I started writing songs while I was in High School around the age of 17. The first one was a little ditty I called "Something Has Happened to our Love". I continued to write until about 1985 then I married, quit playing music for a living and started my "grown-up" stage in life.
In March of 2001 I started putting together a very good home recording studio and got busy writing and recording demos of my songs both new and old. It's funny how Pop/Rock songs written in the late 70's and early 80's are now Pop/Country songs.

In June of 2002 my best friend, Terry Williams (Tadpole) and I began performing live as a duo known as "Rick and Tad". This effort has greatly improved our "chops" and given us an opportunity to get immediate reaction to some of our original material.

1978 - 8th annual American Song Festival - honorable mention.
2001 - The Unisong International Song Contest - Top 10%