great player, great band
from his friend glea on sh.tv:
if you read the story of the Helps, you'd see they just weren't the kind of people who could survive the business. So many things went wrong, not all their own fault. They are all fragile personalities. Enjoy the music they made...The recent release of the unfinished 5th album and the Roundhouse Concert were unexpected delights. Bassist Ken Whaley's passing a couple of years ago went largely unnoticed. He was a massive players.
There are some mostly unheard project Richard did after Helps. Splendid Humans was a continuation of the Happy Days thing. He also did time in the Flying Aces with Micky Gibbons from Badfinger and Phil Ryan from Man. Ricky plays the solo on The Tyla Gang's Stiff Single Texas Chainsaw Massacre Boogie. There is also a cd of his home guitar explorations, Dream Arena East. He also did a cameo on Malcolm's solo album.
a nice vid of him playing with glea's band Donovan's Brain:
https://youtu.be/PMwpYktvwEk
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