Mr. Rick was born in Detroit, Michigan in the 1950's. As a young fella he loved listening to the Blues, Country, and Gospel music he heard on his transistor radio.

Mr. Rick Sr., a contract lawman took a job in the deep South as a temporary sheriff. As fate would have it, Mr. Rick Sr. had the great, Reverend Napolean Rice in jail for a minor infraction.
The Reverend couldn't make his bail, so Mr. Rick Sr. had the Reverend teach all of his guitar tricks and secrets to his son Mr. Rick. It wasn't very long before Mr. Rick was developing a reputation of his own.

On his way home to Michigan, Mr. Rick met Luther Wheatstraw in Beebee Town, Iowa. Luther was working his family's hog farm, and playing guitar nights in town. The two of them did some hoboing and pickin' together, but sadly they drifted apart.

Some years later, and fortunately for us, both men met back up in Canada. The two men a little older and a little wiser had settled in Toronto, and decided to form Mr. Rick & the Biscuits. Mr. Rick still loving his radio, and Luther still loving his pigs.