His first two (Mister Hide and Intuition) were both released on the PEP Record label. He has shared the stage with Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Bromberg and Eddie Kirkland, to name a few, and has taught bass and guitar at Al Corey’s Music Center in downtown Waterville for twelve years. He has also written a book for bass entitled Applied Diatonics for the Electric Bass. Rick joined the staff at Colby as bass instructor in the fall of 1993.