An article from The Daily Gazette – LIVE IN THE CLUBS ~ October 22, 2009 "Bolton's band is mostly a family affair" Story by Brian McElhiney Photo by Terri-Lynn Pellegri THE BAND IS BILLED AS RICK BOLTON AND THE DWYER SISTERS with Arlin Greene, suggesting that Bolton is the leader of the ensemble. But Bolton wants to make something clear: it's really all about Sharon Dwyer, Molly Dwyer and Greene. "I'm just like some presidents; I surround myself with great, great people," Bolton said at a coffeeshop in his hometown of Saratoga Springs. Arlin, he's the son of Smokey Greene, famous bluegrass artist. ... And these two girls, when you hear their harmonies, it's like, they've got that family thing going – it's unlike anything you'll ever hear. Their mother was a world-class barbershop quarteter, so that's where they learned their harmonies." > MORE

An article from the Summer 2009 issue of The Saratoga Experience "Perfect Harmony ~ Saratoga's Rick & Sharon Bolton" Story and Photos by Francine Grinnell WHEN RICK AND SHARON BOLTON SHARE THE EARLY DAYS OF THEIR LIFE together as a couple, one can’t help but feel that the universe aligned that day in such a way as to make it happen. Nor could any account of the music scene in Saratoga Springs over the past thirty years be told without a chapter devoted to the creative force that is the Boltons. “Saratoga just got touched; other than New Orleans or Nashville, I can’t think of a place that has more great musicians per square mile”, says Rick. “In the mid 1970’s it was decided right here, right now there’s going to be some great music”. Saratoga’s club scene had places like 17 Maple which later became the Metro, with people like Carl Landa and Jill Hughes performing there. Later, for disco fans, there was the Rafters in the 1980’s. He adds, “I had been playing guitar and sang in North Country bands in Hague – the T-Bonz and the Adirondack Late Night Flyers”. > MORE

An article from the November 2008 issue of Spirit of Saratoga "I'm Just a Guy with a Guitar" By Michael Korb Photos by Erica Miller DOWNTOWN GIGS KEEP RICK BOLTON'S ADVENTURE ALIVE AND WELL –Stories profiling muscians can often end up as self-serving pieces promoting the artist's latest project. Or they go into great detail about their influences, style and sound. Saratoga Springs' Rick Bolton doesn't need any of that. Most of us already know him. The singer/songwriter has been a fixture in the downtown music scene for more than 20 years, so even those who haven't had a conversation with him have probably, at the very least, enjoyed a few sets at one of his shows. And seeing Bolton in action reveals more than any wordy observations can. Whether a quiet solo set, a performance of Rick Bolton and the Dwyer Sisters (one of whom is his wife, Sharon) or a night with the band Big Medicine, you know exactly who he is as soon as he steps to the mic. > MORE

An article from the Summer 2008 issue of Saratoga Lifestyles Sweet Music By Paul Grondahl SARATOGA SPRINGS – It was approaching midnight on a Saturday in late-February at Gaffney’s as Sharon Dwyer Bolton wrapped her husky voice around Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 hit “Landslide.” She sang the soulful lyrics with a knowing nod of the head: “But time makes you bolder/Children get older/I’m getting older, too/Well I’m getting older too.” She looked across the crowded, narrow dining space toward the long bar and caught the eye of a good friend, Kim Smith, manager of Gaffney’s for the past two decades, and, as if on cue, they both threw back their heads and sang out in unison, “So what?” That joyful exchange between the two women sums up why Rick Bolton and the Dwyer Sisters -- one of Saratoga’s longest-running and most popular bar bands – are still singing their hearts out at bars and clubs up and down Broadway after more than a decade of decidedly unglamorous toil > MORE

An article from the April 2005 issue of the Lake George Mirror Hague's Rick Bolton: A Life in Music By Anthony F. Hall "As a young man, I was chasing a dream. As I got older, I realized the ultimate gig was a mile down the road, playing with and for my friends and then going home to my wife and kids. That's really making it." That's local legend Rick Bolton's idea of a successful career in music, and by that definition, he's made it." From playingin garage bands on northern Lake George, where he traveled to gigs by boat because he was too young to drive, to touring out west, only to return home and help launch a thriving music scene in Saratoga, Rick Bolton has led a life in music and found the music that reflects his life. "I grew up in Hague," he recounts. "When summer hit, we got some culture, but not enough to hurt us. I buried myself in my room in winters and learned to play guitar. I listened to the Beatles and the Stones, and I worked backward toward the music's roots. > MORE