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The Richard
X. Heyman Multiple Choice Bio
1 A. Richard X. Heyman hails from Plainfield, the
town nicknamed "The QueenCity", in the heart of the
Garden State and now resides in New York City's
East Village.
B. RXH was born in a trunk backstage at the Roxy Theatre to the
great vaudeville comedy team of Nate & Elinore Heyman.
C. RXH was raised by a pair of wild neurotic mountain goats in
the backwoods of West Virginia.
2 A. RXH is the critically-acclaimed, multi-instrumentalist
singer/songwriter who has just released a brilliant new 14-song
album entitled Cornerstone on Permanent Press Recordings.
B. RXH is the musical arranger and conductor for funnyman Jerry
Lewis.
C. RXH lives off the royalties from his two-note composition
"The Opening
and Closing of the F-train Doors" (performed approximately
1200 times daily
in New York City).
3 A. Actual Size (N.R. World Records), Living Room!!
(Cypress/A&M) and Hey Man! (Sire/Warner Bros.) are the predecessors
to Cornerstone (Stereo
Review's February 1998 Album of the Month, five stars).
B. "Persuasive Percussion", the "Music-Minus-One"series,
and "Heyman Sings Hendrix In Yiddish" are the predecessors
to Cornerstone.
C. Richard?s moving spoken-word recitation of Leonard Maltin?s
classic 1997 "Movie & Video Guide" is the predecessor
to Cornerstone.
4 A. "X." is Richard?s real and full middle
name. Though it doesn't stand or anything, it was given as a
tribute to United States Army General
Xavier Cheves, under whom Richard's father served.
B. Richard made up the "X." so he would have a glitzy
show-biz name in the tradition of Bernie Schwartz, Archibald
Leach, and Paul Reubens.
C. Richard?s middle name was supposed to be "Fred",
but the nurse who filled out the birth certificate was a very
bad speller.
5 A. RXH has played drums for legendary
rockers Link Wray, Brian Wilson, Peter Noone, Jonathan Richman
and Michael Brown (of the Left Banke); and
keyboards for Ben E. King.
B. RXH was the real voice of Riff in "West Side Story".
C. RXH performed as half of an act that impersonated Milli Vanilli
until...
6 A. RXH is an animal lover who does volunteer work
rescuing and finding good homes for stray cats and dogs in New
York City.
B. RXH's passion, other than music, is his collection of erasers.
He has over 2,000 different erasers in a variety of colors and
sizes, which come
in handy with his perfectionist nature.
C. RXH's main hobby is his love of fabric. Nothing beats a day
of touching and sniffing an array of gabardines and corduroy.
7 A. Some of Richard?s main musical influences
include Freddy King, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Magic Sam, Lennon
& McCartney, Leonard Bernstein, Ray
Davies, Charlie Watts, George Gershwin, Pete Townshend, Brian
Wilson, Ringo Starr, Goffin & King, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon,
Aaron Copland, James Brown,
the Zombies, Dino Dannelli, and Joni Mitchell.
B. Gene Krupa, Chuck Berry, Floyd Kramer, Bob Dylan, Felix Cavaliere,
Lerner & Loewe, Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, Motown, Phil
Spector,
Jagger/Richards, Hal Blaine, the Ventures, John Phillips, John
Sebastian, Little Richard, Gene Clark, Gary Brooker, Mitch Mitchell,
Ramsay Lewis,
Jimmy Smith, Richard "Grooves" Holmes, Booker T. &
the MG?s, George Harrison, and Wilson Pickett.
C. All of the above.
8 A. RXH is the best damn songwriter in
the country today!
B. RXH is the best damn local newscaster in the tri-state area
today!
C. RXH is the best damn center in the NBA today!
All right, your time is up. Pencils
down. If you would like to know how you did, the correct answers
are all on Richard?s new album Cornerstone. You just
have to play the CD backwards.
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