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'''Ricky Gardiner''' (born 1948, [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]) is a [[guitarist]] and [[composer]].
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 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, [[Beggars Opera (band)|Beggars Opera]], and also with [[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= 2009-01-05|last= Goldring|first= Susie|date= 2007-04-18|work= Classic Pop/Rock Review|publisher= [[BBC]]}}</ref> He worked with Pop on ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'' the same year. The album 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>
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