Ricky Paquette is a fourteen year old blues guitarist and singer that is fresh out of the starting gates. He was born November 7th, 1990 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. At the age of nine he picked up the guitar and within a year he started to display an exceptional ability to learn at an unprecedented pace. Ricky has carefully studied the techniques of all of his heroes and has developed his own style that combines his love of the blues with some rock and a classical edge. For the last year he has been studying classical guitar at the Gatineau Conservatory of Music.By the time he was thirteen the Ottawa blues community was endorsing Ricky's rare talent. The Junk Yard Dogs, Trevor Findlay, Fernando Jones from Chicago and Paul Deslaurier were inviting Ricky to sit in at local blues spots. It is during this period that Ricky started to sing rounding off his exceptional guitar abilities.Ricky was performing with his band Ricky and The Soul Benders when Quebec's blues veterans started to recognize the young artist's talents. He has since been invited to perform with Bob Walsh, Jimmy James, Guy Belanger and other established Montreal and Quebec blues musicians.In April of 2005 Ricky Paquette started his solo career and signed a two CD deal with Preservation Music Inc.