Rick Nielsen
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Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan "Rick" Nielsenis the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well known for having many custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar...
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth22 December 1946
CityRockford, IL
diverse dozen good heavy rock
Like all of our records, good or bad, it's a diverse kind of record. It's not a heavy hit-you-over-the-head rock record. It's a dozen good songs.
beg love scholars-and-scholarship
I want you to want me / I need you to need me / I'd love you to love me / I'm beggin' you to beg me.
hope
We hope (the new boundaries) will be for a long time.
parent trying worst
The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.
growing-up parent trying
When you're growing up you need your parents, but you don't want to be associated with them because you're trying to have your own life.