Sat 13 Feb 2027Doors 19:00
FRETS / The Hotel · Strathaven
For over a quarter of a century, Ricky Warwick’s life and career has straddled two continents. It takes a certain kind of intuition to harvest the best of both worlds and to fashion a life and body of work built on integrity, humility and respect. It’s apparent in his music. Ricky remains undoubtedly one of the hardest working men in rock n roll. That ethos, formed and forged in the farm fields of Northern Ireland’s County Down countryside, stood the teenager in the greatest of stead when he first came to pick up a guitar at the age of 13. There had always been music, both at home and also in Belfast. Throughout the 1970s and early 80s, the city was front and centre of the punk revolution. It begged the question, “How you gonna keep him down on the farm, once he’s seen Stiff Little Fingers?” The answer was... You couldn’t. A year later the Warwick family moved to Strathaven in Scotland. It was here where the spark of musical desire became a flame. Writing and practising every day, Ricky Warwick found himself drafted into the acclaimed UK punk/folk band New Model Army for their 1987 world tour. The young guitarist had crossed the Rubicon. The taste of opportunity was o...
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