"Robert Richter... not only pours everything into his songs but he also plays a mean slide guitar." -Morry Feldman, WQED-FM Pittsburgh, Penn. Photo from www.myspace.com/robertrichter1

Portland singer/songwriter and slide guitarist Robert Richter will perform his solo show at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at redhare, 260 10th St. Tickets are $10 at the door.

A versatile guitarist and songwriter, Richter is known for his ability to perform a variety of styles from acoustic to electric to blues to folk. Richter enjoys electrifying his audiences with energy, enthusiasm, a sense of humor and most of all his innate ability to “connect with people.” His original songs range from the up-tempo rock-a-billy blues style that originated at Sun Records in Memphis in the 1950s to Dylan-influenced ballads about life and love.

As an instrumentalist, he stays busy as a session musician and sideman and keeps an active live performance schedule with both his solo shows and as a player for other artists.

In 2007 as a member of the folk rock band Blue Lightning, Richter performed on the nationally syndicated program “River City Folk.” Hosted by folk singer Tom May, the program is carried on more than 200 public radio stations and NPR affiliates across the United States. In addition, the band’s music was played on the “Bob Dylan Radio Hour” heard on the Sirius Satellite Network and on KUSF-FM in San Francisco.

Richter has performed at Portland’s Aladdin Theater and Waterfront Park and other well-known venues and festivals and has taken his solo show on the road to San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix. For more information about the artist, visit www.myspace.com/robertrichter1