David Ricketts
David Ricketts is a Los Angeles based producer, composer and multi instrumentalist. With songwriting partner David Baerwald, Ricketts gained notoriety and cult status as David & David. Their 1987 A&M debut Boomtown received lavish critical praise and widespread airplay, but the rigors of constant touring brought the curtain down on David & David as a recording/touring act.
Deciding that record production, arranging and composition were more his metier, Ricketts went on to compose for and produce acclaimed albums for Toni Childs (Union and House of Hope). He also produced Meredith Brooks Blurring the Edges album which yielded the notorious top 10 hit "Bitch." Legendary guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson tapped David to collaborate on Storyville, Robertson's second solo album. Ricketts also produced the debut album for Matthew Ryan.
Ricketts and Baerwald later reconvened on the multi-platinum Sheryl Crow debut Tuesday Night Music Club. Ricketts played bass & co-authored "Leavin' Las Vegas," "Strong Enough" & "The Na Na Song." In the film world, David's material has also been used in the soundtracks to Thelma & Louise and Echo Park.
David is a proficient musician, equally at home playing electric guitar, bass or arranging strings for movie underscores. His drum programming is so realistic that Jim Keltner once remarked he would rather not replace David's programmed drums with his own playing! In a world
where the majority of record producers come from the ranks of engineers,
David's orientation is that of a composer.
David is available for music production, co-writing and film scoring.
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Film & TV Placements for David
Ricketts’ music:
- ECHO PARK (1986)MGM - Original Music
- LOST ANGELS (1989)Orion Pictures - Many Rivers to
Cross (Soundtrack:
Producer, arranger and instrumentalist)
- THELMA AND LOUISE (1991)MGM - House of Hope (Soundtrack: Producer,
co‐writer, instrumentalist)
- POSSE (1993)Gramercy Pictures - Free At Last (Soundtrack: Producer,
co‐writer, instrumentalist)
- KALIFORNIA (1993)Gramercy Pictures - Strong Enough (Soundtrack: Co‐writer,
instrumentalist)
- MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO (1995)Working Title - Dreamer (Soundtrack: Producer,
co‐writer, instrumentalist)
- SHE’S SO LOVELY (1997)Miramax Films - The Toughest Whore
in Babylon (Soundtrack:
Co‐writer, instrumentalist)
- UNITL THE VIOLENCE STOPS (2003)Lifetime Television - Because You are
Beautiful (Music
by)
- Rolling Stone, Best New Band of 1986
- Time Magazine, Year End 10 Best List
- LA Weekly, Best New Artist of 1986
- Grammy Award nomination:
Best New Artist
- Time Magazine, Year End 10 Best List
- Time Magazine, Year End 10 Best List
- Grammy Award winner: Song
of the Year (All I Wanna Do)
- ASCAP Award winner: Most
Played Song (Strong Enough)
- Grammy Award nomination:
Best Female Rock Vocal
- Emmy Award winner,
Outstanding Music & Lyrics
Some highlights from
David’s resume as a producer & writer:
DAVID
+ DAVID - BOOMTOWN (PLATINUM RECORD)
TONI
CHILDS - UNION (PLATINUM RECORD)
TONI
CHILDS - HOUSE OF HOPE (PLATINUM RECORD)
SHERYL
CROW - TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB (MULTI PLATINUM RECORD)
MEREDITH
BROOKS - BLURRING THE EDGES (PLATINUM RECORD)
TONI
CHILDS, DAVID RICKETTS, EDDIE FREE Because You’re Beautiful
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