Instruments: Guitar, Vocals.

Nickname: Dickie Ticket

Influences: SRV, Allman Brothers, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, and Beer.  Favorite band is Aerosmith.

History: Dick has been playing guitar since 1979, and one of these days, he'll learn how to play.  He's been in bands since high school, starting with H.P. Lovecraft.  He started with classic rock but then went through his metal days in the 80's, only to return to classic rock and Blues.

   He's grown up and spent his entire life in the Northern Kentucky area, except for spening a couple years in Columbia, SC going to school there - Go Cocks!

   When the band started, Dick was the only one in the band who didn't graduate from Covington Catholic. He graduated from Conner, class of '83. When Tommy left the band, the Conner graduates had a bigger percentage.

   Happily married with 3 wonderful, young kids, Dick plays music on the side for fun and beer, although he has been known to do a shot or two on occasion (aka Yak).

   He also spends time running, beating Ric at basketball, and beating Ric at golf.

Dick also spends (way too much) time being the web master for the Doghouse-Rocks.com web site.

   He got his nickname on a cold December day in 1982, when he and two friends were going to a Black Sabbath concert, had parked in Covington, walked half way across the Suspension Bridge in 3 inches of fresh snow, when he stopped them and said, "We better go back." "Why?!", they screamed. "I forgot the tickets.", he replied. "Then go back to the car and get them.", they demanded. "They're not in the car, they're at home (20 miles away)." But it's nice to see that Dick hasn't changed, going to Ozzfest 23 years later, he forgot his ticket to see Black Sabbath again. Thank God for printing tickets from the Internet!