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Rich Kirch - Discography

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

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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
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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


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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


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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
Recorded at Russian Hill Studios 
(1992)
San Francisco, California
John Lee Hooker on Guitar & Vocals accompanied by: 
Rich Kirch - Guitar; Mike Osborne - Guitar; Jim Guyet - Bass Bowen Brown - Drums


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, R
eleased 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


John Lee Hooker DVD 2002
"That's My Story"

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


John Lee Hooker "Don't Look Back"
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca 1996

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar on "Send Me Your Pillow"; Billy Johnson - Guitar; Mitch Woods - Piano; Richard Cousins - Bass; Ken Baker - Sax ; Kevin Hayes - Drums
John Lee Hooker - Point Blank record's single release in UK from "Chill Out "
Recorded at The Plant Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca 1994

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar; Roy Rogers - Slide Guitar; Jim Guyett - Bass Bowen Brown - Drums
John Lee Hooker - "Homework" 
from the Boom Boom album released in UK as a single. 'Homework' was a bonus UK track not released on the US 'Boom Boom' Album 
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca 1992

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar; Billy Johnson - Guitar; Jim Guyett - Bass Bowen Brown - Drums


John Lee Hooker
"Boogie at Russian Hill" 
from "Blues Series Vol. 2"
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca 1992

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Albert Collins - Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar
 ; Mike Osborn - Guitar
Deacon Jones - Organ; Jim Guyett - Bass Bowen Brown - Drums
John Lee Hooker
"John Lee Hooker Anthology 50 Years"
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio
San Francisco, Ca 1996

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Albert Collins - Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar on "Boogie at Russian Hill"; Mike Osborn - Guitar; Deacon Jones - Organ; Jim Guyett - Bass; Bowen Brown - Drums
John Lee Hooker
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic
"50th Anniversary 1967-2007"

Compilation CD
Track : "Elizabeth" from Pete Sear's
"Long Haul" CD

Recorded at Bayview Recording Studio
Richmond, Ca 2000

John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Pete Sears - Piano; Rich Kirch - Guitar; Ron Perry- Bass Bryant Mlills - Drums


Simone Michel - "Homemade"
Recorded in Oakland, Ca 2004
Simone Michel - Saxophone; Freddie Roulette - Lap Slide Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar; 
Liam Hanrahan - Bass; Kester Smith - Drums
John Lee Hooker  
"Boom Boom, the Promotional Copy"
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio,
San Francisco, Ca 1996
John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar on "Trick Bag [Shoppin' for my Tombstone]", "Boogie at Russian Hill" and "I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More"; Billy Johnson - Guitar ; Mlitch Woods - Piano; Richard Cousins - Bass; Ken Baker - Sax ; Kevin Hayes - Drums
John Lee Hooker - "Boogie at Russian Hill"
Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio, 
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San Francisco, Ca 1992
John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Albert Collins - Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar
; Mike Osborn - Guitar; Deacon Jones - Organ; Jim Guyett - Bass; Bowen Brown - Drums


John Lee Hooker - "I'm in the Mood"
Performed "Live" at the Bammies, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Ca 1990
John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar; Bonnie Raitt- Vocals & Guitar; Rich Kirch - Guitar
Chet Fest  - A Tribute to Chet Helms
Great American Music Hall, 
San Francisco, CA, July 2005
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Rich Kirch - Guitar
John Lee Hooker
European version of 
"That's My Story"
John Lee Hooker- Vocals & Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar


Virgin Records Compilation CD
Pants Off Into The Tub

Rich plays with John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins on  #18

"Boogie At Russian Hill" - Recorded at Russian Hill Recording Studio, San Francisco, CA1992
Rueben Trejo - Feels Good
Recorded at Studio D Sausilito, CA 2011
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Live At Fillmore West featuring John Lee Hooker

Rich plays on three songs w/John Lee Hooker
Recorded in San Francisco, CA 1996


Jimmy Dawkins - Feel The Blues  
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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  
Jimmy Dawkins - Feel The Blues - Remixed
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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 
​Jimmy Dawkins presents The Leric Story
Rich plays with Queen Sylvia on #5 & 6 and with Nora Jean on10 & 11

Recorded at Ed Cody Studio Chicago, IL 1983


Rueben Trejo Cadillac Blues
Recorded at California Recording Institute  San Francisco, CA 2013
Kathi McDonald & Rich Kirch
"Nothin But Trouble"

Recorded at 125th Street Studio's Alsip,Ill.
Recorded at Renegade Studio in San Rafael, CA 2011
Kathi McDonald "Defused"
Double cd of her last recordings Released 2016
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The Chicago Bluesbox
Recorded live at "Big Dukes", West Side Chicago on November 10th 1976. Rich plays on the Jimmy Dawkins "Come Back Baby" cd & Side A. Andrew "Blueblood" Mc Mahon "Go Get My Baby" cd

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Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On
Rich plays on track 12 "Honest I Do

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Oasis Rock & Roots Radio Sampler.
Kathi McDonald & Rich Kirch # 4
"Rollin' & Tumblin" 2011

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Kathi McDonald & Friends
"On With the Show"

Recorded at Renegade Studios
San Rafael, CA - 2010
Kathi McDonald-vocals; Snooky Flowers-Barritone Sax; Brad Jenkins-Tenor Sax; Sam Andrew-Guitar*; Rich Kirch-Guitar; Ron Perry-Bass; Terry Baker-Drums    
 

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