User:Ricky Hana/Ricky Hana

Ricky Hana is a singer/songwriter/producer from California and Hawaii.

Ricky grew up on Santa Catalina Island then moved to Santa Barbara, CA, where he learned guitar and shape surfboards as a teen. He turned down a piano scholarship at the Music Academy of the West opting to play in rock and roll bands. He was the guitarist for the Santa Barbara City College Jazz Band and then attended the prestigeous Berklee School of Music in Boston. He returned to Santa Barbara and created one of the first New Waves bands there named SPY taking the name Ric Streeter. He then joined Santa Barbara's DB Cooper, who landed a record deal with Warner Bros Records. He has played major concerts with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Judas Priest, the Pretenders, the Beach Boys, Toto, Hall & Oates and many others. He has played over 500 gigs.

He founded The Dreamers in Santa Barbara. The day after their debut concert, they were signed to a production deal with Mike Love of the Beach Boys - M.E.L.E.C.O. Ricky opened for the Beach Boys many times and then climbed quickly with video placements on MTV and Showtime. He was featured on Showtime for an entire summer. He co-wrote "Big Tease" on Jimmy Messina's One More Mile record.

At his peak he left pro music to start his family. He opted to be an "at home" dad to his son but kept writing songs in spare moments.

Ricky dove back into pro music in 2009 after a twenty year layoff. Within months: 2010 Hawaii Music Award Pop Album of the Year Song "Another Day in Paradise" in the thriller "Deadly Honeymoon" Played KGMB9 CBS Sunrise Show in Honolulu Sponsored by KoAloha Ukulele in Honolulu Writing/Producing rising star Allison in Hawaii Sold-out concerts wherever he plays

Discography:  Godspell (1974). Credited Role: Musician. Two-Dot Records/Santa Barbara Sound One More Mile (1982) - Jimmy Messina. Credited Role: Co-writer, single "Big Tease" - with Jimmy Messina & Bridget Benenate. Warner Bros Records Big Tease (1982) - Jimmy Messina. Credited Role: Co-writer. "Big Tease" Warner Bros Records SPY (1978). Credited Role: Artist?writer/Producer. Capital Records Hollywood Plastered in Paris (1978) - SPY. Credited Role: Artist/Writer/Producer. Released single Black Market Records The Dreamers (1984). Credited Role: Artist/Writer/Producer. Released single Chumley Music The Mix (2000) - Various Artists. Credited Role: Artist. Pumpkin Man Records It's Finally Done (2000) - Various Artists. Credited Role: Artist. The All AW CD Get the Message (1999) - Emmaus Road Band. Credited Role: Musician. Santa Ynez Records <li>Buy American (1980) - DB Cooper. Credited Role: Musician. Warner Bros Records <li>My Hawaii (2008)- Ricky Hana. Credited Role: Artist/Writer/Producer. ShakaBrah Records. <li>Love of the Islands (2009)- Hana & Satchwell. Credited Role: Artist/Writer/Producer. ShakaBrah Records. <li>Three Words (2010) - Ricky Hana. Credited Role: Artist/Writer/Producer. ShakaBrah Records.