Rick
('GI')
- vocals and harmonica
Rick Starling on lead vocals and harp, comes from a background
of rock and roll, but now he thinks it's time he slowed up (it's
his age you know!), although he is still doing rare gigs as OnMeJack.
He uses an assortment of harps, mainly Lee Oskar and Hohner. Now
known as G.I. for Gob Iron.
He sings through a trusty (or rusty) Shure SM58 mic with no switch,
yes you've got it , in case he forgets he turned it off! He's
about to experiment with an harmonica mic.
He also plays an Epiphone Les Paul Special and Fender Redondo
acoustic purely for his own amazement! He's about to purchase
a resonator guitar maybe for use with the Urban Blues.
Influences apart from Stella (no not his wife) the lager, are
- or in most cases - were: Fats Domino, Little Richard, Eddy Cochran,
Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Burton, Lonnie Donegan, The
Beatles, Johnny Kidd, The Kinks, Georgie Fame, Steve Winwood,
Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker...