This section of a does not any. Please help by adding. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: – (October 2016) () Ritenour was born January 11, 1952 in Los Angeles. At 16, he played on his first recording session, with, and was given the nickname Captain Fingers for his dexterity.

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He was a in the 1970s, winning Guitar Player magazine's Best Studio Guitarist award twice. Throughout his career, Ritenour has experimented with different styles of music, incoprorating, pop, rock,,, and classical music with. 1976–1988 [ ]. The Lee Ritenour Gibson L5 Signature archtop guitar Ritenour's solo career began with the album First Course (1976), which was a good example of the jazz-funk sound of the 1970s. That was followed by, The Captain's Journey (1978), and Feel the Night (1979) In 1979, Ritenour 'was brought in to beef up one of Pink Floyd's ' heaviest rock numbers, '.

He also played 'uncredited rhythm guitar' on '. 50 Cent The Massacre Special Edition Rare. As the 1980s began, Ritenour began to add stronger elements of pop to his music, beginning with Rit in 1981. For this, he kept with his distorted sound, now using his signature model guitar. The song 'Is It You', with vocals by reached No.

15 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 27 on the soul chart. The track peaked at number fifteen on chart. He continued with the pop-oriented music for Rit/2 (1982) and Banded Together (1984), while releasing a slick, yet more crossover-styled, instrumental album in 1983 called On the Line. He also provided rhythm guitar on 's hit, Funkin' for Jamaica.

In 1985, he recorded his first album for with, entitled Harlequin, featuring Ritenour primarily on classical guitar, with Brazilian singer. [ ] On Earth Run (1986) he used nine different guitars, most notably the, his Valley Arts guitar, and his Chet Atkins acoustic. The album also featured long-time collaborator for the first time, on the track 'If I'm Dreaming, Don't Wake Me', a song also featuring and who played wicked good (prove it?) on the recording.

Ritenour continued in a direction strongly featuring other artists in 1987, with. The album itself has something of a strong smooth-jazz sound, and Ritenour can be heard here playing with,, and. In 1988, his smooth jazz-influenced Brazilian music came to the forefront with Festival – another album strongly featuring his work on nylon-string acoustic guitars.

The following album, Color Rit, continued with a similar mood. He changed direction completely again with his straight-ahead jazz album Stolen Moments. Ritenour played alongside long-time collaborator, saxophonist, pianist, bassist (playing only acoustic) and drummer. During that same year, he performed and composed the theme song of the Canadian TV series. 1990–present [ ]. This section of a needs additional for.

Please help by adding. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially or harmful. (October 2016) () In 1991 Ritenour and keyboardist formed the group. He left the group in 1998 and was replaced. He released the career retrospective Overtime in 2005.

Smoke n' Mirrors came out the next year with the debut of his thirteen-year-old son, Wesley, on drums. Celebrating his fifty years as a guitarist in 2010, Ritenour released 6 String Theory, a title that refers to six musical areas covered by the use of guitar. Ritneour has been a judge for the Independent Music Awards.

Discography [ ] Albums [ ] Date Title Label 1976 1977 1977 Epic 1977 JVC 1978 Jasrac 1978 Elektra 1979 1979 1979 Friendship Elektra 1981 Rit Discovery 1982 Rit 2 Discovery 1983 On the Line, with Dave Grusin GRP 1984 Banded Together Discovery 1985, with Dave Grusin GRP 1986 GRP 1987 GRP 1988 GRP 1989 GRP 1990 GRP 1993 GRP 1995 Larry & Lee, with GRP 1997 Alive in L.A. GRP 1998 I.E. Music 1999 2002 GRP 2005 Overtime 2006 Smoke 'n' Mirrors Peak 2008 Amparo, with Dave Grusin Decca 2010 6 String Theory 2012 Rhythm Sessions Concord 2015 A Twist of Rit Concord Charted singles [ ] Date Title Position Chart (US) 1981 Countdown Captain Fingers Cross My Heart 69 1993 Waiting In Vain (ft. ) 54 2007 Smoke 'n' Mirrors 27 Forget Me Nots 14 2010 Shape Of My Heart (Lee Ritenour, & ) 19 Put The Top Down ( ft. Lee Ritenour) 1 2012 Roadtrip ( ft. Lee Ritenour) 3 2013 The Village 3 L.A.