That time Buckcherry’s Keith Nelson told me that he was completely inspired by Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards

The Georgia Satellites, with RR on the far right

By Steve Newton

I interviewed Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson back in May of 1999, one month after his Anaheim hard-rock band released its self-titled debut album, which went gold in the U.S. and Canada.

At one point in the conversation I asked Nelson why there was a thank you from him in the album credits to Rick Richards, the underrated guitarist from the Georgia Satellites.

He had his reasons.

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