Rick Knapp

Bassist for Walter Trout and the Radicals - I began playing surf music in 1963 with childhood friends in rural Indiana and by 1964 we were fully immersed in the music brought by the "British Invasion" of the mid 60s. In 1971 I moved to Ft Lauderdale and began playing six nights a week in the rock clubs of south Florida. Then after several months of playing in Macon/Atlanta area I headed to Chicago where I joined my first blues band. The Bob Reidy Blues Band included Sam Lay, Carey Bell and occasionally Johnny Littlejohn or Eddy Clearwater. During those years I performed with many of the well known Chicago cats including Sam and Carey, AC Reed, Big Twist, Detroit Jr, Pinetop Perkins, Melvin Taylor, Little Smokey Smothers, Koko Taylor, and others. I have also played or recorded with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Steven Stills, Walter Trout, John Mayall, Coco Montoya, Joe Bonamassa, Bernard Allison, Richie Hayward, Deacon Jones, Kenny Aronoff, Larry Crane, Kid Rock, Dick Wagner and Indianapolis' Q-95 morning radio hosts Bob and Tom. For the past four years I have been touring as bassist with Walter Trout and the Radicals.