Rick Hinton

I started out in music when my Dad bought me a mandolin when I was in the 4th grade, the same mandolin that I now play on stage. I moved from mandolin to guitar sometime after that, with my Dad and bluegrass music being a big influence. I played with friends from high school, and then joined the military, forming multiple bands during my eight year enlistment.
After exiting the military, I moved to Texas, and picked up a steel guitar just after crossing the Red River, and decided to add it to the arsenal.
I have spent the past ten years as a utility player with bands in the area, singing lead, and playing whatever instrument needed to be played, most of them with Scott Hall & The Benders .
I first met Scott Hall on a gig at Southern Junction in Rockwall, Texas, where I was a bouncer. We struck up a conversation, exchanged numbers, and the rest is history. Scott and I have been very good friends for the better part of 10 years. I was invited by Scott to perform on his live album "Live At the Horseman Club", which can be found at Lonestarmusic.com .
After my three year stint in the Texas Music scene, I formed my own band Accidental Overdrive, which basically consisted of a bunch of pro players that were not booked for the night getting together and jamming at the Longhorn Saloon in the Fort Worth Stockyards. After the club closed, I was hired as the utility player on steel guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro and electric guitar with a local cover band.
I can now be found back on the Texas Music scene as the frontman with the Dirt Road Gypsies Come out and catch one of our shows!
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