Richie Kotzen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richie Kotzen
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1970(1970-02-03)
Age	54
Birthplace	Reading
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Aquarius

Richie Kotzen Biography

Richie Kotzen is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on February 3, 1970 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. A guitarist, singer, and songwriter, who has released critically acclaimed solo music and collaborated with The Winery Dogs.

He was inspired by KISS and Hearing Gene Simmons and KISS inspired him to start playing electric guitar. to learn how to play electric guitar.

Richie Kotzen began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven, he was inspired to learn the electric guitar by the band Kiss. He started his career in a band named Arthur’s Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records’ Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19, the first of two instrumental records, simply entitled Richie Kotzen. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping. One year later, a second solo album called Fever Dream was released, which was the first one to also feature his lead vocals. Since then, Kotzen has released a long series of more than twenty albums with musical influences ranging from Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Blues, Blue-eyed-soul, R&B and Funk to Jazz Fusion.

At the beginning of his career, Kotzen used Ibanez guitars and Laney amplifiers before switching to Fender guitars and Marshall amplifiers in the early 1990s. He used Marshall Super Lead, JCM800 and JCM900 models as well as Yamaha DG Series amps in the late 1990s. Yamaha DG1000 preamp with Marshall EL34 100/100 power amp, and Yamaha DG130H, Yamaha DG100 combo etc.

He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He is the father of August.

Richie Kotzen Net Worth

Richie Kotzen is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richie Kotzen 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing music at the age of five and then, at age seven, picked up an electric guitar.

In Japan, he was The Rolling Stones’ opening act in 2006.

Richard Dale “Richie” Kotzen, Jr. (born February 3, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Kotzen has a prolific solo career, with a back catalogue of more than twenty album releases, was a member of the glam-hard rock band Poison from 1991-1993, Mr. Big from 1999-2002, and since 2012 has been the frontman of the band The Winery Dogs. Kotzen was signed to California-based Shrapnel Records from 1988 until 1991.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Richie Kotzen height 5 ft 11 in Richie weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Richie Kotzen Dating?

According to our records, Richie Kotzen is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Richie Kotzen’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2002, Kotzen bought a commercial building in Los Angeles and established a recording studio and production company. He has since produced his own acclaimed solo albums and collaborated with various figures in rock (e.g. Gene Simmons), jazz and fusion, including jazz legend Stanley Clarke, with whom he realized the project Vertú.

Facts & Trivia

Richie Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Richie Kotzen celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.

In 2005, Cornford Amplification issued a Richie Kotzen signature model – RK100, a single channel tube amp head developed and designed in collaboration with Kotzen to suit his expansive playing style. Cornford ceased production of all amplifiers, including the RK100, in 2013. There were also matching signature model speaker cabinets, equipped with one or four Celestion Vintage 30 12″ speakers. Both the amplifier head and the speaker cabinets were the only Cornford models generally supplied with Kotzen-spec black Tolex covering. The 4 x 12″ cabinet also includes a special locking jack socket on the rear. Now Richie uses Victory Amplifiers. He has his very own Signature Victory Amp. Kotzen prefers not to use many pedals (or effects, in general) when playing live. However, over the years, he has been using several versions of Sobbat Drivebraker and Glowvibe pedals on top of Marshall amps when not playing with the Cornford. He also uses reverb and delay effects of his signature series Zoom G2R effects processor, which is connected in the effects loop of the amplifier. In 2014, Tech 21 started selling the Richie Kotzen Signature RK5 Fly Rig, which was developed in close collaboration with Richie, who used the final prototype for the bulk of his 2014 tour with the Winery Dogs.

Top Facts about Richie Kotzen

1. Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
2. He has released over 20 solo albums.
3. Kotzen was a member of Poison from 1991-1993.
4. He has also played with Mr. Big and The Winery Dogs.
5. Kotzen is known for his virtuosic guitar playing and soulful vocals.
6. He started playing guitar at age seven.
7. Kotzen has collaborated with artists such as Stanley Clarke and Greg Howe.
8. He has been named one of the top guitarists in the world by Guitar World magazine.
9. Kotzen’s music spans genres including rock, blues, jazz, and funk.
10. He has a large following in Japan where he frequently tours.

Who is Richie Kotzen married to?

Kotzen’s wife, bassist/vocalist Julia Lage , added some background vocals and also appears in the music video for the song “In An Instant”.

Is Richie Kotzen a good guitarist?

But it’s actually not accurate to call Richie Kotzen a guitar player. Rather, he’s a soulful multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter who just happens to be really, really good on guitar. And he didn’t have anything left to prove on the instrument way back in the 1990s.

What nationality is Richie Kotzen?

American

How tall is Richie Kotzen?

5′ 11″

What happened to the winery dogs?

In April 2017, it was announced by Kotzen that Winery Dogs were taking a break. Kotzen was quoted as saying the band were “still friends”, however, and it’s likely there will be more releases from them in the future.