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Rick Mena Music


Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Rick Mena has been a favorite in Santa Fe, New Mexico for many years, including his 8-year engagement as featured soloist at the Hotel Santa Fe.

Playing banjo, fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, lap steel, electric and acoustic guitars, bass and vocals, Rick's styles range from bluegrass, Cajun, blues and rock to classical and flamenco. Rick studied classical guitar with Pat Corelli, a student of Andres Segovia.

Rick began playing guitar at age 12 in La Crescenta, CA, and began playing professionally at age 15, performing in rock 'n roll bands at college fraternity parties and school functions, and even appearing at the Hollywood Palladium.


Rick is available for live performances in the Santa Fe area.
     Rick can perform instrumental solo guitar or vocal material while playing  guitar, fiddle, harmonica and Lap steel guitar with recorded rhythm tracks in the styles of pop, blues and country . To sample Rick’s solo guitar music  listen to cuts from “Fuente”.
     To sample Rick’s vocal material listen to cuts from “ Vintage covers and “Vintage Country Covers”. Rick also performs some of his original songs and instrumentals.
      If you are interested in booking Rick for your function please contact booking agent Vicky or Chris at Absolute Entertainment (505) 986 -5882.

In his early 20s Rick moved to Orange County, CA, where he learned banjo and began playing in bluegrass bands in the Newport Beach area and in the Mammoth Lakes resort area and at Magic Mountain.

He has appeared on "The Gong Show," on movie soundtracks and in films, including the last "Gunsmoke" TV movie with James Arness. He has performed in Italy, and has recorded six albums.

A man of many talents, Rick also owns a recording studio, builds electronic equipment, is a master carpenter and a "dabbler" in sculpture and graphic arts.

Rick is known for his professionalism, warm personality and incredible variety of styles .

One of several sales videos using Rick's music
 

ORDERING: I am not currently set up to order by credit card or PayPal.
Order by check: Rick Mena, 19 La Vela Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87507

Price: $12 per CD, plus $2 shipping per order, no matter what quantity.
Be sure to indicate CD title(s) desired.

Contact / Questions

Rick Mena's music used in advertising videos (just 2 of several included here):
(Song is track #16 from "Fuente" CD below)

 

CDs available to order

Click on underlined songs to hear short samples

1. I Failed the Lie Detector Test (Rick Mena) (3:27)
2. Breaking Down the Walls (Mena) (3:39)
3. Joshua (Rick Mena) (3:31)
4. I’ve Been Looking (Rick Mena) (3:15)
5. It’s a Long Way (Mena & Ellsworth) (2:28)
6. Life Is The Distance (Mena & Lujan) (3:25)
7. Styro Rider (Rick Mena) (2:59)
8. Captives of the Violent Screen (Mena &Bailey) (3:22)
9. Reality Is Insane ( Rick Mena) (5:04)
10. Please Don’t Stray Away (Rick Mena) (3:19)
11. Tables Turned (Mena & Periera) (3:08)
12. Love Can Make You Weep (Mena & Periera) (3:23)
13. . Magic Man (Mena & Ferguson) (3:25)
14. I Want My Guitar Back (Rick Mena) (3:25)
15. Boogie Board Beatnick ( Rick Mena) (3:03)
16. I Can't Believe (Rick Mena) (3:50)
17. It Gets Lonely At The Top (Rick Mena) (3:35)
18. The Parasites (Rick Mena) (3:46)
19. Here I Am With Tears (Rick Mena) (3:12)
20. More And More Rain (Mena & Lujan) (3:34) .
21. Heart String (Mena & Lujan) (3:42)
22. It Doesn’t Occur To Him (Rick Mena) (3:29)

There Will Come A Day (Rick Mena) 3:26
Make Mine A Two Step (Rick Mena & Rusty Meador) 3:17
Melanie Ann (Rick Mena) 3:04
The Last Train From Gun Hill (Rick Mena) 4:02
Little By Little (Rick Mena) 3:30
Live My Life (Rick Mena) 3:28
Anchors Away (Rick Mena) 3:10
Sliding On Sunday (Rick Mena) 3:20
The Barney Lewis Train Robbery (Rick Mena) 3:46
Here I Am With Tears (Rick Mena) 3:19
Don’t You Ever Wonder (Rick Mena) 3:01
I’ve Got A Mind To Love You (Rick Mena) 3:35
Why Is Love Unkind (Rick Mena) 3:59
That’s The Way Cookie Crumbles (Rick Mena) 3:19
Bed Creak (Rick Mena) 3:09
Tumbling Stone (Rick Mena) 3:23
Line Of Time (Rick Mena) 4:00
The Changes (Rick Mena) 2:50
Dead Broke (Rick Mena) 3:00
Please Don’t Ride Your Horses (Rick Mena) 3:30
Rejection (Rick Mena) 3:12
A Thousand Tomorrows ( Rick Mena & L. D. Burke) 3:18

Solo classical and flamenco-style guitar

1. Granada (De Agustín Lara) (2:54)
2. Canarios (Gaspar Sanz) (2:59)
3. Tango (Rick Mena) (3:53)
4. The Good The Bad & The Ugly (E. Morricone) (3:10)
5. Punta Y Tacon (Sabicas) (3:46)
6. Granada (Isaac Albéniz) (5:18)
7. Leyenda (Isaac Albéniz) (6:11)
8. The Lonely Bull (Lachoff Sol) (1:16)
9. Bed Creak (Rick Mena) (2:55)
10. Fuente (Rick Mena) (2:43)
11. Fangaguillo (F. Moreno Torroba) (2:03)
12. Coney Island Cakewalk (Richard Saslow) (2:01)
13. Picuris (Rick Mena) (5:07)
14. Classical Gas (M.D. Williams) (3:03)
15. Campaña Andaluza (Sabicas) (3:37)
16. Santa Fe Sunset Serenade (Rick Mena) (3:31)
17. Recurdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tárrega) (3:32)
18. Granadina (Jose de Azpiazu) (2:40)
19. Apache (J. Lordan) (3:24)
20. Sakura (Traditional) (5:38)
21. Sukiyaki (K. Nishimira) (3:09)
22. Malagueñas (Traditional) (2:42)

 

Perfect Dream (Rick Mena) 3:11
She’s Got The Whammy (Rick Mena) 2:52
Hanging On My Wall (Rick Mena) 2:47
Down In Mexico (Rick Mena) 3:31
Thumbs Up (Rick Mena) 3:03
Mexican On The Loose (Rick Mena) 3:29
Gin Joint Jump (Rick Mena) 4:05
The Other Side Of Earth (Rick Mena) 3:01
I Saw The Writing (Rick Mena) 3:59
Presidential Blues (Rick Mena) 3:09
Fly On My Wall ( Rick Mena) 3:13
Think About Your children (Rick Mena) 3:08
The Barney Lewis Train Robbery (Rick Mena) 3:46

Train songs
Most of these songs have also been released on the
"Ride the Train " CD series on NBT Records)

Cajun Train (Rick Mena) (3:06)
Half Past Midnight (Rick Mena & Steve Feruson) (3:28)
Get Off That Train (Rick Mena) (3:21)
Down In Mexico (Rick Mena) (3: 21)
The Barney Lewis Train Robbery (Rick Mena) (3:46)
The Last Train From Gun Hill (Rick Mena ) (4: 01)
Hurritrain ( Rick Mena & Gilbert Lujan) (3: 28)
Chuggen (Rick Mena) (3:35)
Me And My Flame (Rick Mena) ( 3:16)
Johnny (Rick Mena & Gilbert Lujan) (4:04)
Far Away Train (Rick Mena) (3:28)
No Train No Gain (Rick Mena) (3:15)


 

1. Kindhearted Woman (Robert. Johnson) 3:34
2. Slip Away (Lewis, William & Wilbur) 3:14
3. Landslide (Stevie Nicks) 3:44
4. My Babe (Willie Dixon) 3:52
5. Heart Of Saturday Night (Tom Waits ) 4:13
6. Tell Me Mama (Walter Jacobs) 4:32  
7. Sleep Walk (Santo & Johnny Farina) 3:29
8. Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) 3:44
9. One Way Gal (William Moore) 3:25
10. Beyond The Sea  (Lasry, Lawrence, Trenet) 3:04
11. Blue Moon (Richard, Rodgers, Lorenz & Hart) 3:06
12. Friend Of The Devil (Adrienne & Barry) 3:34
13. Blow Wind Blow (McKinley Morgan Field) 3:04
14. Blackbird (Lennon & McCarney) 2.33
15. Classical Gas (Mason D. Williams) 3:03
16. Boom Boom Out Go The Lights (Lewis) 3.22
17. Lonesome Town (Thomas Baker Knight) 2:18                                             
18.  Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman) 4:28
19.  Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Benjamin, Caldwell & Marcus)  3:03
20. Rhythm of the Rain (John Gummoe) 3:00
21. Whiter Shade Of Pale (Brooker & Reid) 3:50

 

 1.  Lovesick Blues (Cliff Friend & Irving Mills) 2:56
 2.  Jambalaya (Hank Williams) 3:22
 3.  Desert Sky (Toy Caldwell) 5:07                          
 4.  Steel Guitar Rag (Mc Auliffe, Stone, Travis) 1:44
 5.  Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson) 2:36
 6.  I'm An Old Cowhand (John H. Mercer) 3:57  
 7.  Louisiana Saturday Night (Robert Lee Mc Dill)  2:55
 8.  Coney Island Cakewalk (Richard Saslow) 2:03
 9.  I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) 3:33
10. Ghost Riders In The Sky (Hugh E. Thomasson) 4:20     
11. Deep River Blues (Doc Watson) 2:42
12. Aschokan Farewell (Jay A. Ungar) 3:37
13. Diggy Diggy Lo ( J. D Miller) 3:41
14. Ring Of Fire (June Carter & Merle Kilgore) 2:53 
15. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) 2:55
16. La Cacahuete (Traditional Mexican) 2:2717.
17. Louisiana Man (Doug Kershaw) 2:36
18. Deep River Blues (Doc Watson)  2:42 
19. Orange Blossom Special (Ervin T. Rouse) 5:08   
20  Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Hank Williams) 3:15      
21. The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels, Crain,
                   Di Gregorio, Edwards, Hayward and Marshall) 3:39

 

Hear Rick interviewed on BuDDy's Old Fashioned Podcast!

 

 

Rick Mena's "Ricky Recordo" studio in Santa Fe, NM provides recording and production services for a wide variety of projects.

While equipped with the latest production programs like "Sonar," "SoundForge," "Band in a Box" and "Power Tracks", engineer Rick Mena is also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, with numerous CDs to his credit, and original songs appearing  in videos distributed by Discovery Communications (an affiliate of The Discovery Channel), The Food Channel and others, and numerous recordings broadcast nationally. Reasonable rates, friendly service, good playing, great recording.



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ORDERING: I am not currently set up to order by credit card or PayPal.
Order by check: Rick Mena, 19 La Vela Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87507

Price: $50 per mike, plus $5 shipping per order, no matter what quantity.

Contact / Questions

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