Ricky Gardiner
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'''Ricky Gardiner''' (born 1948 in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]) is a [[guitarist]] and [[composer]].
He has played in his own outfit, [[Beggars Opera (band)|Beggars Opera]], and also with [[David Bowie]] and [[Iggy Pop]]. For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album ''[[Low (album)|Low]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/qgn8/ BBC album review of Low]</ref> He worked with Pop on ''[[Lust for Life (album)|Lust for Life]]'' the same year. The album included "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]", regarded as one of Pop's best songs,<ref name="Bowie: An Illustrated Record">[[Roy Carr]] & [[Charles Shaar Murray]] (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.118</ref> for which Gardiner composed the music. Bowie biographer David Buckley described it as being "possessed with one of the greatest riffs of all time".<ref name="Strange Fascination">David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': p.318</ref>
Since the 1970s Gardiner has played and composed in a variety of styles, including [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[european classical music|classical]] and [[rock and roll]].
Gardiner claims he suffers from [[electromagnetic hypersensitivity]], believed by him to be contracted through exposure to high levels of computer radiation and [[magnetic fields]]. He discusses this condition on his website.<ref>[http://www.beggarsopera.co.uk/node/29 Gardiner talking about his hypersensitivity]</ref>.
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==External links==
*[http://dmme.net/interviews/gardiner.html An interview with Gardiner]
*[http://www.beggarsopera.co.uk/ Personal website]
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Scottish guitarists]]
[[Category:People from Edinburgh]]