Rick Cates
I've been playing guitar, bass and drums for about 25 years. I started writing songs a few years ago. I'm working on my first CD and hope to have it finished by late-summer 2002. Then, I will put a little band together to play around town and hopefully sell a few CD's...
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I was the lead singer, lead guitar player in a Dallas-based country band called The Last Outlaws for many years. One of my original songs (Messin' With The IRS) that was recorded when I was with The Last Outlaws is in the country charts on this site. This song was played several times on an Americana station in Dallas for a while (at tax time), which was cool...We also played the VFW and American Legion circuit around Dallas and even ventured into Oklahoma a few times..That's about it
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I played in a working country band in Dallas for many years until my job took me away from the band (but into the heart of the blues in Austin). Since moving, I just play at jam sessions and songwriter showcases occasionally. More live stuff to come soon I hope.
Your musical influences
Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Stray Cats
What equipment do you use?
A Fender Stratocaster and a Vantage Hollowbody electric (Gibson ES335 Lucille copy), Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp, Fender PA system, Shure 57 mics, Takamine Acoustic guitars, Cort Headless Bass, DigiTech RP1 guitar effects, Tubescreamer, Cry Baby Wah, Tascam US 428 recorder with it's pre-packaged Steinberg Cubasis software loaded on an IBM PC.
Anything else?
I sure would like to get together and jam with some other musicians in the Austin area. My email is brokeman1@excite.com....Hope the music is enjoyable !!
