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{{Short description|Scottish guitarist and composer (1948–2022)}}
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| genre = [[Punk rock]], [[rock and roll]], [[progressive rock]]
| occupation = [[Guitarist]], [[composer]]
| instrument = Guitar
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| associated_actspast_member_of = [[Iggy Pop]], [[David Bowie]]
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'''Ricky Gardiner''' (born 31 August 1948, [[Edinburgh]],&ndash; [[Scotland]]13 May 2022) iswas a [[Scottish guitarist]] and [[composer]].
 
==Biography==
Gardiner was educated at [[Craigmount School]]{{dubious|date=February 2019}} in the Borders of Scotland and later [[Eastwood High School, Newton Mearns|Eastwood School, Glasgow]]. He joined his first school band, the Vostoks, at school in 1962. Next there were the Kingbees and the System, with whom he formed [[Beggars Opera (band)|Beggars Opera]] in 1969.
 
He has played in his own outfit, [[Beggarswith Operathis (band)|, Beggars Opera]], and also with friends [[David Bowie]] and [[Iggy Pop]]. For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qgn8/|title= David Bowie -– Low|accessdate= 5 January 2009-01-05|last= Goldring|first= Susie|date= 2007-04-18 April 2007|work= Classic Pop/Rock Review|publisher= [[BBC]]}}</ref> HeFor workedPop withhe Popworked on his album ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'' the same year.: Thethe albumissue included "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]", regarded as one of Pop's best songs,<ref name="Bowie: An Illustrated Record">{{cite book |title= Bowie: An Illustrated Record|last= Carr|first= Roy|authorlink= Roy Carr|author2=Murray, Charles Shaar |authorlink2=Charles Shaar Murray |year= 1981|publisher= [[Avon (publishers)|Avon]] / [[Eel Pie Publishing]]|location= [[New York City|New York]] / [[London]]|isbn= 0-380-77966-8|oclc= 7862636|page= 118}}</ref> for which Gardiner composed the music. Bowie biographer David Buckley described it as being "possessed with one of the greatest riffs of all time".<ref name="Strange Fascination">{{cite book |title= Strange fascination: David Bowie: the definitive story|last= Buckley|first= David|year= 1999|publisher= [[Virgin Books]]|location= [[London]]|isbn= 978-1-85227-784-0|oclc= 43757665|page= 318}}</ref>
 
On 19 October 1977, Gardiner was selected by [[Tony Visconti]] to play guitar for the pre-recorded backing of Bowie's performance on [["Heroes" (David Bowie song)|"Heroes"]] on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowienews.com/2017/10/david-bowie-heroes-top-of-the-pops-1977-nacho-version/|title=David Bowie – "Heroes" – ''Top of the Pops'', 1977 – (Nacho version)|date=19 October 2017|website=David Bowie News {{!}} Celebrating the Genius of David Bowie|language=en-GB|access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> The recording was made at [[Good Earth Studios]] in [[Soho, London|Soho]], London with Bowie, Visconti, and pianist [[Sean Mayes]]. Gardiner emulated [[Robert Fripp]]'s feedback-driven <ref>{{cite book| last=O'Leary| first=Chris| year=2019| title=Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016| location=London |publisher=Repeater| isbn=978-1912248308 }}</ref> guitar line. "I was asked to reproduce Robert Fripp's line. As we went through the song, my amplifier started dying. As the song finished, so did the amp."
Since the 1970s Gardiner has played and composed in a variety of styles, including [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[european classical music|classical]] and [[rock and roll]].▼
 
▲SinceFrom the 1970s, Gardiner has played and composed in a variety of music styles, including [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[europeanEuropean classical music|classical]], and [[rock and roll]].
In 2017 photographs Gardiner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowienews.com/2017/05/behind-the-scenes-photos-by-ricky-gardiner-at-chateau-dherouville-recording-david-bowies-low-album/|title=Behind the scenes photos by Ricky Gardiner at Château d’Hérouville recording David Bowie’s Low album|date=2017-05-09|website=David Bowie News {{!}} Celebrating the Genius of David Bowie|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> took at the [[Château d'Hérouville|Chateau d'Heroville]] during the making of David Bowie's ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]'' album in 1977 were included in hardcover book that accompanied the vinyl and CD box set of [[A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)|David Bowie A New Career in a New Town [1977-1982]]] alongside photographs by [[Anton Corbijn]], [[Helmut Newton]], Andrew Kent, Steve Schapiro, Duffy and more. ▼
 
▲In 2017, photographs Gardiner took at the [[Château d'Hérouville]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowienews.com/2017/05/behind-the-scenes-photos-by-ricky-gardiner-at-chateau-dherouville-recording-david-bowies-low-album/|title=Behind the scenes photos by Ricky Gardiner at Château d’Hérouvilled'Hérouville recording David Bowie’sBowie's Low album|date=9 May 2017-05-09|website=David Bowie News {{!}} Celebrating the Genius of David Bowie|language=en-GB|access-date=16 September 2019-09-16}}</ref> took at the [[Château d'Hérouville|Chateau d'Heroville]] during the making of David Bowie's ''[[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]]'' album in 1977, were included in a hardcover book that accompanied the vinyl and CD box set of ''[[A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)|David Bowie A New Career in a New Town [1977-1982]]]'', alongside photographs by [[Anton Corbijn]], [[Helmut Newton]], [[Andrew Kent]], Steve SchapiroShapiro, Duffy and more.
Gardiner claims he suffers from [[electromagnetic hypersensitivity]], believed by him to have been contracted through exposure to high levels of computer radiation and [[magnetic fields]].▼
Duffy, and others.
 
▲Gardiner claimssaid that he sufferssuffered from [[electromagnetic hypersensitivity]], believedwhich byhe himbelieved to have beenhe contracted through exposure to high levels of computer radiation and [[magnetic fields]].
 
Gardiner died on 13 May 2022, aged 73, after a long battle with [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>[http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/bowienews/news.htm "Ricky Gardiner", 16 May 2022]. Bowiewonderworld.com, Retrieved 16 May 2022</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://dmme.net/interviews/gardiner.html An interview with Gardiner]
*[http://www.rickygardiner.com/ Personal website]
* {{discogs artist|Ricky Gardiner}}
* {{IMDb name|3365202}}
 
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living2022 peopledeaths]]
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[[Category:Progressive rock musicians]]
[[Category:People educated at Craigmount School]]
[[Category:Musicians from Edinburgh]]
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