Rick Redbeard's lyrics & chords

With an act as stylistically restive as The Phantom Band, you'd expect at least some of their number to harbour a renegade alter-ego or two. In the case of their vocalist-in-chief Rick Anthony, his 'Rick Redbeard' doppelgänger has been hiding in plain sight since The Phantom Band's critically feted debut in 2009, with some material on 'No Selfish Heart' pre-dating 'Checkmate Savage' by as much as five years. Originally conceived as an outlet for Anthony's quieter, more introspective material, it's fair to say that Redbeard's 'songbook' has ou...read more