More About Me
Name:
Rick Caballo
Hometown?
Wollongong, Australia
Where do you live today?
Nashville, Tennessee
What do you drive?
Dodge Ram 1500 ‘Black’
When did you become the lead singer / “frontman” in a band?
The day I picked up the guitar
Who is your favorite lead singer(s) of all time?
Mick Jagger
When did you start playing guitar?
16 years ago
What was your first guitar?
It was a Samick acoustic guitar & I played that thing until my fingers bled!
What band(s) do you perform with?
The best ‘session’ cats in Nashville!!!
Who is your Guitar Hero?
Keith Richards. Keith is the god of riffs!!!
What is the first song you ever learned to play?
The first song was a U2 song called Angel of Harlem.
What’s your patented stage move?
I do this sort of hybrid Keith Richards no handed playing thing while using open ‘G’ tuning. I stole it from him and it works.
What elements describe your approach to playing?
Honesty in your own sound and ability, play your ass off as if it was your last gig and make what you’re doing look harder than it actually is.
Tell us about the best show you ever played.
The best show I ever played was in front of 15,000 people in my hometown of Wollongong, Australia right on the harbor and it was a killer show. Our band kicked ass and the crowd was rockin’. My 2nd favorite show was the Blue Moon in Columbia Falls MT, it was like a scene out of the Blues Brothers, it was very cool.
What is your favorite food and/or recipe?
I love all sorts of food, I’m of Spanish heritage and grew up in Australia and have traveled the world so my tastes are many and varied. At the moment though…it’s sushi.
What quote best describes you or is a mantra for your life?
“Reinvention is the mother of all necessity.”
