Richie "B" Hamrick

Birthdate: April 23, 1967 , Mansfield , Ohio

Current Bands: Richey "B" and the Redliners, The Mighty Dolphin Blues Band, Mystery Stew

Past Bands: 30/06, Three Ball Express

Stage setup: Varies but I always have my 87 Fender Stratocaster and my 68 Fender Vibrolux Reverb Amp or 83 Fender Concert amp.

Recordings you are on: No serious ones yet.

Favorite Blues guitarist (living): Buddy Guy, Duke Robillard and Hubert Sumlin

Favorite Blues guitarist (deceased): Albert Collins, T-Bone Walker

Favorite Blues singer (living): Buddy Guy and Joe Louis Walker

Favorite Blues singer (deceased): Muddy Waters

First record you bought: "Machine Head" by Deep Purple

First Blues record you bought: I don't remember, but I'm sure it was a Muddy Waters record, like a greatest hits thing.

Main career focus: To keep developing as a musician, and to continue to develop my own sound. I want to reach a point as a player that if someone walks into a room or hears me play on a recording, they will know within a few notes that it is me playing.

Richie B: "Playing Blues in Columbus , and having the opportunity to play with and learn from so many great musicians, has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. Thank you so much to all of the people who have supported me and the Redliners over the past few years - you mean so much to me."