Rik (Ricky) Avalos
Vocals / Bass
Came up fronting Austin rock bands on the Sixth Street club circuit with Dirty Oliver. The low Garth Brooks growl and a Smokey Robinson falsetto in the same night.
Austin party band in race suits
Ricky Bobby Music
An Austin wedding band and Austin cover band. Three live players, three singers: drums, bass and guitar. Full throttle.
01 / What people say
Straight from Victory Lane.
Ricky Bobby music did a fantastic job at our recent high school reunion. It was perfect from start to finish! They engaged with the audience, were flexible with our needs/ requests/ and very reliable. We had a group of 150 and I can't tell you how many people told me how much they loved this band!
02 / On the cover
Shake and bake.
Rik and Bob walk in wearing race suits, and Sonny joins them when you book the band. The suits are a nod to Talladega Nights. We just want your party to be more fun than it has any right to be.
- Set List
Van Morrison to The Killers.
Seventy songs in nine groups: Stevie Wonder, Prince, The Cure, Nirvana, U2, Metallica, Garth Brooks. Every one in its original key at its original tempo.
See the set list ↗ - Media
Watch and look.
The promo video and six photos of Rik, Bob and Sonny under the lights, with the crowd in front of them.
Videos and photos ↗ - Press Kit
For planners and venues.
Billing name, lineup, set format, production and service area on one page. A PDF, ready for your event sheet.
Get the press kit ↗ - Book
Put the band on your date.
Tell us your date, your venue and your crowd.
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03 / The band
Meet your drivers.
Rik sings and plays bass. Bob sings and plays guitar. Sonny plays drums and sings. Rik and Bob trade lead vocals. Every chorus has one lead voice and two backing voices.
Bob (Bobby) Michaels
Vocals / Guitar
Austin stages with the Rave and Slippery Fish, lead guitar in the Rik Avalos Band today. Every guitar part and solo of the night, right on time and right in tune.
Sonny Sanchez
Vocals / Drums
Co-founded Sounds Under Radio, drummed for SINE, works at 512 Studios. The engine room, with a third voice on every chorus.
04 / Straight talk
Staying on track.
Why it sounds like the record
Three players. Every detail of the song.
We are a three-piece, and we play to backing tracks. Each one is meticulously recreated from the original recording, so the instruments and small details three people cannot play at the same time are still in the song. Drums, bass, guitar and all three voices stay live on top. The result is as true to the original record as we can make it.
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