Will Rigby - favorite songs & performances

WR, himself

A man of many talents, faces, hair styles.

Here's a compendium of some of Will's favorite recordings by other artists, on which he plays (and occasionally sings). For the most part, this collection was compiled by Will, but I threw in a small handful of picks.

ANYONE ELSE NOTICE WILL HAS REALLY GOOD TASTE IN WHO HE PLAYS WITH??*
*except Mojo Nixon, whose stuff is usually in bad taste — but in a really good way...

CLICK ON THE LINKS: many will take you to YouTube, while others will take you to artists' web sites, and still others will open iTunes links whereupon you can sample and/or purchase some of the music. A few are MP3s that were either free to begin with or authorized by the recording artist.

ENJOY! 

CHERI KNIGHT

Cheri Knight, "All Blue" (live performance video, Mercury Lounge, NYC in 1998): WR on drums & backing vocals

"Black Eyed Susie" (live video, Mercury Lounge, NYC in 1998): WR on drums

"If Wishes Were Horses" (live video, Mercury Lounge, NYC in 1998): WR on drums

KELLY WILLIS

Kelly Willis, "That's how I Got to Memphis" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Tom T. Hall tribute): WR on drums

LAURA CANTRELL

Laura Cantrell, "Little Bit of You" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Not the Tremblin' Kind): WR on drums

"Do You Ever Think of Me?" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Not the Tremblin' Kind): WR on drums  

"Pile of Woe" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Not the Tremblin' Kind): WR on drums

"Big Wheel" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Not the Tremblin' Kind): WR on drums

MATTHEW SWEET

Matthew Sweet, "The Ugly Truth" (live TV performance video, MTV's "120 Minutes" in 1993): WR on drums

"Someone to Pull the Trigger" (live video, MTV's "120 Minutes" in 1993): WR on drums

"Devil With the Green Eyes" (live video, MTV's "120 Minutes" in 1993): WR on drums

"Time Capsule" (live performance video, "Conan O'Brien", 1993): WR on drums

(all 4 of the above videos feature the great Richard Lloyd on guitar) 

JILL SOBULE

Jill Sobule, "I Kissed a Girl" (live TV performance video, "The Tonight Show", 1995): WR on drums

"I Kissed a Girl" (live video, "The Daily Show", 1995): WR on drums

 

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES 

Steve Earle, "Invisible" (official video, single from The Low Anthem): WR on drums

"Jerusalem" (official video, single from Jerusalem): WR on drums

 
"Some Dreams" (official video for the movie "The Rookie" + album cut from Sidetracks): WR drum miming (Will did not actually play on the album track)

"Lonelier Than This" (live, Toronto, Canada, 2000 on MP3): WR on drums 

"I Can Wait" (audio only YouTube clip, album cut from Transcendental Blues): WR on drums
 
"The Revolution Starts Now" (live, The Late Show with Craig Ferguson): WR slammin the drums!

"Invisible" (live on Letterman 2013): WR on drums

Complete 2011 live concert, Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses), multi-part YouTube videos [audience-shot, but quite well done]: WR on drums

TIM LEE
 

Tim Lee, "Whistling Thru a Graveyard" (Free Friday download MP3): WR on drums

  

THE PUSSYWILLOWS

The Pussywillows, "Vindaloo" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from the movie soundtrack Kill the Moonlight]): WR on drums

 

MOJO NIXON

Mojo Nixon, "Gotta Be Free" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Whereabouts Unknown [a song about ... err, um ... penis enlargement; a fitting musical companion to "Tie My Pecker to My Leg"]): WR on drums

FAYE HUNTER (R.I.P.)

Faye Hunter, "Blinded" (audio only YouTube clip; album cut from Water Music Compilation by various artists): WR on drums

CHRIS ERIKSON

Chris Erikson, "Ear to the Ground" (album cut from Lost Track of the Time in MP3, courtesy of Chris Erikson): WR on drums 

THE SCENE IS NOW

That's Will at far right
others L-R: Tony Maimone, Chris Nelson, Phil Dray, Dick Champ

The Scene Is Now (most album cuts from Tonight We Ride [MySpace stream]): WR on drums