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Rick Lindy

Rick got his first bit of Rock-a-billy fever at the age of 11 when his sister Caren bought him his first guitar. He began writing songs around that age, usually parady songs about his 7th grade teacher Gary Tate. Always a fan of 50's and 60's and country music Rick began learning tunes of his favorites like Marty Robbins, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and the late great Hank Williams Sr. 

His late Father Richard Sr. a WWII Veteran was an accomplished Saxophone and Clarinet Player and organist. Rick was encouraged by his parents to perform for relatives and guest while visiting the family home.

In and after High School Rick was cast as the lead in many musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie, South Pacific, 1776, The Music man, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying and many more. A graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Rick studied Illustration and Advertising and design. After graduation, Rick's Mom Dorothy saw an ad for an audition for a male singer in a travelling band. It turned out to be the Serendipity Singers, and Rick was hired for a 2 year contract. He lived on a tour bus even in the dead of winter. With the "dips", Rick toured all over the USA and Canada. 

Rick left the "dips" in 1992, he entertained at The Imperial Palace in Las Vegas and the Aladdin Hotel. He found the heat intolerable so he left Vegas and started Rick Lindy and The Cyclones with Wild Ones members Todd Menke and Butch Nelson.  In 1996 Rick and Butch joined Big Guitars from Memphis and began touring nation wide and abroad in Europe. He has had the pleasure of opening up for Johnny Cash in 1997, Robert Gordon in Norway 1998, and Hank Thompson in Sweden 1999. He is also personal friends with Sun Rockabilly legend Hayden Thompson who sang on the Wild Ones first album, Wild Side of Town. 

Currently Rick is also working close at hand with Scott Mackay of true Oldies 94.7FM, planning various tribute shows.  Rick also has been combining talents with Anthony Smith in Guitar Street band. He will be performing various solo shows and combining talents with other musicians in the very near future.  

Rick's hobbies are collecting antiques, old Movies. drawing and painting...and spending time with his beloved Dogs Roxy and Petey.    

Also, check out Rick's website www.ricklindy.com ! 
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Joe Smith


Joe started asking to play the drums at 5 years old. He was beating on a rubber drum pad at 8 years old until his parents finally relented and bought him his first drum set at age 12. By age 14, he was in his first band playing for junior high dances, and has never looked back. Joe began teaching drums while playing in Chicago bands until moving to The Wisconsin Dells area and playing with local favorite Prophet all over the state in the early 80's. Returning to the Chicago area, Joe again began playing with local bands when he met and joined Johnny Star and the Meteors. While with Johnny, Joe met and shared the stage with many great 60's bands such as The Guess Who, The Grass Roots, The Rivera's, Mark Lindsey, and Peter Noone. Joe has played with Johnny for a total of 7 years, then The Incognitos for 4 years, and most recently The Wind Gypsys. " I'm very happy and excited to be working with The Wild Ones. Rick Lindy is an awesomely talented singer, and has been a favorite of mine for a very long time. Many good things await this band, and I'm ready to rock!"

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Dave Eliot

Dave Eliot has been playing guitar for 30+ years, and has enjoyed working in a number of diverse musical genres. It was at a Boy Scout camp that he first picked up the guitar, with a few of the scouts jamming on the surf classic "Pipeline". Some lessons were in order after that, and those were from an old blues guitarist at the Mel Bay music store in suburban St. Louis, where the family lived at the time. From there, they moved to California, where surf music further influenced him, as well as the top-40 music that was pervasive on AM radio. Fast forward to the early 80's, and Dave joined hard rock band "Eric Steel", which was one of the first bands of that genre to break out of Chicago with album releases. Touring and recording experience came along with that group, which broke up as "alternative rock" dominated the scene by the mid 90's. It was time to return to his first influences in 1996 when he co-founded "The Mysterians", Chicago's only all instrumental surf rock outfit. More concert experience followed, with the group opening up for the likes of Link Wray, Jan & Dean, and Robert Gorden, to name a few. It was at this point that Dave and Rick Lindy became acquainted, with The Mysterians opening a number of shows for Big Guitars From Memphis, Rick's band at the time. Recently, a chance email led to Dave joining The Wild Ones, and the timing couldn't have been better. According to Dave, "I love playing this stuff, both the covers and original songs. Getting back to the roots, early rockabilly and rock'n'roll tunes with a great singer like Rick is so inspiring, I almost can't put my guitar down!" 
 

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Eric T Stoliker
Stand up and Electric bass

Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.

Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years.  He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.


Eric T Stoliker

Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.

Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years.  He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.


Eric T Stoliker

Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.

Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years.  He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.


Eric T Stoliker

Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.

Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years.  He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.


More wild bios for the rest of the band coming soon!

Eric T Stoliker

Originally from a small town near Detroit, Eric got his first tape recorder at the age of 8, wrote and recorded his first song at 9, got his first guitar when he was 13, and has been involved in various musical projects ever since. Major influences include Motown, Chess, and Sun records, CKLW Radio Windsor, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, James Burton, Johnny Cash, Otis Rush, Roy Orbison, and Van Morrison and he has played all over the U.S.A. in blues, rockabilly, country, and rock bands.

Eric studied music at Western Michigan University and has lived and performed in and around Chicago for the last 17 years.  He is an accomplished vocalist, guitarist, double bassist, and music producer and has worked with several notable engineers and musicians including Dave Kresl (CRC, Inside-Job), Alan Crane, (BlueFlash Studio), The Hip-Noz, Kurt Crandall and True Story, Mike Bourne, Jawbone Shack, Nick Willett, The Nashvillains, Everett Dean, Spitfire Deluxe, The Gina Knight Orchestra, Bakersfield, and The Wild Ones.