Richie started his career as the band member of Arthur's Museum before being discovered by Mike Varney, a music producer of Shrapnel Record's, who finally helped him record his first solo album at the age of 19. Following this, he also worked for a band named poison, Performing on the album Native Tongue. Highly inspired by musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richie's style of playing guitar is often described as the mix of rock, blues, jazz and soul music. Besides, he is also a songwriter and has written songs like Stand and Until You Suffer Some.
Regarding his nationality and ethnicity, Richie is a White-American singer and is currently in a romantic relationship with a musician, Julia Lage. He was previously married to Deanna Eve Lindstrom and also had been in a relationship with American Wrestler, Brianna Garcia for a brief period of time. Apart from this, Richie from his career as a musician earns a decent salary, most of his incoming coming from live performance. His current net worth is estimated to be around $3.5 million.