About Rik Emmett
Richard Gordon Emmett is a Canadian vocalist, guitarist, and member of the hard rock band Triumph. Due to a production error by Gil Moore and Mike Levine on Triumph's first album, Emmett changed the spelling of his first name to "Rik" rather than have the album recalled or cause confusion with fans. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across the United States and Canada thanks to the hits "When a Heart Breaks," "Big Lie" and "Saved by Love". In April 2005, he won the Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for Guitarist of the Year. Emmett says that one of the songs he performed with Act III was "The Blinding Light Show", a tune which he later recorded with Triumph.
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