Background
Shea was born in Annapolis, Maryland to a military family and lived in several eastern states before moving to San Bernardino, California at age eleven.
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Rick Shea
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He’s released nine albums and he performs locally, nationally, and in Europe. As a teenager he began playing in local coffeehouses and before long, many of the country bars and honky-tonks in the area. Music Style & Shea draws inspiration from the folk, country, blues, and rock genres and have been compared to Tom Russell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Chuck Pyle among others
Later, in 2001, Shea collaborated with fiddler Brantley Kearns on an album of original and cover songs called Trouble and Maine.
Shea arranged and co-produced the album with Dave Alvin. In 2003, Shea worked with country singer Patty Booker on an album of country duets called Our Shangri Los Los Angeles The album featured original and cover songs by Merle Haggard, Leona Williams, Pat McLaughlin, Lee Hazlewood and others
Shea has worked as producer on his own albums and plays acoustic, electric, and steel guitar, and mandolin. He is revered as a master Telecaster player, and performs regularly in Southern California with his group, consisting of sidemen David Hall on bass, noted percussionist Steve Mugalian., and session whiz Stephen Patt.
Besides his own albums, Shea has also produced albums for The Good Intentions from Liverpool and Chris Richards from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
