Music Style Blues, Blues Rock, Guitar Rock

Similar Artists Eric Clapton, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower

Group Members JOHNNY RICKER - guitars, lap steel, vocals BETH ROBINSON - drums and percussion ROBBIE MARTIN - bass, acoustic guitar, and vocals JACK NELSON - bass and vocals

Instruments Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass, Drums, Harmonica

Albums Bare Bones, Power and Light, Drivin' Me Blue

Press Reviews "You won't be sitting long once Fast Johnny takes the stage. Led by fast and furious guitar ace Johnny Ricker, this trio will get you on your feet. Ricker's prowess on slide and lap steel guitars has become legendary." -Kansas City Star "...Fast Johnny Ricker drives Texas blues over the edge! This three piece band explodes with deep rooted, progressive talent that sends your soul flying. On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 'SHA-MOKIN'' 10!" -Music City BLUESLETTER, Nashville, TN "Johnny Ricker currently holds pride of place as the best electric guitar in the Midwest, and seems poised to try and catch the national title - soon come." --Stephen Davis - former music editor of ROLLING STONE magazine and author of HAMMER OF THE GODS "[Like] cubism and Picasso where form is exploded and then reassembled in a unique vision... Creative power wielded like a welding torch, sparks flying everywhere... Music storms out of his guitar" --Kansas City Blues News"The grittiness of Jimmy Thackery, the raw power of Jimi Hendrix, and the depth of Stevie Ray." --Tulsa Blues Society News"...If you like your guitar sound BIG, this one's for you." --1996 CD Review, Blues Access Best Local Blues Artist/Band --Kansas City Pitch Music Poll "This cat is wild. This cat is mean on a guitar. Whew, man, you got some fast fingers." --Lonnie Brooks "Put two black cats in a burlap bag and toss them in the Missouri River. Fast Johnny is what comes boiling up." --D. Patrick Horton, RED HOT RECORDS

Location Kansas City, MO - USA

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