Bill Sables and I knocked on the door of Rick and Heather's house one morning. We were there because we were going to need to rely on Rick to guide us to a gathering Tony Burns was having at his house. The door opened and there stood Rick, eyes squinted in an attempt to block out the mid-morning sun. Rick was dressed in nothing more than his "tighty whities". He mumbled something about Heather which Bill and I took to mean that she wasn't awake yet. Once Rick was a little more awake and a lot more dressed, Bill and I offered the Mudcat Adventure Guitar to Rick for him to add his signature to what would eventually be a total of 75 signatures of 'Catters we met on our journey. Rick took the black, indelible marker I gave him and paused for just a moment before he began. Seconds later he handed the guitar to me. When I looked for his signature, what I found was that he had drawn a caricature of himself just as we had seen him when he opened the door and signed, "Thank God for underwear! Rick Fielding" How could I not love this guy? I can never look upon his "signature" without smiling and remembering.

Thanks, Rick!