Wayne Riker has dedicated four decades to the guitar. He has been teaching guitar since 1973,and has
written ten instructional books, along with producing two instructional DVD's (Alfred Publishing).During seventeen years as a senior faculty member for the National Guitar Workshop,he has conducted dozens of worldwide clinics/concerts, and has co-hosted ones with Will Ray,Adrian Legg,Larry Carlton,Duke Robillard,Robben Ford, Marty Friedman,Eric Johnson,Luther "Guitar" Johnson, Dave Grissom, Ronnie Earl and Red Volkaert.
He has performed and toured nationally with dozens of groups since the late sixties in almost every imaginable genre, including rhythm & blues, rock, country, Top 40, funk, show, musical theater and jazz, logging nearly 6,000 gigs in that time.In addition to his private teaching schedule. He is also currently performing instrumental solo guitar concerts,featuring his eclectic mix of original compositions from his two acoustic CDs,"Fretology" and "Fretfull," as well as his two recent electric CDs, "Full Soul Ahead" and "Penumbral Sky", both receiving high critical acclaim and national airplay.
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email: wriker@roadrunner.com
phone: 858-523-0149
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