Rick Florian
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Rick Florian (born April 10, 1962 in South Bend, Indiana) is a musician, songwriter and producer, most known for being the lead singer of Contemporary Christian Music rock band Whiteheart since 1986. He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife, Lisa, and son and daughter, and works as a real estate agent. Rick still dons his voice to several music projects over the year.
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[edit] Whiteheart
Florian was a three-time bus driver and roadie of the band back in the 80s. After singer Scott Douglas left, the band started auditioning for a replacement. Florian was caught off guard singing and dancing to Whiteheart's songs and was invited to audition. He got the job and recorded with them eight studio albums.
Throughout his tenure with the band, he was praised in several occasions for his clean voice and excellent performing abilities. Despite not being a founding member, he became the core of Whiteheart along with Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl. Florian issued a statement several years ago that the band was only at "a dormant stage", but it is unlikely that they will ever play again in the near future.
[edit] Other recent projects
Florian has worked with Flumpa's World, a children project. He also sang in a project from Whiteheart's founder, Billy Smiley called Neverlost.
[edit] Name spelling
When Florian released his first album with Whiteheart, a tradition of using unique spelling variations of his name for each album begun. There is no precise account as to who started it, but it remained up until the last albums of the band. However, it appeared again in the Neverlost album.
The various spellings used have been: Ric, Rikk, Riq, Ricke, Rhic, Rikcq, Ricque. For the record, the correct spelling of his name is simply Rick.
[edit] Where is Rick now?
Florian is currently working as a real estate agent for ERA in the Brentwood, Tennessee area. You can see his website here: http://www.rickflorian.com/rickflorian/default.htm
