Ricky — Rickenbacker Guitar. He joined his first successful band in the early 1980s. Called The Albeenoz, they played in and around Lakeland, Florida. Soon after, he toured across the U.S. and Western Europe with The Continental Singers as the rhythm guitarist in the orchestra. In the mid 1980s he formed his own band Reckless Abandon, which performed with regional success at colleges and clubs in and around Portland, Oregon. In the 1990s, he played with The Accountants in Tacoma, Washington and The Molli Paige Band in Portland, Oregon through mid-2006.  Ricky joined The Treading Lemmings soon after relocating to the D.C. area in 2006.