Rick Bacus

     There was always music going on at our house. My parents and my grandmother were musicians. It was pure fun for them as they had day jobs so they "played" music in the truest sense of the word. 

     I began my formal musical education with piano at the age of five. Took up clarinet when I was eight and continued studying for fifteen years. During this time my dad was teaching me chords on his tenor guitar and uke. I went to work for a local retail music store (Mission Music Inc.) when I turned fourteen, meeting a number of working musicians and teachers, many of whom have become close friends over the years.  As a woodwind (Clarinet) major in college I earned a bachelors degree in music education from Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. 1974

      About the time Ed Sullivan introduced the Beatles to America, a huge army of young teenage boys decided that this was THE BEST JOB EVER! Bass guitar was my first choice adding guitar about ten years later. These days I play both on a regular basis. 

     Over the years I have been blessed to record for CBS/Columbia records, touring the states with some of KC's finest musicians in some of the midwest's most popular bands. Check out the pics and links. 

     BAM INC. (Bacus Audio & Music Inc.) Project studio and creative partnership with Janet Jameson. Original music, sound design, singer songwriter cds. 

Favorite quotes:

 "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"     Anais Nin

          "It's not the red meat that's bad for your heart, it's the lyrics"...from a poster at BB's BBQ
 
          "It's not the Heat... it's the Humanity"   Dave Letterman

          "I feel a whole lot more like I do now than I did when I got here"