Maddie Rice is an American guitarist. She performed several years with Jon Batiste's Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She currently plays with the Saturday Night Live Band.
Maddie Rice | |
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 Maddie Rice performing at the New York Game Awards in 2019 | |
| Born | 1993 (age 30–31) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Berklee College of Music |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
| Website | maddierice |
Early life and education
editRice grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School. She started playing guitar at age 13, studying at the School of Rock.[1] Rice moved to Boston, Massachusetts for college, where she attended the Berklee College of Music. She left Berklee after her sophomore year to move to Los Angeles.[1][2]
Career
editIn 2015, at the age of 22, she started playing guitar for Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[1][3] Since 2020, she has been part of the Saturday Night Live Band.[4]
Maddie has toured with various artists,[5] including Korean pop singer Taeyang,[5] indie-dance pop band Rubblebucket and electronic dance music artist Big Wild.[5]
References
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Chris Miller. "Utah guitarist lands spot on Colbert's 'Late Show'". KUTV. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
It's just like, 'What can this 14 year-old do?' and then about five, ten minutes into the lesson, I thought, this is the most talented person I've ever worked with.
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Katherine Cusumano (2016-11-11). "Exclusive Track Premiere: Rising Star Clay's Sultry New Single "Follow Me Down"". W magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
She was chafing at the confines of higher education, and she found an outlet in her funk music that also comprised fellow students like bassist Alissia Benveniste and guitarist Maddie Rice (who now plays with the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).
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"Stephen Colbert's New Guitarist Talks Pentatonics". Gear gods. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
It's sick to see someone so young get the call, and Maddie rips. See for yourself below, as EMGtv recently posted a lesson with her about pentatonic substitutions (which you might also call modal pentatonics).
- ^ "Chris Rock/Megan Thee Stallion". Saturday Night Live. Season 46. Episode 1. October 3, 2020. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
- ^ a b c Fenollol, Hunter (January 13, 2020), Awards! Musician Maddie Rice Will Return To New York Game Awards For Another Inspired Performance, New York Videogame Critics Circle, retrieved 2020-10-30