Welcome to Richard's Official Site
'Richard Digance is brilliant' Bill Bryson
'Richard Digance is a National Treasure' Bob Harris
Richard Digance is a BAFTA Nominated entertainer and Gold Award Recipient from The British Academy of Composers & Songwriters. His TV career spanned 17 years, along with his own BBC Radio 2 series for 7 years. He performs in concert, composes soundtracks for audiobooks, TV soundtrack music, writes books, makes albums and paints pictures.
On his own ITV TV show in the 1980s and 90s he played a guitar duet with Queen's Brian May as well as joining Status Quo and The Moody Blues for cameo appearances. Along with the award-winning radio documentaries he also composed and performed audio book music for author, Bill Bryson. Although a concert performer in his own right, Richard has also supported Steve Martin in The USA and both the late comedy genius Robin Williams and Roy Orbison at The London Palladium. He has also appeared on Channel 4s Countdown 194 times.
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MY LIFE IN SHORT TROUSERS
Bumper 450 page hardback book available only on Amazon - £25
The laugh out loud at Richard's expense book that tells his life story, a failed schoolkid who dreamt of becoming a professional footballer but settled as a shelf-stacker at Safeway until he discovered music and became an evergreen performer over five decades. Lots of fun and memories that may well trigger some of your own nostalgic moments from school, birthdays, Christmases and holidays before we went abroad. If you don't know much about Richard then you're about to find out.
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VICTORIAN JACK
Bumper 424 page paperback - SIGNED BY AUTHOR - £12 inc P&P
A fun novel packed with bawdiness and naughtiness, set in the 19th Century. It tells the story of a ficticious Victorian music hall ventriloquist, a new art back in the day, with a romantic social life that had more ups and downs than his act. Various women make his acquaintance but none are more important than Woody his faithful dummy. Signed copies available direct from this site.
SONGWRITING MADE EASY
Tutorial paperback available only on Amazon - £10
Richard has given numerous songwriting workshops in recent years and he's always being asked the same question, is there an easy to follow, light-hearted book that explains how to write songs? Well there is now and this is it. Start from the beginning, from preparation, to structuring and composing to performance and recording. It's a step by step tutorial with endless tips from a professional.
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