Rich Wilkins Instrument: Bass, Guitar, LOUD Vocals, Kazoo and Macallan (which explains a lot!) Favorite Bands: Styx, Primus, Finger-Bang Favorite Songs: Come Sail Away, South Park Theme Favorite Quote: "I wish I had sent you my picture!"

Rich, born in 1969, grew up in Jersey City and the Bronx listening first to Irish music and Elvis, then classic rock, big band, doo wop and old-style country. At twelve, his guitar career started with banjo lessons, mostly because a banjo was available. At fourteen, he bought his own guitar after hearing Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman.

Soon he was taking lessons in Spanish and classical guitar, but his heart was in rockabilly and heavy metal. At seventeen, Rich joined a New York metal band, Krysis, and played with them for nine years. At the same time, he was becoming interested in recording. Rich took his first recording job at 19, then went on to study recording engineering. That's how, at 28, he met Larry and Yucca Flats. They were recording with Rich and he decided he wanted to play on the session with them. Rich has been Yucca Flat's lead guitarist ever since.

In addition to performing with Yucca Flats and recording, Rich composes for major television and radio shows such as "Entertainment Tonight", "Beavis And Butthead", "America's Most Wanted", "Oprah Winfrey", NBA & NFL films and various commercials. His playing can also be heard on samples used in "Micro-Jammer" toy guitars. As audio engineer, Rich has recorded such distinguished musicians as Stanley Jordan, Warren Hayes, Bob Belden, Junior Mance, the Marie Schneider Orchestra and the Ron Affif Trio.