It's an inside joke.

I played live for 30+ years and my latest single "After they have gone" is dedicated to all the live performers in the world. They have given us each thousands of eternal memories.

I started out in the basement of my parents house in North Jersey playing an $20 acoustic guitar into the microphone hole of a 3 1/2 " battery powered hand held mini reel tape recorder that I bought with my allowance on 42nd St. in New York in 1958. I now write and record in a state of the art studio in the basement of my wonderfull home near Seattle. The internet and MP3's let me upgrade basements.

It's really not about the money when you get right down to it, but yes...if it would let me get a bigger basement.

1962-1969 "Richie and the Rebels" Paramus NJ.
1970-1973 "El Sarape" Okinawa
1976-1985 "Diesel" Ogden Utah
1986-1994 "A.K.A." Shelton WA.
1994-2006 retired from live shows
2006-present "Mothers Bad Son" Olympia, WA

Growing up in the New York/New Jersey area in the 50' and 60's I got to be around a lot of the great performers of the time. Dion and the Belmonts, The Four Seasons, The Young Rascals, the Brooklyn Paramount rock shows with Murray The K all contributed to making music one of the focal points of my life. Hearing the fuzz tone effect on the Stones "Satisfaction" changed my life forever.

EC and his long slow blues solo's have comforted and inspired me for a long long time now. South Side Johnny and Springsteen have the sound I love. To much more to list here, guess I'll have to write a book !

I wish I could live in Huntington Beach so I could go body surfing 24/7

My Main Guitar is a '76 Strat I have had for over 20 years now. I have a Fender Bass and several keyboards to work with MIDI and stuff. And then all that recording equipment.....

Thanks for visiting hope you come back and check out more stuff as I get it finished.

Listen to "After they have gone" and be sure to check out the video of this song on the video page !