Ricky Lynn Gregg
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P.O. Box 361
McEwen, TN 36191
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| FULL NAME: | Ricky Lynn Gregg |
| NICKNAME: | Chief or RL |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | August 22 |
| ZODIAC SIGN: | LEO |
| BIRTH PLACE: | Henderson, TX |
| CURRENT RESIDENCE: | Longview, TX |
| HAIR/EYE COLOR: | Brown / Brown |
| HEIGHT: | 6' 1" |
| MARITAL STATUS: | Married |
| SPOUSE: | LaCretia |
| PARENTS: | Lucille and Melvin Gregg |
| CHILDREN: | Daughter - Cheyenne |
| SIBLINGS: | Four brothers - Gerald, Gene, Dennis and Larry |
| RECORD LABEL: | RMG Records |
| INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: | guitar bass, harmonica and piano |
| BIGGEST CAREER BREAK: | Signing contract with Jimmy Bowen and Capitol Records. |
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| EDUCATION: | Longview High School, some college |
| PREVIOUS JOBS: | Music Store, Repo-Man, television repair center |
| AWARDS: | 1980 Battle of the Bands-Texas; 1983 Texas Music Association Entertainer of the Year; 1984 Texas Music Association Best Single and Best Songwriter; 1984 Buddy Magazine Best Album; 1985 Best Heavy Metal Band-Dallas Observer; 1989 Best Band-East Texas Music Association; 1991 Nashville Hall of Fame Battle of the Bands-First Place; 1991 Horizon Award-Terry Awards; Superman for the Day-Metropolis KY; 1995; Duke of Paducah-Paducah KY 1996. |
| HOBBIES: | Playstation, Paintball, and Golf |
| MUSIC PERFORMERS/INFLUENCES: | Jeff Beck, Hank Williams, Sr., George Jones, Merle Haggard |
| NON-MUSIC INFLUENCES: | My wife, LaCretia, Billy Graham, and Douglas MacArthur |
| FAVORITE RECORDED SONG: | Played guitar on "Hawg Wild" with Hank Williams, Jr., "Cheyenne" from my first album RICKY LYNN GREGG |
| GREATEST CAREER THRILL: | Playing on the Crook & Chase Show in 1992. |
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| FOOD: | Southern cooking or Soul Food |
| BOOKS: | Bible, Life and Times of Quanah Parker, and Bridges of Madison County |
| TV SHOWS: | King of the Hill, Scare Tactics, and West Wing |
| MOVIE: | Saving Private Ryan, Cold Mountain |
| MOVIE ACTOR/ACTRESS(ES): | Mickey Rourke, Robert Duvall, Barry Corbin, Ashley Judd, Renee Zellweger |
| COMEDIAN: | Red Skelton, Rodney Dangerfield |
| SPORTS TO PLAY: | Basketball |
| SPORTS TO WATCH: | Football, Basketball |
| SPORTS TEAM: | Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks, and Houston Astros |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE... | |
| I, along with a few volunteers, led a truck
caravan for Native Americans throughout the North and South Dakota
Indian nations. We amassed over $800 thousand dollars worth of necessities
(toothpaste, mouthwash, deoderant, aspirin, medicinal supplies, etc.)
along with clothing and shoes, coats for the underprivileged and called
it the TRAIL OF HOPE. |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENT TO BE... | |
| I was ecstatic to learn that I was #4 on Billboard's Newest Artist of the Year of 1993. I considered it a good sign that I could do well, and that the fans were behind me. | |
| THE PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO CUT A DUET WITH... | |
| Patsy Cline or Bonnie Raitt |
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| MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT WAS... | |
| I threw my guitar up into the air, and it did
not come down. (It stuck in the ceiling) and I split my pants in front
of 18,000 people. |
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| THE MOST TOUCHING THING A FAN HAS EVER DONE WAS... | |
| An 80 year old woman took a bus 12 hours to
come see me. |
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| MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS... | |
| Pushy and disrespectful people. |
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| MY BIGGEST CHARACTER FLAW IS... | |
I don't know when to stop talking, |
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| A HABIT I'D MOST LIKE TO BREAK... | |
| Worrying about nothing. |
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