Rick Boston

Richard Wallie Boston is a Canadian musician, composer and producer based in Los Angeles, United States. He is known for his roles in Low Pop Suicide and for producing Rickie Lee Jones’ album, Ghostyhead. Early life and education Richard Wallie Boston was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He studied jazz arrangement and composition. Career Boston played guitar for Belinda Carlisle’s 1988 album, Heaven on Earth. He was a member of Hand of Fate, working with John Keck to produce the 1990 album, Hand of Fate, and is credited for vocals. He played guitar for and produced Sky Cries Mary’s 1991 EP, Exit at the Axis. Boston subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen, who had founded World Domination Recordings. Boston was the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, singing and playing lead guitar, on their 1993 debut album On the Cross of Commerce; both Allen and Jeff Ward then exited the band. As the only founder left, the band’s second LP, The Death of Excellence, was a more personal vehicle. Exploring a more acoustic sound, Boston released one solo album in 1996, Numb, a verbatim copy of Low Pop Suicide’s last release, the Unzipped EP. In 1997, he partnered with Rickie Lee Jones in songwrit