Name: Rick Skatore.
Born: December 12, 1958.
Nickname: Luke, Percy and Parkman.
Profession: Bassist extrodinaire, Artist, Lover of fine chicken wings (I’m Mr. Wings also).
Hobbies: Cooking, Sewing, Dancing. You know: normal shit.
Likes: Sleeping, Laughing, Traveling, Sports, Dogs, Porn, and buying Basses.
Dislikes: Being wakened up, negative energy, bad food service, bean sprouts, cheap perfume.
Best place I ever visited: Barcelona.reminded me of the Bronx where I grew up!
Musical influence: The Beatles, I have fond memories of 4 guys being chased by packs of screaming girls all wanting a piece of them made me want to be a rock star, The Temptations; These brothers had all the moves and the sound track of my growing pains, The Isley Brothers, The Slickest Niggas, Marvin Gaye (The Lover Man), Sly & The Family Stone (The Peace, Love & Drugs Niggas), James Jamerson (The Master of all bassist), Larry Graham (The Funk Master), Stanley Clarke (Fred Husband turned me on to him in high school and I was never the same), Jaco Pastorius, (and later I discovered Jeff Berlin pale in comparison but the shit), Percy Jones ("Noddy Goes to Sweeden" was my favorite fretless bass line), David Sancious (I smoked some killer bud while listening to "Transformation Speed of Love" and saw GOD"), Mark King (The Slap Dog), George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (THE REEL NIGGAS... and I hope it don’t take us 20 years before "The Industry" gets it). These influences allowed me to dream of being a musician when I first feel in love with music. There are many musicians and artist I have grown to love over the years but had nothing to do with why I do this!
Favorite Color: Blue Something you don’t know: I was a Caribbean dancer with the Ronald Roach Ensemble for over 1 year. My first instrument was clarinet.
"And That’s the Truth"!
Lilly Tomlin as the Little girl in the chair!