RICK NIELSON IS STILL ROCKIN’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 22, 2019..THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO RICK NIELSON WHO TURNS 71 TODAY. NIELSON IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR CHEAP TRICK. HE CO-FOUNDED THE GROUP IN 1973 WITH BUN E. CARLOS. NIELSEN WROTE MOST OF THE SONGS FOR CHEAP TRICK’S FIRST FEW ALBUMS.

HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS USE OF CUSTOM GUITARS FROM HAMER GUITARS, INCLUDING HIS ILLUSTRIOUS FIVE-NECK GUITAR. NIELSEN HAS SPENT THE LAST 46 YEARS PLAYING WITH CHEAP TRICK AND IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED 22 MILLION DOLLARS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HOF WITH THE REST OF CHEAP TRICK IN 2016. THIS IS OUTSTANDING VIDEO OF CHEAP TRICK CIRCA 1977 WHEN THEY APPEARED ON DON KIRSHNER’S ROCK CONCERT