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Richard John Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday camps. He joined Status Quo in 1967 when they were looking for an additional singer.
Edwards, son of the band's bassist John "Rhino" Edwards, played back-up rhythm guitar at the band's "Aquostic" acoustic concerts. Along with Richie Malone, Edwards also performed in place of Rick Parfitt after the latter's retirement from touring
Aquostic II – That's a Fact! is the thirty-second studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released on 21 October 2016.It is the last album to feature guitarist and vocalist Rick Parfitt, who died on 24 December 2016. [1]
Status Quo are a British rock band. The group originated in London and was founded in 1962 by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys. [1] [2] After a number of name and lineup changes, which included the introduction of John Coghlan in 1963 and Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
Following the departure of Roy Lynes, this was the first album to feature the four-piece lineup of remaining members Francis Rossi (credited on the sleeve as Mike Rossi), Rick Parfitt (credited as Ritchie Parfitt), Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan (credited as John Coughlan). They had released a non-album single that March, a Rossi/Young song ...
This design was created by David John Parfitt, a long-serving research confectioner based at the Cadbury Bournville factory, while he was experimenting with some surplus toffee from another piece of work. [2] It was launched in 1970. [3]
The Party Ain't Over Yet... is the twenty-seventh album by English rock band Status Quo, released 19 September 2005.A DVD documentary on the making of the album and the band's history to that point, The Pary Ain't Over Yet...40 Years of Status Quo, was released on the same day.
Richard John Parfitt [1] is a Welsh writer [2] and musician [3] from Newport, Wales. Born in Cwmbran, [4] Parfitt spent two years [5] as a teenager living in Toronto before returning home in 1980. Most publicly notable for his role as a founding member of 1990s rock band The 60ft. Dolls. [6]