38 Facts About Rick Price

Roderick Allan Joseph Stewart was born on 6 July 1961 and known as Rick Price, is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

Rick Price has worked with numerous artists as a vocalist, songwriter and record producer, including Tina Arena, Tommy Emmanuel, Mitch Grainger, Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and numerous others and recorded a duet album California Dreaming with Jack Jones.

Roderick Allan Price was born on 6 July 1961 in Beaudesert, a small country town 69 kilometres south of Brisbane.

Rick Price has cited Stevie Wonder, James Taylor and Carole King as his inspirations.

At the age of 18, Rick Price moved to Sydney, where he worked as a session and touring musician, playing bass guitar with various inner city outfits.

Rick Price began writing his own material in the late 1980s.

Rick Price was recorded on the single, "Living Without Your Love", in 1990, which was written by Mike Perjanik.

In 1991, Rick Price signed a deal with Columbia Records and he travelled to Los Angeles to work with producer, Chris Lord-Alge.

Rick Price issued his debut solo single, "Not a Day Goes By", in February 1992.

Rick Price followed with a promotional trip to Europe including the United Kingdom.

In November 1992, Rick Price returned to Australia where he, and his co-writer Field, won the Song of the Year category for "Heaven Knows" at the APRA Music Awards.

In December 1992 Rick Price was invited to Germany to perform on a variety show.

Rick Price then made a 36-hour stopover in Manila where he made six TV appearances, two radio interviews and a handful of press.

In January and February 1993, Rick Price toured Australia to sold-out venues.

Rick Price spent 2 weeks travelling the country and promoting the re-release performing in acoustic mode.

Back home, Rick Price continued his touring, this time in the Northern Territory and northern Queensland area, which he had not previously performed in.

In October 1993, Rick Price performed more concerts in Southeast Asia, which incorporated 7 shows in 9 days.

The Sentosa Music Festival in Singapore saw Rick Price perform in front of 15,000 people.

Rick Price joined the Wizard of Oz showcases in Japan, where the album was launched.

Whilst in Japan, Rick Price won Song of the Year for "Walk Away Renee" and Album of the Year for Heaven Knows at the Australian Music Awards.

On his return from Japan, Rick Price was awarded the 1993 Australian Export Award for recognition of his international success.

In December 1993, Rick Price was invited to the Singapore Music Awards as a special guest.

Rick Price picked up Song of the Year for "Heaven Knows", then came back home to Australia for more touring before being invited to perform on the numerous Carols by Candlelight shows around the country and performing "White Christmas".

The year was topped off when Rick Price was presented with an Advance Australia Foundation award.

In November and December 1995, following the album release, Rick Price then toured with Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel.

Rick Price performed at several Carols by Candlelight shows around the country and continued to tour during early 1996.

Some collaborators Rick Price has worked with included Steve Werfel and Pam Reswick on "Not a Day Goes By", Jon Lind, and Randy Goodrum, a well-respected writer from Nashville.

In November and December 1997, Rick Price played a couple of showcases to the public with some of the new material he had been working on.

In 2003, parting with Sony, Rick Price released another solo album, A Million Miles, on his own label Clarice.

In 2007 Rick Price recorded an album with Mitch Grainger called 2UP, featuring acoustic-style covers of such artists as Chris Isaac, and was featured in the soundtrack to the film December Boys.

Rick Price toured Tasmania with the band Invisible Boy at the year's conclusion.

In 2009, after having relocated to Nashville, Rick Price toured the US with Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel before returning to Australia and touring in a legacy show to singer-songwriter John Denver, with "The John Denver Story".

Rick Price toured the album throughout Victoria Australia in July 2015 The accompanying tour "Can I Get a Witness", was launched on the back of the Tennessee Sky album release with dates throughout May and June 2016.

In September 2017, Rick Price released California Dreaming, a collaboration with Australian singer-songwriter Jack Jones.

In October 2019, Rick Price released a re-recorded version of "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" from Tambourine Mountain with Regine Velasquez-Alcasid.

At the global APRA Awards in March 2020, Rick Price was awarded the Overseas Recognition Award.

In June 2021, Rick Price announced the release of his forthcoming album and tour, Soulville, featuring songs form the 1960s.

Rick Price announced the forthcoming release of Wayfaring Stranger, described as a gospel album of cover songs, with hymns that span centuries and more recent tunes from the early 20th century.