| Biography & Discography for Rico Lewis |
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Venues: to receive a hard-copy of the
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Ricardo Lewis, (born in Indianapolis, IN, now residing in Connecticutt) has been playing drums since a very early age,
starting out in the church, and playing with dozens of bands in the gospel, as well as the top 40 circuits in the
midwestern U.S. growing up.
He started playing drums with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All-Stars in 1999, and is in his 13th
year with the seminal funk group. Rico has played on six continents with George and P-Funk in his over a decade long
tenure, and has played with a virtual “who’s who” in music today, everyone from Phish to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to
Lenny Kravitz, to Bernie Worrell, Rico has a massive tour book. His credits include Woodstock 99, Montreaux Jazz 04,
Nice Jazz 06, Roskilde Fest 06, Fuji Fest 00, and hundreds of others. He has played to millions and millions of people,
some festival shows reaching the hundreds of thousands. He has also appeared with P-Funk televised on the Jerry
Lewis telethon, and MTV all over the world.
Rico also played drums and sang as a founding member of the internationally recognized Hip Hop/Funk group Children
of Production. The group had one studio offering which sold all over the world, and the group toured the U.S, Europe
and Africa, opening up for George Clinton.
This was not Rico’s first foray into hip hop however. He was a founding member of Blacked out Camp, THC
Mercenaries, and Merc Camp, as well as his own funk/hip hop group Varsity Squad, and many more.
Rico also runs his own We Man Studios in Connecticutt, and works with his own large stable of Hip Hop and R&B artists
from the northeast, midwest, and west coast alike.
Rico has been in Secret Army since late 2006, and is a vital part of the monstrous rhythm team. He played on and
wrote tracks on the double disc Sleaziest of the Greaze, as well as the upcoming Secret Army album Muzzle Moosick,
and Teresa Jimenez’s debut CD.
Rico Lewis is one of the best drummers in the world, bar none. His talent, and multi-faceted abilities (he does play
drums, bass, guitar, keys, percussion, programming, engineer, rap and sing after all), and keen ear and eye for other
talent is obvious. And his groove is all his own; the oft copied, but never truly copped Rico Lewis has a bouncing,
infectious pocket that no other drummer can match.
Rico is currently working on a solo album that proves to be one of the funkiest offerings ever thrust to the general
public! Rico plays all instruments and sings, raps, and is joined by his brothers and uncles in P-Funk.
starting out in the church, and playing with dozens of bands in the gospel, as well as the top 40 circuits in the
midwestern U.S. growing up.
He started playing drums with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic/P-Funk All-Stars in 1999, and is in his 13th
year with the seminal funk group. Rico has played on six continents with George and P-Funk in his over a decade long
tenure, and has played with a virtual “who’s who” in music today, everyone from Phish to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to
Lenny Kravitz, to Bernie Worrell, Rico has a massive tour book. His credits include Woodstock 99, Montreaux Jazz 04,
Nice Jazz 06, Roskilde Fest 06, Fuji Fest 00, and hundreds of others. He has played to millions and millions of people,
some festival shows reaching the hundreds of thousands. He has also appeared with P-Funk televised on the Jerry
Lewis telethon, and MTV all over the world.
Rico also played drums and sang as a founding member of the internationally recognized Hip Hop/Funk group Children
of Production. The group had one studio offering which sold all over the world, and the group toured the U.S, Europe
and Africa, opening up for George Clinton.
This was not Rico’s first foray into hip hop however. He was a founding member of Blacked out Camp, THC
Mercenaries, and Merc Camp, as well as his own funk/hip hop group Varsity Squad, and many more.
Rico also runs his own We Man Studios in Connecticutt, and works with his own large stable of Hip Hop and R&B artists
from the northeast, midwest, and west coast alike.
Rico has been in Secret Army since late 2006, and is a vital part of the monstrous rhythm team. He played on and
wrote tracks on the double disc Sleaziest of the Greaze, as well as the upcoming Secret Army album Muzzle Moosick,
and Teresa Jimenez’s debut CD.
Rico Lewis is one of the best drummers in the world, bar none. His talent, and multi-faceted abilities (he does play
drums, bass, guitar, keys, percussion, programming, engineer, rap and sing after all), and keen ear and eye for other
talent is obvious. And his groove is all his own; the oft copied, but never truly copped Rico Lewis has a bouncing,
infectious pocket that no other drummer can match.
Rico is currently working on a solo album that proves to be one of the funkiest offerings ever thrust to the general
public! Rico plays all instruments and sings, raps, and is joined by his brothers and uncles in P-Funk.
1997 - THC MERCENARIES 1999 - BLACKED OUT CAMP 2004 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic InstantLive Portland, ME 2004 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic InstantLive Atlanta, GA 2004 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic Coming to Funkify Your Soul Live in Sweden 2004 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic-Live at Montreaux Jazz festival 2004 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic-Live at Montreaux Jazz festival DVD 2005 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic-Hyburn live at Shwagstock-Salem, MO 2005 - GEORGE CLINTON & Parliament-Funkadelic-Hyburn live at Long Beach, CA 2005- GEORGE CLINTON Presents The P-Funk All-Stars-How Late DoUHave2BB4URAbsent? 2005 - Divadelic and COP Live in Jacksonville Ftg George Clinton 2006 - CHILDREN OF PRODUCTION Live in St. Petersburg 2006 - CHILDREN OF PRODUCTION studio album 2006 - CHILDREN OF PRODUCTION Live in Indianapolis 2007 - U.S. Pipe and the Ball's Johnson Dance Machine Music Sampler 2007 - DANNY BEDROSIAN & SECRET ARMY-The Sleaziest Of The Greaze 2008 - TERESA JIMENEZ-Get Stereo 2009 - KENDRA FOSTER & MEMBERS OF P-FUNK: Raw Honey Live Vol. 1 2009 - DANNY BEDROSIAN & SECRET ARMY-Muzzle Moosick 2009 - DANNY BEDROSIAN & SECRET ARMY-Muzzle Moosick DIGI CARD 2010 - DANNY BEDROSIAN & SECRET ARMY-MonsterPeace 2010 - GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT - FUNKADELIC - Atomic Dog AlienPuzzee DVD |
