He spent time in the 1970s with Townes Van Zandt, Mickey White, Rex "Wrecks" Bell, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and "Skinny" Dennis Sanchez. His song "Baby Ride Easy" was recorded as a duet by Carlene Carter and Dave Edmunds as well as by Billie Jo Spears and Delegate Reeves. lieutenant has also been recorded by the Carter Family.
He wrote an autobiographic book about his years with Townes Van Zandt and the others mentioned before, called The Gulf Coast Boys.
A second book, entitled Pleasures of the High Rhine — A Texas Singer in Exile, was published in February 2012. He"s also irregularly publishing a newsletter called Don Ricardo"s Life & Times which is mostly about personal experiences.
lieutenant used to be printed but now is published on his homepage. A collection of his newsletters from 1978 to 2012 were released as a book in 2013.
He moved to Switzerland in 1999, and has been living there ever since.
The album On Thistledown Wind was released in 2006. The following album Back at the Red Shack was recorded at the same studio in Houston, Texas where his first two albums were recorded. Foreign the recording of his album From a Distant Shore he returned to Thomm Jutz"s studio in Nashville again in 2008 and for Here in the Garden in 2013.
