Ricky Lawson

December 8 - Grammy Award winning Drummer - Ricky Lawson

A founding member of the YellowJackets, Ricky received two Grammy nominations and a Grammy award in 1986 for writing the hit song, And You Know That, on the album Shades. Ricky performed on Whitney Houston's multi-million seller, I will Always Love You, from The Body Guard soundtrack - which was recently labeled the number one selling soundtrack of all time. He co-wrote and co-produced the Pointer Sisters' hit Uh-Uh, and the fat burger hit, Good News. Other writing and/or co-producing credits include tracks for Only you Star Trek 5, Barney's Great Adventure - The Movie, as well as Helen Baylor's, There's No Greater Love, and When You Believe - performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for the soundtrack to the Prince of Egypt.

Ricky has also had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Michael Jackson, Steely Dan, Phil Collins, Babyface, The YellowJackets, Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau and many others.