Rick Melick
Acting
Biography
Rick started his professional career with Andy Gibb and has been
touring Australia and the world ever since. Among the many gigs in a
career that spans 3 plus decades you can include international artists
Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, (Steely Dan & Doobie Bros.) and Glenn Shorrock,
(Little River Band) as well as iconic Australian acts including Dragon,
Jon Stevens, Stevie Wright, Marc Hunter, Brian Cadd, Doug Parkinson and
Jimmy Little. Over the years there have also been countless solo shows
both in Australia and the USA. Although Rick has played on scores of
recordings he has a very special place in his heart for his professional
and personal relationship with the late John Denver which culminated in
the piano and orchestra recording of the international hit single ‘For
You’.
From 1985-91 Rick was the managing partner in Reel Time, a
professional recording studio in Sydney which hosted many of Australia’s
premier musical artists and it was there that he got a ch...
