electric brought tears of joy to my eyes. As I've heard before, I'll quit singing when they pry my cold, dead fingers off my guitar. God bless and be safe. me/jd
You Were The One03:49
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- 02:43
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- 03:46
- 03:40
- 03:19
- 03:29
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- 03:38
- 03:29
- 03:39
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- 02:54
- 04:04
- 02:44
- 02:57
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- 04:08
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- 02:57
- 04:01
- 03:26
- 03:00
- 03:13
- 03:45
- 03:19
- 03:05
- 04:40
- 02:53
- 05:02
About JD Richards
My CD, "72", is available at link and on my official site, link
EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLES IN BEACH SUN BY JENNA WARE
This is the man who has captured the true essence of life on this large sandbar, in the Gulf of Mexico, in musical form. “ Galveston Music Scene 07 November 2005 “WEST GALVESTON ISLAND MUSICIAN: link. Richards [ Beach Sun - Galveston, Texas - May 2005 ] by Jenna Ware Finally! Somebody has translated the island for the rest of the world! Meet Galveston singer/songwriter, link. Richards, who by virtue of the more than 350 songs he’s written about the island and its inhabitants, might well be called the troubadour of Galveston Island. If you’re on the island for more than, say, an hour, you will meet the very people he writes about. link.’s new CD, Galveston Chronicles, (released May 13) is a wonderful compilation that celebrates island life from A to Z. The title of its lead song is, guess what? Galveston! "I got tired of hearing Glenn Campbell sing about a Galveston that didn't exist for me," link. said, "the Jimmie Webb song doesn't capture living on "island time," so I drove my car to the seawall and wrote this song with the gulf breeze in my face.”
“Picture it: The 60’s, Beaumont, remember? Garage band. OK, link. gets in love, gets married & a baby comes along with the song writin' & the guitar playin. Baby good. Marriage bad. Gets divorce. Moves to Corpus Christi to search soul, decides gotta do the music, moves to Nashville, does well, writes freelance, fallsinlovegetsmarriedgetsdivorced, gets picked up as a stringer or whatever they call those guys that get a weekly paycheck. Sells songs. Hit artists like Kathy Mattea sing his songs. Dean Martin was to record his song, “You'll Make Someone Else A Hell of a Wife," but unfortunately for everybody involved, Dean died. Oh, & I almost forgot, link. once again fallsinlovegetsmarriedgetsdivorced. Writes more songs. Sells more songs. Oh, & … forget it, this is making me dizzy. Where are the babies? Oh, here they come. Falls in love. Gets married. Has babies! Writes songs. Sells songs. Loses feeling in right hand, cannot play guitar for eight and a half years.”
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I'm back to writing every night and after adjusting the neck on my guitar, I'm playing better every day. I've had two stretches of little or no feeling in an arm and hand. 1st 1990-Early 1998 (Left) then 2011- November 2020 (Right). I basically had to teach a hand all over again twice. My wooden lady and I don't know when to quit. I played 45 minutes then an hour off for 8 hours tonight.
Thank you to my supporters. I will be posting new acoustic/vocal songs periodically in a variety of genres. Be safe my friends. jd
You Were The One03:49
JD Richards [Singer-Songwriter-Poet]
Greetings one and all. Thank you to those of you who were so kind with your words early on n1m. You encouraged me to present more of my songs. I'm all in. Probably, one of the few to try and jump-start a singer-songwriter career at 73 but here I am.
When I was writing in Nashville, I kept getting the same response, "This is a really good song but it fits you best. Why don't you record it?" 1980-1990 and I did not envision me as a country artist. I enjoyed getting a genre hat for the song I was writing then going back and getting a different hat for the next song. I was offered several indie recording deals and declined. From 1990-1998 I lost feeling in my left arm and hand and had extreme pain issues. 1998-2008 I found my musical home and played 5-7 evenings a week. then again I lost feeling in an arm and hand (Right side this time) and became a bed-ridden recluse surviving on pain meds (2011-2017). 2 four discs fusion procedures got me back feeling in both arms and all put the little fingeron my right hand. After the 1st fusion surgery, 2 bone grafts didn't heal properly and I experienced pain at a level I sometimes thought I couldn't tolerate.
I am lucky to not to have an addictive trait in my family tree. I took myself off all opiates and my painmangement dr put me on nerve pain medications after a friend told me about Pregabalin. In November of 2020, I moved back to the Texas Coast and cut back on all meds. I went from two 100mg capsules three times daily to 1 at bedtime.
My best friend takes me along to his karaoke shows and put a microphone in my hand and after 12 years of pain isolation and loss of feeling, I discovered I actually could sing better than before (I'm told). To my amazement, I picked up a guitar and am writing at a furious pace. I feel so blessed. My CD, "72", contains 20 full band original tunes in a variety of genres. It is available for download purchase at link and all of the major outlets. My physical challenges have kept me away from LIVE perform,or vocally.
The 1st new song I recorded with my new used Ibanez acoustic/electric brought tears of joy to my eyes. As I've heard before, I'll quit singing when they pry my cold, dead fingers off my guitar. God bless and be safe. me/jd
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