Maddie Rice
{{short description|American guitarist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maddie Rice
| image = Maddie Rice - New York Game Awards 2019 (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Maddie Rice performing at the New York Game Awards in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1992}}
| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
| alma_mater = Berklee College of Music
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| occupation = Guitarist
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
Maddie Rice (born 1992) 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.
Early life and education
Rice 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. 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.
Career
In 2015, at the age of 22, she started playing guitar for Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Since 2020, she has been part of the Saturday Night Live Band.
{{cite episode
|title=Chris Rock/Megan Thee Stallion
|series=Saturday Night Live
|season=46
|number=1
|network=NBC
|date=October 3, 2020
|time=Closing credits
}}
Maddie has toured with various artists,
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|title=Awards! Musician Maddie Rice Will Return To New York Game Awards For Another Inspired Performance
|date=January 13, 2020
|first=Hunter
|last=Fenollol
|publisher=New York Videogame Critics Circle
|access-date=2020-10-30
}}
including Korean pop singer Taeyang, indie-dance pop band Rubblebucket and electronic dance music artist Big Wild.
References
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{{cite news
| url = http://kutv.com/news/local/utah-guitarist-lands-spot-on-colberts-late-show
| title = Utah guitarist lands spot on Colbert's 'Late Show'
| work = KUTV
| author = Chris Miller
| accessdate = 2017-08-22
| quote = "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."
}}
{{cite news
| url = http://geargods.net/tutorials/maddie-rice-pentatonic-substitutions/
| title = Stephen Colbert's New Guitarist Talks Pentatonics
| work = Gear gods
| date = 2015-09-29
| accessdate = 2017-08-22
| quote = 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).
}}
{{cite news
| url = https://www.wmagazine.com/story/exclusive-track-premiere-rising-star-clays-sultry-new-single-follow-me-down
| title = Exclusive Track Premiere: Rising Star Clay's Sultry New Single "Follow Me Down"
| work = W magazine
| author = Katherine Cusumano
| date = 2016-11-11
| accessdate = 2017-08-22
| quote = 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).
}}
}}
External links
- {{official website}}
- {{YouTube|channel=UCR-bBMs_AUXIsTS6rWAVDng}}
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Category:21st-century American guitarists
Category:21st-century American women guitarists
Category:Berklee College of Music alumni
Category:The Late Show with Stephen Colbert