Richard began teaching himself to play guitar at the age of thirteen. Even at a young age he loved the finger-picking style of Chet Atkins. At the age of sixteen, Richard dedicated his life to Jesus Christ and began playing guitar for a gospel singing group.
In the late sixties and early seventies, Richard was playing lead guitar for a southern gospel group traveling all over the country. After his third son was born, Richard felt that God was compelling him to get off the road and become a full time dad and husband.
For the next 25 years he worked in a local church and confined his music to his church and some occasional studio session work. In the early 90′s Richard started touring again, this time as a solo concert guitarist, sharing his testimony and ministry in churches, dinner theaters, sportsmen’s banquets, RV resorts, seniors ministry functions and even public schools.
He has won over 70 major awards as a result of his playing, including “Instrumentalist of the Decade” from the International Country Gospel Music Association and three time “Artist of the year” with the Country Gospel Music Association in Branson Mo.as well as the coveted “TELE” award for his part in a concert video. In 2009 Richard was inducted into the “Country Gospel Music Assn. Hall of Fame, in Branson Mo!
This is a great course a lot of material for your repertoire, Richard Kiser is a distinguished guitarist and musician, And far as Thumbpicking goes he’s up there with the best. His arrangements of these great classic hymns are masterful. His Polished Performances are very Entertaining they all start with an introduction, where he explains what he doing and thinking in each tune, then after each piece he breaks it down by sections making it easier to learn. So if your in to finger style you can’t go wrong with this course
