Rick Rosenthal

Rick plays bass. When he was a kid, he had one of those little portable record players that resembled a suitcase. It had swing out speakers with 4 inch "woofers". On a trip to his grandmother's house in Florida, his younger brother got a record by The Chipmunks. He put it on grandma's big console stereo that was running 2 big 12" woofers. Well, Rick's world just got rocked by the intense bass coming out of those monster woofers. From that day forward, it was bass on! Rick refit his Zimgar guitar to accommodate a set of bass strings, and that was his first bass. His first real bass came in the form of a brand new '65 Mosrite Ventures model. (He still has that bass and every now and then brings it out to play.) Early inspiration came from listening to and playing to recordings by The "English Invasion" groups of the sixties along with R&B that was coming out of Detroit. There was some great blues happening along with awesome rock from the west coast. It was a fantastic time to be an aspiring rock star. Rick loved to play. He hooked up with a group of close friends and played all kinds of fun gigs. There were school dances, sweet 16 parties, church dances, sock hops, rec parties, etc. Man this was a blast! There have been a few bands and lot of gigs since those early days. He stumbled onto Buttered Soul a couple years ago when he went into Tom's music store to purchase a set of strings. He asked Tom if he knew of any local players around that he might be able to play some music with. Then Bobby happened to come into the store. Bob asked "You any good"? Rick said "I can hold a groove". Phone #'s were exchanged and Buttered Soul had their bass player. Well, it's a lot of years later, and Rick is still hooked up with a group of close friends playing fun gigs & having a blast! Not much has changed except that the musicians are all now experienced professionals. You can tell that this dude's having a fun time. He laughs a lot when he's playing. Maybe it's those magic shades that he wears! Oh my!