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Richard Dodd is a cellist, recording artist, musician (born April 25, 1965) in Bristol, England. He Immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 2 to Long Beach, California. He began studying the cello at age 10 and took his advanced studies at California State University, Northridge. Dodd had an early interest in punk rock. Later as a teenager, he performed live with The Bangles. After studies at Cal State Northridge, he spent many years touring and doing solo sessions with rock artists. Richard Has been playing Recording Sessions since 1983, beginning with The Three O'Clock, album Sixteen Tambourines where he appears with his sister Sarah Dodd, who is a violinist in the Norrköping Symphony. In 1990 he joined the group Lowen & Navarro; toured and appeared on their albums: Walking On A Wire, Broken Moon, and Pendulum. He has since recorded with numerous musical artists such as Foo Fighters on the album Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace. Kanye West Graduation (album), Late Registration, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks latest album Taking the Long Way, A Perfect Circle, Dr. Dre. He is a member of The Section Quartet, (the worlds loudest string quartet) who are signed to Decca Records. Richard also appears on the soundtracks to many movies including I heart huckabees, Knocked up, and SAW. Richard has also appeared on many TV shows including, The Tonight Show (10 times) David Letterman, Craig Kilborn, Saturday Night Live, American Music Awards, and many more.

Trivia

There are 2 Richard Dodds working in the recording industry. The other is Richard Dodd the Grammy Award winning recording engineer. The 2 Richard Dodds both appear on the Dixie Chicks album "Taking The Long Way" References

Reel, James (June/July 2007), "Hard Rock Cachet", Strings Magazine No. 150. Retrieved on 10 February 2008