Rickey Medlocke

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Rickey Medlocke
Medlocke performing live in 2009 (with a Gibson Explorer)
Background information
Born	(1950-02-17) February 17, 1950 (age 74) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Southern rock, hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar vocals
Years active	1969–present
Member of	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Formerly of	Blackfoot

Rick Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician, best known as the frontman/guitarist for the Southern rock band Blackfoot and a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. During his first stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971 to 1972, he played drums and sang lead on a few songs that would initially be released on 1978's "First and... Last". Medlocke would rejoin Blackfoot in 1972 and later returned to Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1996 as a guitarist with whom he continues to tour and record today.

Being of self-identified Native American ancestry, specifically

Early life

Rickey Medlocke was born Rickey Lynn Green on February 17, 1950, in

lead vocalist

and drummer. That band soon changed its name to Hammer.

Career

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Medlocke recorded shortly with the 1970s era Lynyrd Skynyrd band as a session musician, occasionally playing drums or singing lead on a few songs for them in 1971: "One More Time", "Preacher's Daughter", "Lend a Helpin' Hand", "Wino", "White Dove", "Comin' Home", "The Seasons", "Ain't Too Proud to Pray", and "You Run Around". On occasion, Medlocke played alongside the band's original drummer

, lyrics and title were written by "Rickey Medlocke" and Blackfoot drummer "Jackson Spires". The songs music, backing vocals and solo's were arranged by "Blackfoot" and appeared along with songs written by others. He disbanded the group in the early 1990s.

For a while in the 1990s, Medlocke thought about pursuing other careers until he received a phone call in 1996 from

returned home. He joined Colin Stough of Gattman, MS, to perform with him on his coming home after making Top 3 of American Idol season 21, 2023. He performed with Colin at Hatley High School in Hatley, Mississippi.

Discography

With Blackfoot

With Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Street Survivors (1977) (drums & chorus on One More Time recorded during 1971-1972)
• Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978) (contains early recordings from 1971 and 1972)
• Twenty (1997)
• Lyve from Steel Town (1998)
• Skynyrd's First - The Complete Muscle Shoals Album (1998) (contains early recordings from 1971 and 1972)
• Edge of Forever (1999)
• Christmas Time Again (2000)
• Vicious Cycle (2003)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour (2003)
• God & Guns (2010)
• Last of a Dyin' Breed (2012)

References

External links

• Biography at IMDB