Ricky Gene Hall

Ricky Gene Hall, (lead vocals and guitar) was born in Kentucky, USA. Soon after, his father drove the infamous “Hillbilly Highway” moving Ricky’s family to Ohio. The family (Ricky’s Mom, Dad, and siblings) lived and worked in a junk yard. On Sundays his family would visit his Father’s guitar playing friend, Buster Parsons. At an impressionable 7 years of age, Buster began teaching Ricky to play the guitar, showing him chords, leads, and slide with a Zippo lighter or a pocket knife. Soon Ricky became interested in a multitude of other instruments including the piano, drums, and the harmonica to name a few. As the family grew annoyed to listening to this very young child trying to learn the correct notes he was asked to practice outside. Many a day was spent on an old sag-back mare traipsing through the woods trying to learn harmonica. As Ricky mastered these instruments and vocals, family and friends couldn’t get enough. By the young age of 10 years old Ricky formed his first band, a trio named “HKH”. Ricky and his trio began playing anywhere they could, picnics, school dances, dirt floor dives and even an occasional gas station. Over the years Ricky’s music has evolved from the dirt floor dives to sharing the concert stages with many music greats from Blues to Bluegrass. His unique musical background brings a mainstream perspective to the Blues. After forming “Ricky Gene Hall and The Goods”, Ricky has brought out his style of no-frills,straight forward approach to three piece Blues. Ricky has always had his own style both in his singing and guitar playing. Ricky’s third CD “Ricky Gene Hall and The Goods” embraces the roots on which his style was founded.