Rick has played guitar for 20 years both in Duluth, MN, and the Twin Cities. You may know him as lead guitarist for Leep 27 from Minneapolis. He was nominated for Best Guitarist by the Minnesota Music Awards four years in a row while playing with Leep 27. Leep 27's CD Silver, Produced by Alex Oana won "Best Pop Recording" of the year at the Minnesota Music Awards in 2002. The band Leep27 won "Best Pop Artist" of the year 2002 and Again, in 2003.
Rick has been asked to perform at different events, and has been known to do a wedding or two. Rick is known to his friends as the "human jukebox" and loves to entertain when a guitar is handy.
Rick's newest project is called "TRICK" featuring Todd Epley and Rick Blomquist. "We got rid of the ODD and kept the ICK". Trick performs live at several venues around the Twin Cities, in an acoustic format. TRICK plans to record a new CD featuring new original songs, so stay tuned!