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; 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.
 

2024

1/5 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC, Clearwater

1/13 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa

2/10 Sat. COCO RED 8-11 Shaka, Palm Harbor

2/11 Sun COCO RED SUPER BOWL PARTY, Palm Harbor

3/1 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC, Clearwater

3/2 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

3/8 LITTLE KINGS E. Lake Woodlands CC

3/16 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa

3/17 Sun. COCO RED + NICEA O'Brien's Irish Pub St Patty's Day Bash!

 

2023 

1/21 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa

2/3 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC (private)

2/11 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

2/17 Fri. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa

2/24 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 5:30-9:30 Club TI, Treasure Island

3/3 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC (private)  

3/18 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa  

3/24 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6-9 Wiregrass Mall Music Series, Wesley Chapel

3/25 Sat. WILCOX/WEGMANN GROUP  9:40 + 10 other bands @ WMNF Beatles Tribute Show, Skippers, Tampa

4/7 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC, Clearwater (private)

4/8 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

4/26 Wed. RICKY SOLO 8-10 (featured artist @ Florida Folk Night ) Stirling Wine, Dunedin

4/28 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6-10 Club TI, Treasure Island

5/12 Fri.  LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC, Clearwater (private)

5/13 Sat. RICKY SOLO 7:30-9:30 New World Brewery, Tampa

5/26 Fri. COCO RED 9-1 O'Brien's Irish Pub, Tampa

6/2 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC, Clearwater (private)

6/3 Sat. LITTLE KINGS 6-10 Club TI

6/10 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

 

6/15 RICKY+GREG BILLINGS+GEORGE HARRIS 6-10 O'Maddy's 

6/16 Fri. RICKY SOLO 7-10 Stirling Wine, Dunedin

7/7 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

7/15 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Briens Tampa

8/11 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

8/18 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6-10 Club TI 

8/19 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

9/1 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

9/16 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Briens Tampa

10/6 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

10/14 Sat. RW &THE MOONSNAKES WMNF Tom Petty Tribute w/10 other great bands! Skipperdome, Tampa

10/21 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

10/28 Sat. RICKY SOLO 7-10 Stirling Wine, Dunedin

11/3 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

11/18 Sat. COCO RED 9-1 O'Briens Tampa

12/1 Fri. LITTLE KINGS 6:30-9:30 Countryside CC

12/2 Sat. COCO RED 8-12 Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor

12/8 Fri. RW&THE MOONSNAKES+BARELY PINK+BILLY SUMMER 8pm Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg $10. advance

12/16 Sat. COCO RED Ukelele Brand's Land O' Lakes, Florida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
David Bowie is and was one of my true heroes. Below is a video tribute by my band The Moonsnakes recorded on Bowie's 65th birthday. Featuring Jim Brown on bass, Steve Connelly on guitar, Rick Boucher on drums and Bill "Julio" Barrett on keys. RIP Mr. Jones, you were the light!

Amid the unsettling news reports from Charlottesville, Va., local music fans enjoyed healthy sonic distraction Saturday night, courtesy of some local music heavyweights at the Hideaway Cafe.

Celebrating her birthday at the show, local writer Lisa Spencer got a shot out from Wilcox, who led the crowd in singing a birthday tune for her.

Ricky Wilcox & the Moonsnakes followed, wrapped the intimate-but-packed room in a shimmery throw of power-pop stylings. Frontman Wilcox, who used to play with rhythmic, new wave rockers Deloris Telescope — an ’80s band that often shared the same bill as Connelly’s Headlights — amused the crowd with sassy but personable stage banter, once likening a love song to “yet another tale of dysfunction and codependence.” He and his Moonsnakes were both tight and effervescent.

The Moonsnakes lineup included Connelly, who added just the right complement with his soaring melodies. plus Jim brown on bass, Alex Wolfe Parnes on drums, and Jeff Graves on guitar. In unison they conjured a wide range of time periods and pop styles, from Wilco to the Beach Boys to Tom Petty to early R.E.M., Big Star and Elvis Costello. (Drummer Rick Boucher was among the original lineup; read here about his podcast.)

Their latest release, Last Day on Planet Earth, on Sunshine Drenchy, offers hooks and musicianship aplenty, as did the show Saturday night.

Throughout the years, Wilcox and Connelly have played alongside or on the same bill as some big names. Wilcox has played with various bands that haveŒæopened for the Police, Rick Springfield, the Gin Blossoms, the Butthole Surfers, A Flock of Seagulls and X. Connelly’s Headlights gigged live with Byrds lead singer and (Indian Rocks Beach resident) Roger McGuinn, as seen here on The Tonight Show in 1991.

Text by Julie Garisto; photos by Daniel Veintimilla

And guys like us we'll never change, we'll rock until our dyin' days” - Ricky Wilcox

— "Guys Like Me and You" Last Day On Planet Earth

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