Veteran singer-guitarist songwriter, Rick Eakens, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, has led The Footnotes on and off for most of his life, crafting the sound in his head into rootsy rock 'n' roll . With the early Beatles and Buddy Holly as his touchstones, Rick and The Footnotes' embody the unpretentious attitude, catchy songcraft and high-energy abandon of the vintage classics that originally inspired him to make music.