- Played Elvis Presley on The Golden Girls alongside fellow Elvis impersonator Quentin Tarrantino.
- Name pronounced Ree-shárd.
- Sings in many languages.
- Did comedy skits with Country Stars Johnny Cash and Brenda Lee as the Guitar-playing part of puppet character Truck Shackley on Barbara Mandrell's show.
- Worked inside a giant Brontosaurus built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop in the Steven Spielberg-produced The Flintstones film.
- Played his first professional musician gig at age 13, in a band backing up strippers in a roadhouse outside of Rome, GA.
- Played Flamenco Guitar in the miniseries Sinatra in a scene set in Ava Gardner's Spanish villa.
- Parents and grandparents from Paris, France; Avellino, Italy; Chisinau, Moldova and Iasi, Romania.
- Performed a Bouzouki solo on Ravel's Bolero with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as part of Blue Man Group's show.
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