Maddie Rice

Maddie Rice is an American guitarist. She performed several years with Jon Batiste's Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She currently plays with the Saturday Night Live Band.

Maddie Rice
Maddie Rice performing at the New York Game Awards in 2019
Born	1993 (age 31–32) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater	Berklee College of Music
Occupation	Guitarist
Website	maddierice.com

Early life and education

Rice grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School. She started playing guitar at age 13, studying at the School of Rock.^[1] Rice moved to Boston, Massachusetts for college, where she attended the Berklee College of Music. She left Berklee after her sophomore year to move to Los Angeles.^[1][2]

Career

In 2015, at the age of 22, she started playing guitar for Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.^[1][3] Since 2020, she has been a guitarist on the Saturday Night Live Band.^[4] In 2025 she was given the additional role as a musical director.^[5]

Maddie has toured with various artists,^[6] including Korean pop singer Taeyang,^[6] indie-dance pop band Rubblebucket and electronic dance music artist Big Wild.^[6]