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== Solo career == In 1978, a single of Lloyd's song, "I Thought You Wanted to Know," was released with guitar and harmony vocal by an uncredited Lloyd and lead vocal, bass, and piano by [[Chris Stamey]]. The release was credited to [[Chris Stamey]] and the [[dB's]], although Stamey was the only dB to appear on the recording.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/20657287-The-dBs-I-Thought-You-Wanted-To-Know-1978-1981 |title="The dB's โ I Thought You Wanted To Know 1978-1981" |website=www.discogs.com |access-date=August 31, 2024}}</ref> After Television first disbanded in 1978, Lloyd released a solo album for [[Elektra Records]], titled ''[[Alchemy (Richard Lloyd album)|Alchemy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richardlloyd.com/alchemy.htm |title=Alchemy |website=RichardLloyd.com |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> His solo career has included work as a guitarist and [[session musician]] for various artists including [[Matthew Sweet]], [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]] (of the band [[X (U.S. band)|X]]), and Swiss singer-songwriter [[Stephan Eicher]]. In 1990, Lloyd recorded a version of the [[Roky Erikson]]/[[13th Floor Elevators]] song "Fire Engine", which was included on the [[tribute album]] compilation ''[[Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye]]''. In 1991 he contributed guitar parts to Matthew Sweet's critically-acclaimed <ref name=av-gf>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/powerpop,25331/ Power Pop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323193333/http://www.avclub.com/articles/powerpop,25331/ |date=2009-03-23 }}. By Noel Murray. [[The A.V. Club]]. Published March 19, 2009.</ref><ref name=vv-gf>{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php |title=The 1991 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=March 3, 1992 |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507034515/https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres91.php |archive-date=May 7, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> album ''[[Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet album)|Girlfriend]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-23 |title=Itโs Been 20 Years? The Best of 1991 Revisited: Matthew Sweetโs Girlfriend |url=https://www.kcrw.com/music/articles/its-been-20-years-the-best-of-1991-revisited-matthew-sweets-girlfriend |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=KCRW |language=en}}</ref> He is known to teach other aspiring guitarists in his studio in New York City, where he frequently produces other acts. He acted as producer, recording engineer and band member on the [[Rocket from the Tombs]] album ''Rocket Redux'', released on [[Smog Veil Records]]. He has also produced a number of records for other New York bands, including The Blondes, Inc., [[Chris Purdy|Christopher Purdy]], Miss Mother USA and Kevin Otto; as well as ''Skinny Girls Are Trouble'' (2010), the third album by country-punk songwriter [[Jim Neversink]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguide.co.za/music_detail.php?musicid=4449 |first=Lloyd |last=Gedye |title=Jim Neversink and Richard Lloyd |website=The Mail & Guardian online: The Guide |access-date=August 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226193200/http://www.theguide.co.za/music_detail.php?musicid=4449 |archive-date=February 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.museonline.co.za/web/articles.php |first=Jon |last=Monsoon |title=Jim Neversink turns on TV |access-date=August 29, 2009 |magazine=Muse Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625185059/http://museonline.co.za/web/articles.php |archive-date=June 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguide.co.za/music_detail.php?musicid=4587 |title=Jim Neversink in Durban |first=Alex |last=Sudheim |website=The Mail & Guardian online: The Guide |access-date=August 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006080629/http://www.theguide.co.za/music_detail.php?musicid=4587 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> His other current projects include a reformation of Rocket from the Tombs. He still owns the famous pinstriped [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] he played with Television. In 1994, he was cast by [[Cynthia Plaster Caster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cynthiaplastercaster.com/ |title=Home |website=The Official Cynthia Plaster Caster Website |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> As of 2016, Lloyd has released seven solo albums, beginning with ''Alchemy'' in 1979, ''Field of Fire'' in 1986 (reissued in 2007 with an additional disc of music), the live disc ''Real Time'' in 1987 (recorded at [[CBGB]]) and ''The Cover Doesn't Matter'' in 2001. ''The Radiant Monkey'' was released on Parasol Records in late 2007. The CD features Lloyd on everything but drums (played by session drummer Chris Purdy, with Television's [[Billy Ficca]] on one track). ''The Jamie Neverts Story'', released on Parasol in 2009, was Lloyd's tribute to his hero, [[Jimi Hendrix]]; and was dedicated to the memory of his friend Velvert Turner; "Jamie Neverts" was the secret name that Velvert and Lloyd came up with to prevent all the kids in the neighborhood from trying to come along when they went to see Hendrix. In 2010, he released ''Lodestones'', sometimes referred to as ''Nuggets From the Vault''. It was issued on vinyl in 2018 for Record Store Day. Of the album, Lloyd said: "I found a large box of unmarked cassettes going back quite a few years. When I began listening to them, I found a number of finished products โ songs that for some reason I [had] failed to put on records. [I] got a machine to transfer the cassettes to CDs and I transferred [the] CDs to my machine at my studio and mastered them. When finished I had a 10 song record.".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richardlloyd.com/lodestones.htm |title=Home |website=The Richard Lloyd Website |access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> According to Lloyd's website, other players on the record are John Klages and David Leonard on rhythm guitar, and most likely Steve Cohen on bass and Ed Shockley on drums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richardlloyd.com/solute.htm |title=Home |website=The Richard Lloyd Website |access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> In 2016, he released ''Rosedale''. While Lloyd plays all the instruments on most of the album, [[Billy Ficca]] and [[Chris Frantz]] also play on a few tracks, and local musicians bassist Terry Clouse and drummer Jeff Brakebill from his new hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, are also featured. In 2018, Lloyd published his memoir, ''Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=Richard |url=https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Combustible-Television-Alchemical-Guitarist-ebook/dp/B0793Z9GLL/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=everything+is+combustible+book&qid=1676479148&s=digital-text&sprefix=everything+is+combu,digital-text,79&sr=1-1 |title=Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist |date=2018-01-09 |publisher=Beech Hill Publishing Company |language=English}}</ref>
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