Rock Interview: Ricky Warwick
Born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, Ricky Warwick received his first guitar at the tender age of 14.
He told Rock Radio it changed his life: “That old, used guitar was more than just notes on a fret-board; it was the deepest breath of life I’d ever experienced. I felt like I was armed when I carried it and from then on I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Nothing was ever going to be the same again once I dragged my thumb across those strings.”
Although the founding member of Glasgow heavy metal band, The Almighty, and working with various other punk outfits, including Stiff Little Fingers, The Ruts and New Model Army, Ricky brazenly embarked on an acoustic solo career in 2002.
Now his new album, Belfast Confetti on DR2 is a collection of gritty acoustic songs, full of passion, dirt, whisky and tales of a misspent youth in the land of the Emerald Isle.
Ricky reflects: “I found myself looking deeper into the well for this record. Each song is not unlike a prayer. Belfast Confetti is a collection of stories, my own, my family’s and my friends, most of whom are now scattered all over the world, but when talk turns to home, their eyes light up and the reminiscing begins.”
Ricky Warwick is once again armed with his guitar, but he’s far from fourteen, and he has something important to say, so you should listen.
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