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Friendly Rich - Biography

Friendly Rich is a mad composer from Oakville, Canada. Mr. Rich composed background music for 3 seasons of MTV’s The Tom Green Show. Since 1994, he has recorded exclusively for his own eclectic record label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation. Rich just completed his PhD in music education from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Lee Bartel.

Friendly Rich and his modern music ensemble The Lollipop People have toured the world, sharing the stage alongside such artists as Of Montreal, The Tiger Lillies, and Amanda Palmer.

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2000
Brampton
2002
Magnified Lyle (book/CD)
2005
The Lollipop People Live at the Cameron House
2006
The Lollipop People in We Need a New F-Word
2007
The Lollipop People in The Friendly Rich Show
2008
The Lollipop People in Dinosaur Power
2009
Pictures at an Exhibition (w/ Trevor Dunn on bass)
2010
The Lollipop People in The Sacred Prune of Remembrance
2012
Songs by Adriano Celentano
2013
Re Need a New F-Word
2014
Bountiful
2017
The Great Blue Heron
2018
Friendly Rich & The Woodshed Orchestra present The Leonard Cohen Sweet (EP)
2019
Friendly Rich Sings the Catholic Book of Worship II (live)
2019
Friendly Rich Sings for Only the Lonely
2019
We Are All Terrorists

Film & Television

Background music for MTV’s “The Tom Green Show”

3 pieces used in Thom Fitzgerald’s 3 Needles (director’s cut) starring Lucy Liu.

Original music for Old Trout Puppet Company’s short film The Miserable End of Captain Alonso (directed by Dev Singh).