Hi, my name is Rick Hulett and I'm a musician living in the Columbia River Gorge in Hood River, OR. I came here 20 years ago from Texas (via Colorado) for a windsurfing vacation and never went home. I play with lots of bands. Lots and lots of bands. For instance, the Hapa Hillbillies, Django's Cadillac, Ben Bonham Trio, the Bohemian Social Club, Barlow Road, Onehum, Moe Dixon and lots of others. Most Thursdays I play at the jam at The Pines in Hood River. Rod and I have a fledging recording studio in the Rustic Splendor of the Old Bingen Theater we call Big River Recording. It's cool. You'll like it.
I was born and raised up right in Lubbock, Texas where I still have family. I'm a graduate of the Earl Swinford School of Guitar. OK, well there wasn't really graduation, but I got my picture on the wall. (You had to be there to understand). Later I played with other West Texan musicians Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, and Tommy X Hancock and the Supernatural Family Band. The most logical thing to do next seemed to be to become a rocket scientist at NASA so I did that for awhile. Eventually I went crazy and left on a sailboat. After lots of miles I recovered temporary sanity long enough to move to Hood River in 1986. Had kids, settled down, got a job, played music, got a mortgage, played music, got cancer, almost died, etc., you know, the normal stuff. But really, I'm not normal at all. Sign the guest list to occasionally receive feeble attempts at self promotion. Thanks for stopping by.