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Rick Johansen - Drums, Vocals
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Rick Johansen began playing drums when he was 13. As he was growing up, he juggled his schedule between athletics and music. His first professional band was called “Saratoga”, a band that he founded along with long time friend Mike Sauce. Saratoga featured a horn section and played in clubs around Texas from the early 70’s to the mid 70’s. From Saratoga he and Mike formed a band called “First Rush”, a band devoid of the horn section which performed many clubs and shows throughout the southwest United States from the mid 70’s through early 80’s. First Rush would later go through a name change to “Stark Ravin” to release their first single on the Polydor label. Rick then joined another popular Dallas-Ft. Worth band called “Lynx”. This time he was the new kid on the block. Lynx had already released a song on the “Refined Texas Crude” album and was opening shows for national acts as well as playing in local clubs. It was in Lynx that he hooked up with Jimmie Wallace and David Newell. He was in Lynx through the mid 80’s.
Rick began a teaching and coaching career in 1979. In the mid 80’s he, along with Mike Sauce and David Newell formed anew band called “The Inflatable Dates”. They played the local club scene from the mid 80’s to early 90’s. It was at that time that Rick went on to pursue his teaching and coaching career full time. In the spring of 2007 bassist Ken Johnson, the bass player form The Inflatable Dates called Rick, Mike Sauce, and original keyboardist Mark Hicks from First Rush with the idea to get back together and perform, and “Glory Daze” was born.
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