Rick Lee Vinson Group is an independent Americana and country-rock recording project based in the American Southwest, known for story-driven songs built for both listeners and visual media. Led by singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Rick Lee Vinson with co-writer Lar Lee Vinson, the catalog spans over 150 original songs written for film, television, and sync licensing.
Rick Lee Vinson's music has been placed in film and television projects including:
Bitter Harvest (Feature Film) — Co-wrote the closing credits song for the feature starring Stephen Baldwin and Patsy Kensit.
Private Road: No Trespassing (Feature Film) — Composed the chase scene music for the film starring Greg Evigan and George Kennedy.
On the Flipside (Television Series) — Co-wrote the theme song with Los Angeles radio personality Rachel Donahue.
The Rick Lee Vinson Group catalog is represented in part by Crucial Music, a sync licensing company serving film, TV, advertising, and trailer placements.
Rick's performance career began in the late 1970s Los Angeles music scene, where he played lead guitar at iconic venues including The Troubadour, Whisky a Go Go, and The Golden Bear during the era of punk, rockabilly, and country-rock. Career highlights include opening for Tom Petty at the Universal Amphitheatre, along with opening slots for The Clash, Dead Kennedys, and Black Oak Arkansas — spanning the punk, new-wave, and Southern rock scenes of the era.
Rick Lee Vinson is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood, where he studied under legendary guitarist Howard Roberts. He spent over a decade as a recording studio owner and engineer in California's San Fernando Valley, contributing to numerous sessions and developing deep expertise in production, arrangement, and sound design — experience that continues to shape every Rick Lee Vinson Group recording.
Rick Lee Vinson Group recordings are made with Nashville session musicians at The Underground Treehouse in Nashville, Tennessee. The catalog includes two chart-recognized singles: Wrong About Love (StoneBridge Remix) — which reached #7 on the UK Pop Charts and earned a U.S. Mediabase Top 40 placement — and Take The Money And Run, an original Rick Lee Vinson Group composition (not the Steve Miller song) that charted in the United States.
The music is 100% human-created: real players, real stories, one-stop licensing.
At the center of Rick Lee Vinson Group is a life rooted in love, loyalty, and gratitude. Rick credits his wife Karen as a constant source of strength and inspiration, and his brother and lifelong creative partner Lar Lee Vinson as the co-writer behind much of the catalog.
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