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RICHARD BLACK:
*released recordings in more than a dozen countries worldwide;
* has done multiple tours of England, USA, Wales, Japan & Korea and toured Okinawa, Taiwan, The Phillipines and Canada;
* represented the USA at The International Guitar Festival of Great Britain;
performed on "opening day" at THE WORLD CUP games at Soldier Field [Chicago]
Giant Stadium [New Jersey] and The Pontiac Silverdome [Detroit];
* performed as band leader/guitarist for Rock Hall of Fame inductees THE DRIFTERS and
Martha & The Vandellas, was lead singer and band leader for the 1960's British Rock Icon Spencer Davis;
* performed for PRINCE ANDREW AND THE DUCHESS OF YORK via master producer Michael Butler, etc., etc.
* appeared on WGN-TV [National/International Superstation broadcast [Chicago] WTTW [PBS, Chicago], BBC-Radio [London], BBC-Radio-Midlands [UK], Red Dragon Radio [Wales], WLS-Radio [Chicago], BBC-Radio [Wales], CLTV [Tribune Broadcasting, Chicago], The Woods Communication Network [USA], WLUP [ABC - Chicago], WPYX-Radio [London to New York transoceanic broadcast featuring Jack Bruce], KCBC-Radio [England], Swansea Sound - Radio [Wales], AFKN- Radio [Korea], AFJN - Radio [Japan], US Armed Forces Radio and television worldwide;
* hosted and performed weekly on TERMINAL GROOVE television program on the Woods Communication Network,
**** more to come

1969 - Audio/Video recording of King Lear for PBS
1969 - USA = Angel [Struple]
1970 & 71 - Japan = Oh Happy Day, Age Of Aquarius, Get Together, Ain't No Mountain, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On . Recorded with "SALT & PEPPER" .
1977-2000
Welcome To The Garden - RIBIKA Records, USA
Uptown - Ribika Records, USA
The Demonstalker - recorded project which included a comic book and full concert presentation [costumed and stage sets].
Red Cross Xmas = Oh Holy Night
Victim Of The Street Life/Through A Prism - SAVANT, USA
Runnin' Wild - Mystic Records, UK
Chicago 1990 - compilation - SAVANT, USA = 2 Richard Black cuts plus a variety of individual song productions as well as production of the entire release.
Chicago 1991 - compilation - SAVANT, USA = 2 Richard Black cuts plus a variety of individual song productions as well as production of the entire release.
Chicago Move - South America -
FREE SPIRIT - video pieces done for SKY Television, Europe - Runnin' Wild, City Burns, etc.