Jimmy Dawkins
"Come Back Baby"
Recorded live at 'Big Dukes'
Chicago, Illinois - 1976

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Tyrone Century - Drums

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon
Live at Big Dukes
Chicago, Illinois 1976

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Tyrone Centuray - Drums


(Jimmy Dawkins Band - side A)

(Johnny Little John Band - side B)

Jimmy Dawkins
"Hotwire 81"
Recorded at Studio Davout
Paris, France - 1981

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Jim Schutte - Drums

 

 

 

 

Hip Linkchain
"Change My Blues"
Recorded at WaxTraxx
Chicago, Illinois 1981

Hip Linkchain - Guitar & Vocal
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Frank Bandy - Bass
Pinetop Perkins - Piano
Fred Grady - Drums

Jimmy and Hip
"Live!"
Recorded live at
Mables
Champagne, Illinois 1982

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Hip Linkchain - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Danny Myer- Bass
Mark Rubell - Bass
Ralph Lapetino - Keywords
Robert Plunkett - Drums

American Livin'
Blues Festival 1982
Recorded live at
La Maison des Arts
Creteil, France May 25, 1982

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Lester "Maddog" Davenport - Harmonica/vocals
Queen Sylvia Embry - Bass/vocals
Lafayette Leake - Piano/vocals
Big Smokey Smothers - Guitar/vocal
Abb Locke - Saxophone
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Jim Schutte - Drums

American Livin'
Blues Festival 1982
Recorded live at
La Maison des Arts
Creteil, France May 25, 1982

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Lester "Maddog" Davenport - Harmonica/vocals
Queen Sylvia Embry - Bass/vocals
Lafayette Leake - Piano/vocals
Big Smokey Smothers - Guitar/vocal
Abb Locke - Saxophone
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Jim Schutte - Drums

Jimmy Dawkins
"Feel The Blues"
Recorded at Soto Sound Studios
Chicago, Illinois - 1982

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Fred Barnes - Bass
Professor Eddie Lusk - Keyboards
Michael Scott - Drums
Nora Jean - Guitar & Vocals

Blues Queen Sylvia
with Jimmy Dawkins
"Midnight Baby"
Recorded at
Odyssey Sound Studio
Chicago, Illinois - 1983

Queen Sylvia - Vocals & Bass
Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Phillip Meeks - Guitar
Tyrone Century - Drums

 

"Life in Blues"
A compilation CD

On this CD,
Rich plays guitar with:

Jimmy Dawkins - Guitar/vocal
Lester Davenport - Harmonica/vocal
Queen Sylvia Embry - Vocals & Bass
Sylvester Boines - Bass
Big Smokey Smothers - Guitar/vocal
Abb Locke - Saxophone/vocal
Jim Schutte - Drums
Lafayette Leake - Piano/vocal

 

 

American Folk Blues
Festival 83
Blues Compilation
In memoriam:
Muddy Waters

Recorded at Odyssey
Sounds Studios
Chicago, Illinois - 1983

Rich plays on the tracks with
Queen Sylvia

 

Tyrone Centuray
"Outer Space Circus"
Recorded at
Paragon, Universal, and CRC
Recording Studios
Chicago, Illinois - 1984

Featuring:
Freddy Glickstein and
Tom Webb
of "The Flock"

Can't Sit Down
Blues Compilation
Recorded at
Soto Recording Studio
Chicago, Illinois - 1985

Rich plays on the tracks with
Jimmy Dawkins

 

Lefty Dizz / T-Bone Pegues
"Bad Avenue"

Recorded at
Chicago Traxx &
PS Recording Studios
Chicago, Illinois - 1985

The Texas T-Bone Revue
"Psychobilly Jazz"

Recorded at
Chicago Traxx &
PS Recording Studios
Chicago, Illinois - 1985

Featuring:
Gregg Allman, Jorma Kaukonen,
Billy Cox, "Dangerous Dan" Toler,
Hubert Sumlin, Junior Wells,
Rich Fadoli, Oliver Williams,
Laura Masse, Jerry Goodman
and Amy Hart

Evidence Blues Sampler
- The Third
1981 & 1987

 

On this CD,
Rich plays guitar with:

Jimmy Dawkins & Hip Linkchain

Hip Linkchain
"Airbusters"
Recorded at Soto Sound Studios and Live at B.L.U.E.S.
1984, 1985

Hip Linkchain - Guitar & Vocals
Rich Kirch - Guitar on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, & 14.
Barrelhouse Chuck - Piano
Frank Bandy - Bass
Ted Harvey - Drums
Robert 'Huckleberry Hound' Wright - Drums on track 14.

 

Birdlegg & the
Tight Fit Blues Band
"Good Time Blues"

Recorded at
House of Sound
Recording Studio
Hayward, California - 1991

 

Compilation CD
Russian Hill
Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca. - 1992

Rich plays with
John Lee Hooker on track 14:
"Boogie at Russian Hill",
featuring Albert Collins

 

John Lee Hooker
"Boom Boom"
Russian Hill
Recording Studios
San Francisco, Ca. - 1992

Rich Kirch : Guitar
Tracks :
'Trick Bag'
(Shoppin' For My Tombstone),
'Boogie at Russian Hill',
'I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More'

B side track from
"Boom Boom" single CD:
'Homework'

PointBlank Compilation
"Feel Like Goin' Home"

Rich plays with John Lee Hooker
and Albert Collins on track 1:
'Boogie at Russian Hill'
1992

John Lee Hooker
"Chill Out"
The Plant
Recording Studios
Sausalito, Ca. - 1994

Rich Kirch : Guitar
Track : 5
'One Bourbon, One Scotch,
One Beer'

Lori Davidson
"Slow Traffic Keep Right"
Recorded at White House Canyon Studios
Atascadero, California 1996

Lori Davidson - Lead Vocals
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Ken Embry - Bass
Ernest 'Boom' Carter - Drums
Daniel Castro - Guitar
Eugene Huggins - Harmonica

Country Pete McGill and his
Cottonfield Blues Band
"Baby I'm Gone"
Recorded April/May 1996
Red Rooster Studios
Berkeley, California

Pete McGill - Lead Vocals
Robert "Big Bob" Deance - Guitar
Carlos Zialcita - Harmonica
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Anthony Davis - Bass
I.J. Coleman - Drums
Jimmy Pugh - Piano
Carl Green - Tenor Saxophone
Steve Gannon - Guitar
Garth Weber - Guitar
Randy Cohen - Guitar

Heaven's Prisoners Soundtrack - 1998
Featuring
"Ain't Gonna Suffer No More"
by John Lee Hooker
on Guitar & Vocals accompanied by:

Rich Kirch - Guitar
Mike Osborne - Guitar
Jim Guyet - Bass
Bowen Brown - Drums

Recorded at Russian Hill Studios (1992)
San Francisco, California

John Lee Hooker
"Best of Friends"
Ocean Way
Recording Studios
Hollywood, Ca. - 1998

Rich Kirch : Guitar
Track : 1
'Boogie Chillen'

John Lee Hooker
Eric Clapton: Guitar
Bill Payne: Keyboards
Jim Keltner: Drums
Reggie McBride: Bass
Johnny Lee Schell: Guitar

Even More Bay Area Blues
Volume Three
Compilation of
Bay Area Blues
1998

Pete Sears & Rich Kirch
play on track 13:
"Dueces Wild"

Barrelhouse Chuck
Recorded at Rainbow Studios
Libertyville, Il 1986
released in 2000

Barrelhouse Chuck - Piano
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Frank Bandy - Bass
Sam Lay - Drums
"Floral Park Boogie"

Pete Sears
"The Long Haul"
Recorded at Bayview Studios
Richmond, Ca 2000

Featuring:
John Lee Hooker - Guitar & Vocal on
"Elizabeth"

Rich Kirch - Guitar
Ron Perry - Bass
Bryant Mills - Drums

 

 

Louisiana Boogie
"Totally in Love"
Recorded at
Night Star Recording Studios
San Rafael, Ca 2000


Rich Kirch
plays on track 9:
"Fell in Love Again"

Archie Lee Hooker
"New Church of the Blues"
Recorded at Studio Annex
Menlo Park, Ca 2001

Featuring the legendary
John Lee Hooker's
Coast to Coast Blues Band:

Rich Kirch - Guitar
Billy Johnson - Guitar
Liz Fischer - Keyboards
Ron Perry - Bass
Bryant Mills - Drums

Featuring John Lee Hooker on:
"It Ain't Right"

Freddie Hughes
"The Future is Now"
Recorded at
Dave Wellhouse Studios
San Francisco, Ca 2002
&
Bell Recording Studios
Richmond, Ca 2002

Freddie Hughes - Vocal
Chris Burns - Keyboards
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Ron Perry - Bass
Kelvin Dixon - Drums

Ruben Trejo
"Send Me An Angel"
Recorded at
White Oak Recording Studios
Berkeley, Ca 2003

"Send Me An Angel" Featuring:

Ruben Trejo - Lead Vocal & Drums
Kathi McDonald - Backgroud Vocal
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Dickie Peterson - Bass

Jimmy Dawkins
"Tell Me Baby"
Recorded at
R.A.P.V. Studio
Fresno, Ca July 27th & 28th, 2003

Jimmy Dawkins- Vocal & Guitar
Frank Goldwasser- Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
John Suhr - Organ
Danny Camarena - Bass
Roger Perry - Guitar, Bass & Keyboard
Chris Millar - Drums

Kathi McDonald
Tracks 2,3,5,7,8,9.10
Recorded at
101 North Records
Terra Linda, Ca 2003

Tracks 1,4,6,11
Recorded at
RMP Sound Studio
Toronto, Canada 2003

Tracks 2,3,5,7,8,9.10
Rich Kirch - Guitar

Produced By: Nick Gravenites,
Pete Slauson & Kathi McDonald

Ruben Trejo
"Send Me An Angel"
Recorded at
White Oak Recording Studios
Berkeley, Ca 2005

"Send Me An Angel" Featuring:

Ruben Trejo - Lead Vocal & Drums
Kathi McDonald - Backgroud Vocal
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Dickie Peterson - Bass

Farlow - Kirch Band

Recorded at
101 North Records
Terra Linda, Ca 2005

Recorded at
Bill Gibson Studio

Billy C. Farlow - Vocals/Harmonica
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Dave Tolmie - Bass
Austin Delone - Keys/ Vocals
Brent Rampone - Drums
Bill Gibson - Background Vocals

Freddie Hughes
Tracks 1,2,3,4,7,10
Recorded at
Dave Wellhouse Studios
San Francisco, Ca 2002
&
Bell Recording Studios
Richmond, Ca 2002

Freddie Hughes - Vocal
Chris Burns - Keyboards
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Ron Perry - Bass
Kelvin Dixon - Drums