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 Rick
Bedrosian began playing guitar and bass shortly after seeing
the Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show". He
played bass in numerous rock bands during his years as a
junior and senior high school student and throughout his
studies at The Junior College Of Albany and The State
University Of New York at Albany, where he earned a
bachelor's degree in psychology. Rick has been a full
time professional musician since his eighteenth birthday.
In the mid 1970's, Rick and long time
friend Jim Fish founded the legendary country-rock band
Silver Chicken. Fish had just returned to New York
after a stint in Florida with a group that eventually became
Arista recording act, The Outlaws. Silver Chicken
established a large fan base, first playing clubs in Upstate
New York and eventually opening for big name acts and
headlining at larger clubs and colleges throughout the
northeast. In 1977, Silver Chicken caught the
attention of Boston's Don Law Agency.
The Don Law Agency began grooming their
best two unknown bands for success; Silver Chicken and a
Boston based outfit called The Cars. Meanwhile, Silver
Chicken recorded a demo of catchy original songs at Rick's
October Eve Studio. With their high profile gigs and a
quality demo tape, a major label recording contract seemed
within Silver Chicken's reach. But it wasn't to be.
Late in 1977, Henry Paul, a singer-songwriter with whom Jim
Fish founded The Outlaws, left The Outlaws, formed The Henry
Paul Band, and recruited Fish as lead guitarist.
Silver Chicken survived for a few more
years with many musicians coming and going. They finally
disbanded in the early 1980's, leaving Rick to pursue other
musical styles. Rick's bass playing and vocals were
now in demand more than ever, and he kept himself quite busy
performing with popular Albany, NY based groups including
The Fabulous Newports, Johnny Rabb and The Rockin' Shadows,
Donnybrook Fair, and Jeannie Smith and The Hurricanes.
In the mid 1980's, Rick moved to Nashville,
Tennessee with Jeannie Smith and The Hurricanes. After
a year of playing clubs, concert venues and private
showcases, The Hurricanes signed a recording contract with
CBS Records. While in Nashville, Rick also played with
many other talented musicians including Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Marshall Crenshaw, John Stewart (of The Kingston Trio), Gene
Clark (of The Byrds), Floyd Domino (Asleep At The
Wheel), Hank DeVito (Emmylou Harris' Hot Band), Marshall
Chapman (Jimmy Buffett), and Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets)
-- before returning home to help found The McKrells (with
whom he played at Carnegie Hall and The Winterhawk Bluegrass
Festival). Rick joined up with John and Mike to form
Hair of the Dog in 1992.
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