Rick Bryant on Rough Justice
Fresh from 12 months in Wi Tako prison (now Rimutaka Prison) for cannabis related offences and hungry for the road, Wellington R&B singer Rick Bryant launched a new working ba...
Rick Bryant
Rick Bryant’s glory days at the Gluepot
For musicians, playing the Gluepot meant you'd made the grade. When you actually live in pubs for a period of years, moving every couple of days, with the occasional respite of a fort...
Rick Bryant, 1983: Soul Satisfaction
"I've been singing those sad, sad songs. Sad songs, all I know” – Otis Redding Rick Bryant must be the hardest worker in local rock music. Talk about a busman's holiday: for relaxati...
Rick Bryant, road raconteur
In early 2002, I was assembling a collection of stories about "bands on the road”. Someone gave me Rick Bryant's number, and before you could say "gumboot tea is fine,” we were on a m...