Ricky Phillips

{{Short description|American bassist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ricky Phillips

| image = Ricky Phillips of Styx.JPG

| caption = Phillips performing with Styx in 2010

| birth_name = Ricky Lynn Phillips

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|7}}

| birth_place = Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S.

| origin =

| instrument = {{hlist|Bass guitar|guitar}}

| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|progressive rock}}

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 1970–present

| label =

| associated_acts = Styx, Nasty Habit, the Babys, Bad English, Coverdale • Page, Sammy Hagar/Neal Schon/Ricky Phillips/Denny Carmassi

| website = {{URL|rickyphillips.com}}

}}

Ricky Lynn Phillips (born October 7, 1952) is an American bass guitarist and was a member of the rock band Styx from 2003 to 2024,{{cite web |title=Longtime STYX Bassist RICKY PHILLIPS Announces His Departure |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/longtime-styx-bassist-ricky-phillips-announces-his-departure?fbclid=IwAR1UwAFEYn1Dm38zpuBfdAnPBfOlP0NKR6rcHbPHdpyanf794e8WqDLsW2k |website=Blabbermouth | date=March 20, 2024 |access-date=20 March 2024}} splitting duties with original bassist Chuck Panozzo.{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/styx-bassist-ricky-phillips-interview/|title=Styx Bassist Ricky Phillips Discusses New Tour and Playing With Ronnie Montrose|work=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2015}} He has also played in Nasty Habit, as a member of the Babys and Bad English, and with Coverdale-Page and Ted Nugent.

Phillips and his former Bad English bandmate Neal Schon also played with former Montrose members Sammy Hagar and Denny Carmassi on a live version of the Montrose song "Rock Candy".