Welcome to Cappy Rick's Wheelhouse, the home of D. Rick Johnston, a best-selling author, an in-demand recording session musician, a hugely popular comedian, a blue-collar worker, a white-collar faker – and a guy who, as this sentence proves, embellishes everything on his resumes. (Truth is: he wrote a mystery novel, he plays guitar, and he posts stuff on this site and social media that he thinks is funny.) He’s also a huge ponderer of what he might do in retirement, which is interesting because he’s been retired for a few years now from the last job he had. He likes to tinker with the 45-foot boat on which he lives with wife Maria and Crewy the Dog.

He hopes you enjoy his online presence! (BTW, did you notice that he writes about himself in the third person? What's up with that?!? Must be a Boomer thing.)

Cappy Rick's Mystery Novel is Now Available!


May, 1996

"Almost Anything for Money is indeed a Really Serious Thing. At least to me. And seven-one-six is a western New York area code, where I planned to be after about a week of traveling by boat on the Erie Canal. I paused the answering machine tape and wrote the woman's number and 'disappearing sister' on the legal pad. I hit the pause button again and the tape continued."