![]() ![]() It was his lifelong love for baseball, however, that he chose to pursue-first as a University of South Carolina player and later as a minor league umpire. “I was 17 when I first picked up a guitar, and I was writing songs in the first year.” “Lee had this circle of girls around him, and I was like, ‘No way, teach me how to play!’” recalls Ricky. ![]() He was childhood friends with country singer/songwriter Lee Brice, and it was Brice who prompted Ricky to start strumming. This is the happiest I’ve ever been by far.” Ricky released “The Jupiter Song” in October, and it reached number two on the iTunes Top 100.īorn and raised in South Carolina, Ricky learned to play guitar while attending church camps as a teenager-admittedly, to attract girls. “They really thought we had lost our minds.” Ricky continues: “What they didn’t realize was that it was the smartest move we have ever made. “Ninety percent of our friends and family back home had never heard of Jupiter,” Last April, they finally moved into their new home, with renovations still underway. They rented a house off Center Street (near Jupiter Donuts) in April 2021, and six months later they closed on a home on the Jupiter-Tequesta border and began renovations on the new property. Within four months, the couple sold their house in Nashville, left successful careers in country music behind, and settled into a new chapter of life in sunny Florida. “And we’re like, ‘Where in the world are we right now? This place is unbelievable!’” The couple at home with Minnie Pearl (right) and Patsy Cline. “On our second day, we’re sitting at Square Grouper, and high tide was bringing in that unbelievable Caribbean blue water,” recalls Ricky. They spent four days at Jupiter Beach Resort, visiting local hot spots and dining at places like PapiChulo, 1000 North, and U-Tiki Beach. ![]()
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