Q: Why does Mr.Rick always wear sunglasses?

Trina McGilacutty -Twin Forrest, Missouri

A: Mr Rick's eyesight was compromised as a teenager working in the auto industry blast furnaces in Detroit.

Q: What kind of guitars do Mr.Rick and Luther Wheatstraw Play?

Gerald Shohan - Detroit, M ichigan

A: American Kinds.

Q:What exactly is your sound? Is it Blues, Country, Swing, Gospel?

Theo Pettlepiece - North Bay, Ontario

A: Yeah that's right.

Q; I heard that Mr.Rick used to play with John Lee Hooker and his son Robert at the Chessmate Club in Detroit in the 1960's. Is that true?

Max Holly - Tapanga Canyon, California

A:Yes

Q: Is your guitar boy Luther related to the great Bluesman Peetie Wheatstraw?

Snapper McVee - Farmersville, Texas.

A: Rumour has it that Peetie's illigitimate son met a Parisian noble woman during the war, and they both fled back to Beebee Town Iowa to raise pigs.

Q: Do you take requests?

Marcie Finklestein - Toronto, Ontario

A: Only from women.