Rickey Medlocke

Rickey Medlocke (born February 17, 1950) is an American musician best known as the frontman/guitarist for the southern rock band Blackfoot and, more recently, as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd briefly in 1970 as a drummer before he left to pursue other musical interests but rejoined the band in 1996 after Gary Rossington asked him to join. Being of Blackfoot ancestry, Medlocke was inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame in 2008. He is currently engaged to Stacy Michelle Plunk, former background vocalist for Kid Rock Medlocke started performing onstage at the age of three. His grandfather, Shorty Medlock, was a well-known delta blues musician and he taught Medlocke how to play a miniature...