The cover art of his live album "Live Trucker" is an homage to the cover art of 'Bob Seger' (v)'s "Live Bullet" album.

Brother of Jill Ritchie.

Ex-stepfather of Pamela Anderson's sons Brandon and Dylan.

Close friend of NHL superstars Chris Chelios and Sergei Fedorov.

Years before he gained fame, as a listener of the Howard Stern show, he sent in a song to Howard (a sort of song parody) that Howard ended up loving and playing over and over. When became famous years later Howard still remembered the song.