Rick Vito
Rick Vito ( born October 13, 1949 in Darby, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist.
He made a name for himself primarily in the area of the blues, but he also works together like in other areas and with other artists. In the 70s, he played with John Mayall four albums. From 1987 until the early 90s, he was for a time the guitarist of the band Fleetwood Mac, where he is temporarily not active in the band Lindsey Buckingham replaced with Billy Burnette.
In addition, you can hear Rick Vito on several albums by singers such as Bob Seger, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, or Roger McGuinn.
In 2002 he was awarded the Ravensburger Kupferle.
2008, led to a renewed collaboration with Mick Fleetwood, the accompanied Vito in its newly established Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. It mainly songs from the early ( blues ) years of Fleetwood Mac, but also some new compositions Vitos were played.