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- 2009 - Early | Mid | Late
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- 2008 - Early | Mid | Late
TRICKS v5.4 begins - Rick, Steve, Dave T, Krys (Dave Lopez - sound tech)
Tim leaves for Dew South, Dave (Bassbeast) Trierweiler joins
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- 2007 - Early | Mid | Late
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- 2006 - Early | Mid | Late
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- 2005 - Early | Mid | Late
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- 2004 - Spring | Fall
TRICKS v5.3 begins - Rick, Steve, Tim, Kry (Dave - sound tech)
Rich leaves, Tim Clifford joins
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- 2003 -
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- 2002 -
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- 2001 -
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- 2000 - TRICKS v5.1 resumes after Greg's departure - Rick, Steve, Richie, Krys (& Dave)
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- 1999 - TRICKS v5.2 for one year (2-guitar band)
The Greg Howard year
Rick, Steve, Greg, Rich, Krys (& Dave)
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- 1998 - TRICKS v5.1 begins Rick, Steve, Richie, Krys (& Dave)
- Tom Hudson leaves, Rich rejoins
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- 1997 -
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- 1996 - TRICKS v5.0 begins (Power Trio +)
- Rick, Steve, Tom, Krys (& Dave)
- Krys starts singing lead onstage for 1/3 of the songs
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- 1995 - TRICKS v4.0 ends
- Ann leaves
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- 1994 -
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- 1993 - TRICKS v3.0 ends
- Dale leaves, Tom Huitt leaves
- Tom Hudson rejoins
- TRICKS v4.0 begins - Rick, Steve, Tom Hudson, Ann
- Krys starts doing backup vocals at lightboard
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- 1992 -
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- 1991 - TRICKS v3.0 begins - "The Next Generation"
- Tom Hudson leaves, Tom Huitt & Ann join
- Raab leaves, Krys joins on lights
- 1990 -.
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- 1989 -
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- 1988 - Rick rejoins Tricks in January
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- 1987 - Steve, Dale, and Tom rehearse but no gigs
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- 1986 - Rick leaves in May to join Science Project
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- 1985 -
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- 1984 -
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- 1983 -
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- 1982 -
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- 1981 - TRICKS v2.0 begins
Rick, Steve, Dale, & Tom Hudson
Dave Lopez on sound & Steve Raab on lights
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- 1980 - TRICKS & The Cows, Hopkins, 1980
Rick & Steve Attic Days, 1979
Rick is recruited to join the wedding band "Nightwind"
Steve plays drums with "Asult"
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- 1979 - TRICKS v1.0 ends
Steve plays drums with "New Romance"
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- 1978 - Bill & Rich leave, Tom B rejoins
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- 1977 - Tom B leaves, Rich joins, Dave Joins
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- 1976 - TRICKS v1.0 begins
Rick, Michael, Steve, Tom, Bill , (& Steve Raab)
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- 1975 - Rick plays many 4-day weekend gigs at a bowling alley in Greenville,
with "Rusty Long & The Midnight Review" (with Rich Heintzelman on bass).
- (June 12, 1975 - The Who By Numbers concert, with Keith Moon, at The Pontiac Silver Dome.)
- 1974 - Bill leaves Patchwork to join "Straightlight".
Steve does a couple gigs drumming with Patchwork.
Rick buys his brand new Les Paul guitar at a small music store in Belding, Mi.
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- 1973 - Rick and Bill are looking for more challenging music to play, so they form "Patchwork" with Jeff Nelson and Rich Heintzelman after the demise of their band, Phoenix.
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- 1972 - Steve gets his first drumset
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- 1971 - After Cal and Joe join the military to avoid the draft, Rick joins "Blackwood" after seeing their ad on the bulletin board at Farrow's Music in Grand Rapids.
with Bill Roelofs, Dan Bellenger, Dave Bellenger. Blackwood was a more professional band, with an agent, Gini Sasso.
We play at lots of weddings, high-school homecomings, and proms. Rick's first gig with Blackwood is a 1972 New Year's Eve party at Red Carpet Inn, Grandville.
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- 1970 - Rick buys his first "professional" guitar. The Sunn is jamming somewhere in the backyards of Dorr one Sunday, and the lead guitarist of "Me And Dem Guys" stops by to chat. He has a guitar for sale, and Rick eventually buys his 1961 Gibson SG Special, and his Fender Super Showman amplifier
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- 1969 -
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- 1968 - Rick is recruited into "The Sunn" band,
with Joe Schumaker, Cal Schafer, and Keith Weber
Parties, High School dances, and Wedding Receptions in the Dorr, Wayland, Byron Center, and Hopkins area.
- Having been recruited to be the bass player in The Sunn, Rick gets his first bank loan at 15. For $200 he buys a cheap Greco hollow-body bass and an Ampeg B15N "Flip Top" bass amp
- 1967 - Rick gets his first guitar; a nylon-string classical guitar from his uncle Tom, who is moving to Germany.
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- 1966 -
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- 1965 -
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- 1964 -
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- 1963 -
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- 1962 -
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- 1961 -
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- 1960 -
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- 1957 - Steve is born
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- 1955 - Rock and Roll music is born . . .
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- 1953 - Rick is born
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- 1952 - The Electric Guitar is born
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