Ricky medlock biography

American rock musician

Musical artist

Rick Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician, best known as the frontman/guitarist for the Southern rock band Blackfoot and a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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During his first stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971 to 1972, he played drums and sang lead on a few songs that would initially be released on 1978's "First and... Last." Medlocke would rejoin Blackfoot in 1972 and later returned to Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1996 as a guitarist with whom he continues to tour and record today.

Medlocke was inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame in 2008.^[1]

Early life

Rickey Medlocke was born Rickey Lynn Green on February 17, 1950, in Jacksonville, Florida.

He was raised by his maternal^[2] grandparents. His grandfather, Paul "Shorty" Medlocke, was a bluegrass musician and taught his grandson to play a miniature banjo. Medlocke started performing onstage at age three, and his musical abilities