Born in sunny Santa Barbara, California. Started singing before speaking. Joined a band at 9. Formed ‘Dishwalla’ at 20. Wrote #1 Hit Counting Blue Cars at 21. Signed by A&M records at 22. Awarded Billboard Award for ‘Rock Track of the Year’ in 1997, Billboard #1 Heatseeker Album track, Billboard #1 Modern Rock Track… Awarded ASCAP award 1997 & 1998 for Song of the Year. Signed by Interscope Records at 29, co-produced and released 5 Records as ‘Dishwalla’. Toured the World playing over 300 shows per year for 15 years. Played live at Billboard Awards 1997. Played live on ‘The Tonight Show’, ‘Jon Stewart’, ‘Conan O’Brien’, ’Craig Kilborn’, ‘Charmed’ and more. Evolved to Solo Career in 2008. Released Album 6, ‘A Beautiful End’ in 2009. Produced Award Winning Artists from the UK and USA. LA Mayor Honored Proclamation for Humanitarian work in El Salvador. Wrote and sung songs featured on ‘American Pie’, ‘Smallville’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’, ‘One Tree Hill’, ‘Criminal Minds’ etc. Launched highly successful PledgeMusic Campaign and Released Album 7 ‘Honor et Amore’ in 2015. Released Album 8, ‘Stripped’ in 2016. Released Album 9, ‘Under The Cover’ in 2018 and is Currently working on Album TEN in the Green Room. Songwriter, Singer, Producer. Solo Artist. Film Producer. Engineer. Living in The Cotswolds, in the UK with Award Winning Director wife Min Reid and their children. Passionate about music. Direct descendant of King of the Scots, Robert The Bruce. Love the Highlands. Love family.
Dishwalla Days
Past Awards
R&R #1 Record of Year 1996
R&R #1 Top 50 Active Rock Chart – 5 weeks in a row
R&R #1 Top 50 Alternative Rock Chart – 2 weeks in a row
R&R #1 Top 50 Rock Chart – 2 weeks in a row
R&R Top 5 Hot AC Chart
R&R Top 5 CHR Chart
Billboard Award for ‘Rock Track of the Year’ 1997
Billboard #1 Heatseeker Album track
Billboard #1 Modern Rock Track
Billboard #4 Top 40 Mainstream track
Billboard #5 Hot AC track
Billboard #15 Hot 100 track
iTunes #20 Debut Alternative Top 50 Chart “A Beautiful End”
iTunes #48 Debut Mainstream Top 100 Chart “A Beautiful End”
RIAA Certified Gold Record “Pet Your Friends”
RIAA Certified Platinum Record “Pet Your Friends”
RIAA Certified Gold Record “American Pie”
ASCAP award 1997 Song of the Year
ASCAP award 1998 Song of the Year
LA Mayor Honored Proclamation for Humanitarian Efforts 2012
DISCOGRAPHY
Lead Vocals / co-arranged
1995 – Dishwalla – Pet Your Friends – Album – A&M
Co-Produced / Lead Vocals / All Keyboards / Programming / Wrote(some co-wrote) and Arranged
1995 – Dishwalla – Haze – A&M – Single
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / wrote & arranged
1995 – Soundtrack – She Cried No – Counting Blue Cars – A&M
Co-produced/ Lead Vox / Keys / Wrote & Arranged
1995 – Soundtrack – Empire Records – Counting Blue Cars – A&M
Co-produced/ Lead Vox / Keys / Wrote & Arranged
1996 – Dishwalla – Other Side of the World – A&M – B-side
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / co-mixed / Lead Vocals / co-wrote & arranged
1996 – Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars – A&M – Single –
Co-produced/ Lead Vox / Keys / Wrote & Arranged
1996 – Soundtrack – Her Last Chance – Haze – A&M
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / wrote & arranged
1997 – Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars(acoustic) – A&M – Single
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / Piano / Lead Vocals / wrote and arranged
1997 – Dishwalla – Charlie Brown’s Parents – A&M – single
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / Keys / wrote and arranged
1997 – Amy Grant – Big Yellow Taxi – A&M – single
Produced / co-mixed / Backup vocals / piano / arranged
1998 – Dishwalla – Stay Awake – A&M – single
Co-produced / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Lead vocals / Co-wrote & arranged
1998 – Dishwalla – Once in a while – A&M/Interscope – Single
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / co-arranged
1998 – Soundtrack – The Avengers -Truth Serum – A&M/Interscope
Co-produced / Pro Tools Eng. / Lead Vocals / co-wrote & arranged
1998 – Soundtrack – Back to the Future – Pretty Babies – A&M/Interscope
Co-produced / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Lead Vox / Co-wrote & arranged
1998 – Dishwalla – And you think you know what life’s about – Album – A&M / Interscope
Co-produced / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / Lead Vox / guitar / keys / Wrote(some co-wrote) & Arranged
1998 – Soundtrack – Stir of Echoes – Stay Awake – A&M/ Interscope
Co-produced/ Engineered/ Pro Tools Eng./ Programming/ Lead vocals/ keys/ co-wrote & arranged
1999 – Compilation – Depeche Mode – For the Masses – Policy of Truth – Universal
Co-produced / Recorded / engineered / Lead Vocals / co-arranged
1999 – Soundtrack – American Pie – Find Your way Back home – Interscope
Co-produced/ Recorded/ Engineered / Lead Vocals / Co-wrote & Arranged
1999 – Soundtrack – Charmed – Until I Wake Up – A&M/Interscope
Co-produced/ Pro Tools Eng./ programming/ Lead Vocals/ Guitar/ Wrote & Arranged
1999 – Soundtrack – Charmed –Stay Awake – A&M/Interscope
Co-produced/ Engineered/ Pro Tools Eng./ Programming/ Lead vocals/ keys/ co-wrote & arranged
1999 – Soundtrack – Charmed – Counting Blue Cars – A&M
Co-produced/ Lead Vox / Keys / Wrote & Arranged
2000 – Movie Score – Morning – Down Home Entertainment
Produced/ Recorded/ Engineered/ Mixed/ Programming/ wrote and arranged (in 2 days)
2000 – Soundtrack – Morning – Carolina Skyline – orphanage – end title
Produced/ Lead vocals/ Guitar / co-wrote & arranged
2000 – Soundtrack – Homicide: the art of murder – Bridge Song – A&M/ Interscope
Co-produced/ Engineered/ Lead Vocals/ Guitar / wrote & arranged
2000 – Soundtrack – Dragonfly – other side of the world – A&M
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / co-mixed / Lead Vocals / co-wrote & arranged
2002 – Dishwalla – Opaline – Immergent – Album
Co-produced / Pro Tools Eng. / Keys / Guitar / programming / Wrote (some co-wrote) & arranged
2002 – Soundtrack – Smallville – Angels or Devils – Immergent
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / co-wrote and arranged
2002 – Dishwalla – Somewhere in the Middle – immergent – single
Co-produced / Lead vocals / wrote and arranged
2002 – Soundtrack – Smallville – Opaline – Orphanage
Co-produced/ Lead Vocals/ guitar/ programming/ pro-tools eng./ keys/ wrote & arranged
2003 – Soundtrack – Banger Sisters – Home – Orphanage
Co-produced / Pro-tools Eng. / Programming / Lead vocals/ guitar / wrote & arranged
2003 – Dishwalla – Home – Immergent – single
Co-produced / Pro-tools Eng. / Programming / Lead vocals/ guitar / wrote & arranged
2003 – Dishwalla – Angels or Devils – immergent – single
Co-produced / Lead Vocals / co-wrote and arranged
2004 – Dishwalla – The Flow State (live) – orphanage – Album
Produced / Recorded/ engineered / Edited / Pro-tools Eng. / co-mixed / Lead Vocals / piano / Guitar
2004 – Dishwalla – Santa Claus Lane – Xmas Record – Independent
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Arranged / Lead Vocals / Guitar / Keys / Programming
2005 – Dishwalla – Dishwalla – Orphanage – Album
Pro-Tools Eng. / programming / Lead Vocals / Guitar / Keys / wrote(some co-wrote) and arranged
2005 – Dishwalla – Collide – orphanage – single
Lead Vocals / Guitar / wrote and arranged
2005 – Dishwalla – Collide(demo) – orphanage – exclusive single for iTunes
Produced / Recorded/ Engineered / Mixed / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Vocals and all Instruments / wrote & arranged
2005 – Soundtrack – Smallville – Collide – Orphanage
Lead Vocals / Guitar / programming / wrote and arranged
2005 – Soundtrack – NCIS – Bleeding Out – Orphanage
Lead Vocals/ Guitar/ wrote and arranged
2005 – JR Richards – ‘First Christmas’ – Single- limited release for Christmas
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Wrote & Arranged / Lead vocals and all instruments
2006 – Super Swamper – indie – Album – Independent
Co-Produced / Recorded / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / keys / mixed
2007 – Soundtrack – Two:Thirteen – End Title Song – ‘ I Will Give You Life’ – Anthem Pictures
Produced / Recorded / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / Wrote & Arranged / Lead Vocals / Guitar / Keys / Programming
2007 – JR Richards – Live Solo – ‘Give’ – Independent
Produced / Recorded / Mixed / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Lead vocals / Piano / programming
2009 – JR Richards – A Beautiful End – Solo Album – HT Records
Produced / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Vocals / Keys / Bass(some) / Guitar
2010 – JR Richards – Soundtrack – One Tree Hill – Far End of the Black – HT Records
Produced / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Keys / Guitar
2010 – JR Richards – 20 Minute Christmas – Solo EP – HT Records
Produced / Arranged / Some Wrote / Engineered / Mixed / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass
2011 – JR Richards – B-Sides & Remixes – Solo EP – HT Records
Produced / Recorded / Mixed / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass
2012 –BritRoyal– Unfinished – Debut Album
Produced / Co-Wrote / Engineered / Pro-Tools Eng / Programming / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass
2012 – SoundTrack – How I Met Your Mother – “Counting Blue Cars” – CBS
Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Vocals / Keys
2013 – Main Title Theme – SAF3 – “White Light” – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “More Than Ever Now” – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “Cathedrals” – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “The Fading Light” – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “Look Away” – performed by: Allie Nixon – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “You’re Not Alone” – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “Waiting For Silence” – performed by: Allie Nixon – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “Never Again” – performed by: Allie Nixon – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Mixed / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – SAF3 – “Carry On” – performed by: Allie Nixon – CW Network
Produced / Recorded / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Mixed / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Bass / Programming
2013 – Soundtrack – Criminal Minds – “Precious Stone” – CBS
Produced / Recorded / Co-Wrote & Arranged / Mixed / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Programming
2014 – Vanaka – Gratitude – Debut Album – One Ride Records
Produced / Recorded / Co-Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Keys / Guitar / Programming
2014 – JR Richards – Single – “Flower of Scotland” – feat: Allie Nixon & Spud the Piper – Reid Richards
Produced / Recorded / Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Keys /
2014 – JR Richards – Single – “Until I Wake Up” – Acoustic – Reid Richards
Produced / Recorded / Wrote / Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Strings / Guitar
2015 – Brit Royal – Second Release – London – Indie
Produced / Recorded / Co-Wrote / Co-Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Strings / Guitar / Mixed
2016 – JR Richards – 2nd Solo Album – Honore et Amore – Reid-Richards
Produced / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Programming / Vocals / Keys / Bass / Guitar
2016 – JR Richards – Acoustic Album – Stripped – Reid-Richards
Produced / Mixed / Mastered / Wrote & Arranged / Engineered / Edited / Pro Tools Eng. / Vocals / Piano / Bass/ Guitar / Drums