Hi Braves, my name is Rico. I have been watchin this site for 2 years. Hello to RR, LE, DS, JTO, JA, and many others. Some of us quiet ones just DO IT!! I am a minor player but not only do I k now most of the Zy players sometimes I get to play with them when they come to my local places like Seattle or Anacortes or Bellingham. Zy music isn't real well known up here but I manage to break out my 2 Miller boxes every now and then. evrybody............PLUG IN! All musicians love to share............Get out there!!! New freinds??

Big up, Rico in da house! Zydeco soldiers unite! Plug in, yeah yuh right! Miller boxes reppin' -- Down wid' dat! Welcome aboard!

R!CK

So Rick, what kind of music do you play? Cajun, zydeco, original? When I figure out how to do it, I'll post some excerpts of a DVD we made on our website for your amusement and/or sympathy.

Thanks, Jamey

Thanks for the nice welcome. I started playing guitar in blues/ rock bands when I was just a teen (1970) and just kinda kept playing...I was doing the sound for a local resort/ bar (the owner was having all kinds of famuos players there..Mose Allison, JJ Cale, Eddie Clearwater, Gatemouth Brown, Rory Block, Matt Guitar Murphy, other...Well one Day he had Queen Ida (about 1988) WOW! ...well anyway I started with a 2 row honer Erica and about 98' my buddy who owned a bar wanted to do a Fat Tuesday event and we put together a Zydeco band. Never realy got beyond the bar-garage band leval but I had to make a couple of trips to La. to get the grove...YEA...Geno..Nathan..Chubby...Leroy,Lil Brian..Brian Jack, Chris A, Beau J, Boozoo, Curly, And ROsie! Each time I visited Larry Miller in Iota and bought an accordion.........first a c/g and then later a beatiful B flat ...it's black with red bellow and shiney gold flappers...silver buttons.......anyway ..I just keep planing when I can.....Rico