Rick Lindy
Rick got his first
bit of Rock-a-billy fever at the age of 11 when his sister Caren bought him his first guitar. He began writing songs around
that age, usually parady songs about his 7th grade teacher Gary Tate. Always a fan of 50's and 60's and country music
Rick began learning tunes of his favorites like Marty Robbins, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and the late great Hank
Williams Sr.
His late Father Richard Sr. a WWII Veteran was an accomplished Saxophone and Clarinet Player
and organist. Rick was encouraged by his parents to perform for relatives and guest while visiting the family home.
In and after High School Rick was cast as the lead in many musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie, South Pacific, 1776, The
Music man, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and many more. A
graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Rick studied Illustration and Advertising and design. After graduation,
Rick's Mom Dorothy saw an ad for an audition for a male singer in a travelling band. It turned out to be the Serendipity
Singers, and Rick was hired for a 2 year contract. He lived on a tour bus even in the dead of winter. With the "dips",
Rick toured all over the USA and Canada.
Rick left the "dips" in 1992, he entertained at The Imperial
Palace in Las Vegas and the Aladdin Hotel. He found the heat intolerable so he left Vegas and started Rick
Lindy and The Cyclones with Wild Ones members Todd Menke and Butch Nelson. In 1996 Rick and Butch joined Big Guitars
from Memphis and began touring nation wide and abroad in Europe. He has had the pleasure of opening up for Johnny Cash in
1997, Robert Gordon in Norway 1998, and Hank Thompson in Sweden 1999. He is also personal friends with Sun Rockabilly
legend Hayden Thompson who sang on the Wild Ones first album, Wild Side of Town.
Currently Rick is also working
close at hand with Scott Mackay of true Oldies 94.7FM, planning various tribute shows. Rick also has been combining
talents with Anthony Smith in Guitar Street band. He will be performing various solo shows and combining talents with other
musicians in the very near future.
Rick's hobbies are collecting antiques, old Movies. drawing
and painting...and spending time with his beloved Dogs Roxy and Petey.
Also, check out
Rick's website www.ricklindy.com !
Al Wagner The Wild Ones drummer is a veteran of the Chicago music scene. Most recently
Al was in the role of Ringo in the Chicago based Beatles Tribute act, The Cavern Beat. Al's recent tour in England
brought him to perform at many of famous club including Liverpools, " The Cavern Club". Al appeared in a recent
film about Beatle Tribute bands entitled, "Come Together: A Beatles Tribute" began when the two filmmakers
made the pilgrimage to Liverpool, England, for the 2006 International Beatle Week, which The Cavern Beat was a part of. Al
also spent many years drumming in Johnny Star and The Meteors, and even was the original drummer of Rick Lindy's earliest
band The Cyclones. He is meticulous on keeping a solid beat and always provides the band with a great feel and a musical
"pocket". He also sings lead and harmonies. Some of Al's favorite hobbies are working on his 1959 Berkely Micro
Car, 3D Photography and Model Railroading.
Greg Nash Greg is The Wild Ones lead guitarist and is favorite amongst the Chicago
oldies music scene. His ability to play many different styles of music has brought him down a cavalcade of paths musically.
For decades Greg has been a professional musician, he too spent many years with Johnny Star and The Meteors and has
worked with Rick Lindy on various projects. Greg was on Playboy records back in the early 70's, but is a dedicated husband
to Linda none the less. He can be seen drinking tons of coffee in between sets to keep his fingers limber and agile to play
the Styles of guitar legends Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Django Reinhardt. He usually plays a Telecaster and a Gretsch Duo
Jet similar to the one Cliff Gallup used on all of th early Gene Vincent hits.
Gary "Sonic" Bloom Although he is pictured here with his Upright Bass, Gary plays
piano and organ in The Wild Ones. He is a schooled musician and has a long history of performing in many Chicago based
bands. He has performed with many great American Icons including Chubby Checker, Chuck Berry, The Platters, The Drifters,
Fabian, Freddy Cannon, The Grass Roots and many more. He has played bass for The Wild Ones for the 2009 and 2010 season. His
ability to play many styles give The Wild Ones a very authentic sound and Gary's excellent ear (when not filled with wax)
is extremely accurate. You'll enjoy hearing his fills and leads as they are mirrored sounds of the original recordings. Gary
is a talented Chef, as he can create a mean tomato soup from hot water and ketchup packets.
Coming Soon... Bio for Bob Graff (on the Bass)
The Below Past Band Members you may see fill in from time to time...
Joe Smith
Joe started asking to play the drums at 5 years old. He was beating
on a rubber drum pad at 8 years old until his parents finally relented and bought him his first drum set at age 12. By age
14, he was in his first band playing for junior high dances, and has never looked back. Joe began teaching drums while playing
in Chicago bands until moving to The Wisconsin Dells area and playing with local favorite Prophet all over the state in the
early 80's. Returning to the Chicago area, Joe again began playing with local bands when he met and joined Johnny Star
and the Meteors. While with Johnny, Joe met and shared the stage with many great 60's bands such as The Guess Who, The
Grass Roots, The Rivera's, Mark Lindsey, and Peter Noone. Joe has played with Johnny for a total of 7 years, then The
Incognitos for 4 years, and most recently The Wind Gypsys. " I'm very happy and excited to be working with The Wild
Ones. Rick Lindy is an awesomely talented singer, and has been a favorite of mine for a very long time. Many good things await
this band, and I'm ready to rock!"
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Dave Eliot
Dave Eliot has been playing guitar for 30+ years, and has enjoyed working in a number of diverse musical
genres. It was at a Boy Scout camp that he first picked up the guitar, with a few of the scouts jamming on the surf classic
"Pipeline". Some lessons were in order after that, and those were from an old blues guitarist at the Mel Bay music
store in suburban St. Louis, where the family lived at the time. From there, they moved to California, where surf music further
influenced him, as well as the top-40 music that was pervasive on AM radio. Fast forward to the early 80's, and Dave joined
hard rock band "Eric Steel", which was one of the first bands of that genre to break out of Chicago with album releases.
Touring and recording experience came along with that group, which broke up as "alternative rock" dominated the
scene by the mid 90's. It was time to return to his first influences in 1996 when he co-founded "The Mysterians",
Chicago's only all instrumental surf rock outfit. More concert experience followed, with the group opening up for the
likes of Link Wray, Jan & Dean, and Robert Gorden, to name a few. It was at this point that Dave and Rick Lindy became
acquainted, with The Mysterians opening a number of shows for Big Guitars From Memphis, Rick's band at the time. Recently,
a chance email led to Dave joining The Wild Ones, and the timing couldn't have been better. According to Dave, "I
love playing this stuff, both the covers and original songs. Getting back to the roots, early rockabilly and rock'n'roll
tunes with a great singer like Rick is so inspiring, I almost can't put my guitar down!"
Eric
T Stoliker
Stand up and Electric bass
Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first
tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved
in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty
Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van
Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.
Eric studied music
at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years. He is an accomplished
vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and
musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story,
Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield,
and The Wild Ones.
Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age
of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical
projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black,
Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has
played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands. Eric studied music at Western Michigan University
and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years. He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist,
double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC,
Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett,
The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.
Originally from
a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his
first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown,
Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton,
Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country,
and rock bands. Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last
17 years. He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several
notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt
Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina
Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones. Originally from
a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his
first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown,
Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton,
Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country,
and rock bands. Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last
17 years. He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several
notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt
Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina
Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.
More wild bios for the rest of the band coming soon!
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Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded
his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major
influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly,
Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A.
in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands. Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and
around Chicago for the last 17 years. He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer
and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash
Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean,
Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.
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