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	Rick Laird Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rick Laird anchored the Mahavishnu Orchestra, one third of the hallowed triumvirate of seminal '70s fusion bands.
		Laird began his musical career as a teen in New Zealand, where his family had moved from his native Dublin, Ireland.
		It may also be noted that Rick Laird was the house bassist at Ronnie Scott's Club in London from (at least) mid 1964 to early 1966.
	www.angelfire.com /oh/scotters2/rik.html (833 words)

	Pages of Fire: Articles: Rick Laird
		Laird is best known for his role as the bass player of the premier fusion band of the early Seventies, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, from its inception in June 1971 until late December 1973.
		Rick's father had a ukulele, and the young boy began fiddling around on that and the piano when he was only three years old.
		Rick feels that it's important that the bass player be concerned with making his or her instrument the foundation of the group, even though it may mean sacrificing a bit of flash.
	www.cs.cf.ac.uk /Dave/mclaughlin/art/laird.html (4101 words)

	Article 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		New York titled WHY MAHAVISHNU IS BREAKING UP Rick Laird, former bassist with the now-scattered Mahavishnu Orchestra said it was a case of too much ego and pride that finally doomed the band.
		Laird, the second member of the Orchestra to state his views on the group’s breakup, directed most of his remarks to the subject of John McLaughlin and his leadership.
		The first year and a half,said Laird, was spent with us battling his so-called enlightenment, and him battling our so-called ignorance, which is the highest form of bullshit I ever heard in my life.
	members.aol.com /whodowedo/article2.htm (521 words)

	Rick Laird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rick Laird is a jazz musician, born on February 5, 1940.
		He was influenced from a young age to play music, and got enrolled in guitar and piano lessons.
		Laird put out one album as a leader, Soft Focus, but put down his bass in 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_Laird (159 words)

	N.C.C.P. Speech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The motive for the murder was that Anthony was killed because Frank Chester and Rick Laird were sickened by Anthony's homosexuality.
		Rick Laird is truly guilty of his crime and should never walk among us again.
		Rick Laird recently testified in court and that he was so strung out on drugs and alcohol that night of Anthony's murder that he did not know what he was doing.
	www.prisonactivist.org /pipermail/prisonact-list/1996-June/000430.html (1934 words)

	The FRANK CHESTER Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In a fit of rage, Rick Laird dragged Anthony to a nearby wooded area and knifed Anthony in the throat.
		Blood was found in his apartment, a pack of cigarettes that Rick smoked was found under the body, and Rick had a previous arrest history for violent behavior.
		Recently Rick Laird has tried to have his sentenced reduced, indicating that because he was so strung out on drugs and alcohol, that he had know way of knowing what he was doing that fateful night.
	www.prisonactivist.org /pipermail/prisonact-list/1996-July/000554.html (3017 words)

	Kirk, Laird, Scott Disc Discussion
		Laird: I guess it’s kind of hard for jazz drummers to know what to play with these kind of things. Because they use tabla drums, and different percussion instruments.
		When the other cat’s running out of breath he passes it on to you, and you keep that one note going. But, I mean, that’s a secondary thing to the tune. It was a nice sound.
		Laird: It’s nice to hear music like this, to sort of keep your bearings, so to speak, on how these things should really be played.
	www.jazzprofessional.com /blindfold_tests/KirkLairdScott.htm (2344 words)

	Rick Laird - TheBestLinks.com - February 5, Jazz, New Zealand, 1940, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rick Laird - TheBestLinks.com - February 5, Jazz, New Zealand, 1940,...
		Rick Laird, February 5, Jazz, New Zealand, 1940, Nl:Rick Laird
		nl:Rick Laird Rick Laird is a jazz musician, born on February 5, 1940.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Rick_Laird.html (117 words)

	WBTG - Articles: An Innermost Vision
		Laird: What we do now at every concert is to ask the audience for five minutes of silence before we start playing.
		Laird: It seems like there's a re-emergence of contemporary music as an art form rather than just music as it has been for many years.
		Laird: Technically speaking, it took a long time to get into time signatures because of conditioning and also the lack of experience in playing them.
	www.italway.it /morrone/jml-innermost.htm (6513 words)

	News
		Lynch and Laird collaborate and write more scenes to the film, making the groundbreaking decision to shoot scenes out of consecutive order while others are being written.
		Laird and Lynch film what they refer to as “string-ups”, scenes that complete scenes that were left half filmed for the sake of saving time.
		Meanwhile, trouble brews as Lynch and Laird search the city for actor Joey Ybarra, who has disappeared from the town, with fifteen scenes needed to be shot.
	www.angelfire.com /indie/003/26news.html (838 words)

	JOHN McLAUGHLIN, MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, SHAKTI, JAN HAMMER, JERRY GOODMAN, BILLY COBHAM, RICK LAIRD - JAZZ FUSION - ...
		Laird's is a bit more interesting, but it rehashes some of the rhythmic and harmonic ideas heard on Birds of Fire.
		The guitarist’s creative control was the cause of some tension within the band, as Hammer, Goodman, and Laird were not only helping to shape the songs, they were also composers in their own right.
		Mclaughlin collected the arsenal of Jerry Goodman on violin, Jan Hammer on keys, Rick Laird on bass, and Billy Cobham on drums.The musicianship, the spirit, the conversational soloing, the unique compositions, the intensity, and the overall effect this release holds is far too superb for this reviewer to dare confine in mere words.
	www.eer-music.com /reviews/mahavsnu.html (3721 words)

	Pages of Fire: Articles: An Innermost Vision
		While it is true they are dynamic energies, it is also true that Rick Laird, Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman are equally powerful, and the band would not be what it is without them.
		To know Laird, Hammer and Goodman, and what they have contributed to the Mahavishnu Orchestra, here are these informal but real interviews.
		Laird: I read a book when I was about 21 which had an influence on me. The book, by Sri Krishna Murti, an Indian theosophist, was the "First and Last Freedom".
	www.cs.cf.ac.uk /Dave/mclaughlin/art/vision.html (6520 words)

	WBTG - Articles - Billy Cobham: Birds Of Fire
		In addition to McLaughlin on guitar and Cobham on drums, the Mahavishnu Orchestra also included bassist Rick Laird, violinist Jerry Goodman, and keyboardist Jan Hammer.
		Rick, I recall, had his own thing going with another Indian guru at the time.
		But Rick left a lot of space in a very definitive kind of way.
	www.italway.it /morrone/bc-birdsoffire.htm (1680 words)

	Extra Raw
		Their instrumental call-and-response vocabulary became so intense that it was virtually impossible to distinguish McLaughlin's rapid-fire guitar from Jerry Goodman's screaming violin and the radical moog synthesizer work of Jan Hammer.
		With the brawny drum theatrics of Cobham and Rick Laird's fluid, probing bass guitar, there were no weak links in this fine-tuned music machine.
		While Laird's bass is often relegated to a supporting role, he keeps pace with the featured soloists and maintains a prominent position in the overall sound.
	www.newcitychicago.com /home/daily/raw/092399_jazz.html (678 words)

	All Yuba City Fire Department Firefighters and Fire Officers possess certificates evidencing their commitment to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Firefighters Rick Laird, Todd Rohde and Ira Burroughs are the current Reserve Firefighters.
		Rick Laird is a full-time Fire Captain at Beale Air Force Base and has been with our department for over 10 years.
		In addition to assisting the department during fires, Rick has assisted in teaching CPR to members of the public.
	www.yubacityfire.org /allyuba.htm (778 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Mahavishnu Orchestra
		I picked up Birds of Fire recently and it's just awesome, it's almost like Speed-Jazz, 'Inner mounting flame' was more raw and had more fire but the followup is more contained and refined.
		Rick Laird really shines on 'One word' with some really good bass playing.
		I'll probably pick up 'Between nothingness and eternity' as I've always wanted to hear how they sounded live, it must've been something close to a relgious experience.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=82960 (1687 words)

	Village of Wolcott
		Laird said that it is swept every other week.
		Laird asked if there has been any word on the equipment that went to the Wayne County Auction.
		Rick Miller is to keep Mayor Monson informed of the progress.
	www.villageofwolcott.com /Board_Minutes.php (22083 words)

	Inner Mounting Flame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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		We must not overlook the marvelous contribution by Rick Laird, whose mind-blowing bass lines serve to propel McLaughlin to the ever higher levels of improvisation.
		Laird's bottom-line pulsations are very palpable, swinging like an ominous pendulum, taking everything along in their sweeping movement.
	alexbunard.freeservers.com /music/jazz/mclaughlin/discography/imf.html (3585 words)

	Mahavishnu Orchestra \| The Lost Trident Sessions
		In fact, strict Mahavishnuites would also point a crooked finger at Hammer’s “Sister Andrea,” which gives early indications as to where the fusion movement was moving.
		The most surprising aspect of the recording is the fine, up-front performances from Goodman and Laird.
		Laird and Goodman, although clearly talented, seemed earlier to be along for the ride.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r1102_170.htm (724 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - The Inner Mounting Flame
		The improvisations, particularly McLaughlin's post-Hendrix machine-gun assaults on double-necked electric guitar and Jerry Goodman's flights on electric violin, owe more to the freakouts that had been circulating in progressive rock circles than to jazz, based as they often are on ostinatos on one chord.
		These still sound genuinely thrilling today on CD, as McLaughlin and Goodman battle Jan Hammer's keyboards, Rick Laird's bass, and especially Billy Cobham's hard-charging drums, whose jazz-trained technique pushed the envelope for all rock drummers.
		Aimed with absolute precision at young rock fans, this record was wildly popular in its day, and it may have been the cause of more blown-out home amplifiers than any other record this side of Deep Purple.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=45669955&srchTerms=074646552322&mediaType=-1&srchType=ISBN (346 words)

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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=rick+cd&newu=1&krd=1 (497 words)

	Birds Of Fire
		While Jan is sending his barrage fire in every direction simultaneously, Cobham and Laird are cooking and stewing underneath, producing a tightly knit tissue of pulsating organic mass.
		It is absolutely staggering to hear Cobham weaving his fractals-like patterns that defy any attempt to detect the underlying beat, or any recognizable rhyme or reason for that matter.
		In the depths of the background, Cobham and Laird are cooking and steaming, and with each new round the ominous, nasty brew rises more alarmingly toward the surface.
	alexbunard.freeservers.com /music/jazz/mclaughlin/discography/bof.html (3693 words)

	Progressive Ears Album Reviews
		The second section finds Goodman and Laird laying down a loping haunting unison melody supported by McLaughlin's chiming 12 string and Hammer conjuring up exotic bird calls from another world as Cobham unleashes firestorms of percussive brilliance.
		All quiets down for a moment, and then a machine gun snare drum blast from Cobham kicks the band into a hyper-speed 4-way jam and then the whole band miraculously nails that raga-like main theme once again and ends with a stunned audience roaring its approval.
		Starting with a dreamy, mysterious ostinato figure by Hammer and Laird, Goodman's violin enters playing long haunting phrases as McLaughlin flutters madly just underneath.
	www.progressiveears.com /ASP/reviews.asp?albumID=1696 (707 words)

	Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity
		After this, Goodman's violin solo makes its appearance -- a bit more flashy than the guitar part, this is still a fairly impressive number (even if it doesn't develop as well as McLaughlin's part).
		After Laird briefly teases a bass solo, Hammer then bursts forth on his own with a fairly wild Moog performance.
		By this time, the main theme of the song has also improved to the point of perfectly complementing the solo performances (and let's not forget to credit Cobham's stellar performances in the background...
	www.tranglos.com /marek/yes/tr_107.html (1165 words)

	Jazz Institute of Chicago > Jazz Institute of Chicago - Jazz Articles > Classic Mahavishnu Orchestra
		The stepping stone between McLaughlin's work with Tony Williams's Lifetime and his own group, the Mahavishnu Orchestra was the album My Goals Beyond (Rykodisc RCD 101051), recorded in March 1971, around the time Lifetime were breaking up.
		McLaughlin had earmarked Goodman and Cobham as possible sidemen for a new electric ensemble he proposed forming and the date provided the opportunity to put his ideas to them and invite them both to join him.
		On the recommendation of bassist Miroslav Vitous, McLaughlin approached Sarah Vaughan's pianist Jan Hammer and turned to fellow expatriate Rick Laird, just off the road after two years playing bass with the Buddy Rich Big Band.
	www.jazzinstituteofchicago.org /Internal/Articles/tabid/43/ctl/ArticleView/mid/522/articleId/34/ClassicMahavishnuOrchestra.aspx (920 words)

	: Re: Rick Laird
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		that Laird was/is a "deep" and sensitive person and musician.
	www.utlib.ee /~andres_d/mclaughlin/archive/2/0130.html (174 words)

	Music: Turn Up That Noise! (Memphis Flyer . 10-18-99)
		This was a brilliant band of great complexity and depth which created some of the most original music of the era, music that blended blistering fast licks and gentle melodies, pastoral images and celestial firestorms.
		By the time the band entered Trident studios in June 1973 to record their third album, they were close to breaking up.
		Although bootlegs of these recordings surfaced off and on for years, The Lost Trident Sessions is the first official recording of Mahavishnu’s final studio effort, finally unearthed and remastered after 26 years of neglect.
	weeklywire.com /ww/10-18-99/memphis_musrv.html (724 words)

	ESPN.com: Texas Rangers Player Card
		Rangers April 8: Optioned pitcher R.A. Dickey to Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); purchased the contract of pitcher Rick Bauer from Oklahoma; re-signed designated hitter Erubiel Durazo to a minor league contract.
		The Orioles recalled infielder Jose Leon from Triple-A Ottawa on Thursday, replacing right-hander Rick Bauer on the 25-man roster.
		The Orioles placed right-hander Rick Bauer on the 15-day disabled list Friday with nerve irritation in his elbow.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/players/profile?statsId=6794 (161 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - A Talk with Legendary B3 Man, Brian Auger@ jazzreview.com
		According to the All Music Guide, Brian Auger was raised in London, where he took up the keyboards as a child and began to hear jazz by way of the American Armed Forces Network and an older brother's record collection.
		By his teens, he was playing piano in clubs, and by 1962 he had formed the Brian Auger Trio with bass player Rick Laird and drummer Phil Knorra.
		After a few singles, he recorded his first LP on a session organized to spotlight blues singer Sonny Boy Williamson that featured his group, saxophonists Joe Harriot and Alan Skidmore, and guitarist Jimmy Page; it was Don't Send Me No Flowers, released in 1968.
	www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=124 (2415 words)

	MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds of Fire reviews and MP3
		One Word is the prog-epic jam that thankfully involves all five members of this brilliant band performing at the height of their collective powers, some of the movements and changes of pace here are stunning, Cobham is his usual awesome self and Laird gets to step into the spotlight too.
		The precision of the instrumental pieces is almost unbelievable in execution and it is not surprising that the Mahavishnu Orchestra have become arguably the most influential act from the fusion era.
		Finally the bass with Rick Laird achieve to mix eficcienttically with his pals.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3357 (4371 words)

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