Richard Oakes (born Richard John Oakes 1 October 1976 in Perivale, west London) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and occasional pianist and backing vocalist of the English band, Suede. Richard Oakes was born in Perivale, West London, and grew up in the Parkstone area of Poole, Dorset, in the southwest of England. He first started playing when he came across a...