What’s a bassist (ie ensemble player) to do when there aren’t gigs? Pick the acoustic guitar back up and go back to their roots. Back in the mid-00’s perilous relish was active on YouTube with interesting rearrangements of classic rock and one-hit-wonder tunes. And going way back, it was finger-style folk and some bluegrass.

Calling this style, “yacht-coustic“, todd is now booking the occasional solo show (while also gigging regularly with Soul Stingers). The video below showcases a variety of vocal arrangements – todd also does instrumental tunes and live looping depending on the gig. 

The goal is music you recognize, presented in a way that is a bit fun and different, with a splash of humor and tongue often firmly in-cheek. Yes, Stayin’ Alive is a country tune – after all, Australia is about as far south as you can get…

Make a request at a gig? Sure – pick an artist and ask away!

todd richmond – nostatic – solo

Interested in booking todd for a solo gig? Or perhaps a collaboration? Or scoring your next video project? Well use the contact for below and have at it!

Partial song list:

Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
Angie – Rolling Stones
Baby I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
Beast of Burden – Rolling Stones
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Boom Like That – Mark Knopfler
Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
Boys of Summer – Don Henley
Brandy – Looking Glass
Bridge of Signs – Robin Tower
California Dreamin’ – Mamas and the Papas
Chelsea Hotel #2 – Leonard Cohen
China Grove – Doobie Brothers
Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash
Cold, Cold Heart – Hank Williams
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Cowboy Song – Thin Lizzy
Day After Day – Badfinger
A Day in the Life – Beatles
Desperado – The Eagles
Dirty Work – Steely Dan
Do It Again – Steely Dan
Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Don’t Stand So Close – The Police
Dr. Wu – Steely Dan
Dream Weaver – Gary Wright
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Every Little Thing She Does – The Police
Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometimes – Korgis
Evil Woman – ELO
Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
For No One – Beatles
Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campbell
Ghost Riders in the Sky – Johnny Cash
Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
Guitar Man – Bread
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Have You Ever Seen the Rain – CCR
Heart of Gold – Neil Young
Heatwave – Martha and the Vandelis
Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger
Hotel California – Eagles
Hurt – Nine Inch Nails
I Saw the Light – Todd Rundgren
I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan
I will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
I’d Love to Change the World – 10 Years After
I’ll Be There – Jackson 5
I’m a Believer – Monkees
I’m in Disgrace – Kinks
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
It’s Too Late – Carole King
Jean Genie – David Bowie
Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
Just the Two of Us – Grover Washington Jr.
Kodachrome – Paul Simon
Lawyers Guns and Money – Warren Zevon
Let it Be – Beatles
Let It Ride – BTO
Life’s Been Good – Joe Walsh
Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
Lonely Days – Bee Gees
Make Me Smile – Chicago
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
My Body is a Cage – Arcade Fire
My Sharona – The Knack
Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night
Night Moves – Bob Seger
On Every Street – Dire Straits
One Headlight – Wallflowers
One of these Nights – Eagles
Peace, Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
The Right Time of the Night – Jennifer Warne
Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon
Running on Empty – Jackson Browne
Sara Smile – Hall and Oates
Show Me the Way – Peter Frampton
Sister Golden Hair – America
Spirit in the Night – Bruce Springsteen
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
Take Me To the River – Al Green
Time of the Season – Zombies
Tomorrow, Wendy – Concrete Blonde
Toy Soliders – Martika
Venus – Shocking Blue
The Weight – The Band
Who’ll Stop the Rain – CCR
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Carter Family
Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
Year of the Cat – Al Stewart
Your Song – Elton John