singer/songwriter, drummer/strummer, solo/duo/band, picker/grinner
"St. Pete’s Ricky Wilcox is an accomplished pop-rock singer- songwriter whose unusual credits include a featured song on the ABC soap All My Children and a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in The Punisher movie. On new disc Last Day On Planet Earth, Wilcox and his band of Moonsnakes play Midwestern power-pop, soul, country and early ‘80’s British pub rock tunes with effortless harmonies. They contemplate the wonders of love and spaceships, too..." Tampa Bay Times
...possibly best known as drummer/singer/songwriter in iconic 80's/90's Tampa Bay band Deloris Telescope, winner of two consecutive Jammy awards for "All Star Band: Drums", Ricky now fronts his original band The Moonsnakes; plays in "high energy retro acoustic duo/trio" The Little Kings; is now an 'official member of popular Tampa Bay cover band Coco Red, plays a lot of solo gigs, played drums with Tampa Bay power-lounge icons The Vodkanauts, and is also a member of British Invasion tribute The Shaguars, and also 1/2 of campy pop duo Dick and Feef.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!
I hope everybody is doing well! I have some fun gigs coming up in the first part of the new year, including solo gigs, Coco Red, and a SHAGUARS reunion! I'd also like to remind you that I re-released a new version of “The End Was Just The Start” by my band Ricky Wilcox and The Moonsnakes, available to stream at all the likely places. Sadly, in 2025 we lost our longtime bass player, the amazing Jim Brown RIP- we all loved you and miss you JB! I hope to see some of you along the way this year, life is short and precious, cheers bitches!
the SHAGUARS would like to thank EVERYONE who came out to our reunion shows at LBC and Skippers!
THE SHAGUARS 2000!
2026 GIGS …
1/2 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30, Countryside CC, Clearwater
1/3 Sat. RICKY SOLO 7-10, Stirling Wine, Dunedin
1/9 Fri. COCO RED 7-10, Ukulele Brands Club, Land O Lakes, FL
1/10 Sat. COCO RED 9-1, O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa
2/7 Sat. THE SHAGUARS! 25TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION SHOW 8-11, LBC, Palm Harbor
2/13 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30, Countryside CC, Clearwater
2/15 Sun. BILLFEST, celebration of life for Bill Mason, who owned Hitmakers Recording Studio, all day, Skipper's, Tampa
3/6 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30, Countryside CC, Clearwater
3/21 Sat. COCO RED 9-1, O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa
3/27 Fri. RICKY SOLO 7-10, Stirling Wine, Dunedin
5/1 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30, Countryside CC, Clearwater
5/2 Sat. THE LITTLE KINGS Scratch My Back Benefit 1-5 Skipper's, Tampa
5/15 Fri. COCO RED 9-1, O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa
