Ricky Gardiner 4015167 213713370 2008-05-20T15:07:27Z Bjones 159862 /* External links */ '''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>. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://dmme.net/interviews/gardiner.html An interview with Gardiner] *[http://www.beggarsopera.co.uk/ Personal website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Ricky}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Scottish guitarists]] [[Category:People from Edinburgh]]