"Thanks much for your new CD, 'I Heard the Highway.' I'm a great fan of you and the Ramblers. Keep up the Great Work!"
... Bernard Sanders, (VT-Ind.) U.S. Senator, Washington, DC
"Two of the highlights of the 75th Anniversary of the Vermont State Parks were the concerts by Rick & The Ramblers. You have a great group. Everyone mentioned that it was very obvious that your group was having a good time."
... Larry Simino, Director of State Parks, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
"My entire family got to hear the Ramblers & they never sounded better!"
... Dan Dubonnet, Vice President/General Manager, 98.9WOKO, KOOL 105, WJOY
"The sound is smooth, the playing flawless and the production from Charles Eller Studios is mighty pleasing to the ear. There isn't a single flat on 'I Heard the Highway'"
... Pamela Polston, Publisher, Seven Days, Burlington
"We had our largest crowd of the year, close to 9,000, and the reaction to your performance from everybody was 100% favorable. It is a part of Vermont and the perfect afterglow to our season."
... Ken Squier, Owner of Radio Vermont stations, Barre's Thunder Road and The CBS Voice of Auto Racing
"I consider Rick Norcross one of Vermont's finest entertainers. Catch the Rambler if you can... and enjoy the ride!"
... Jack Donovan, Radio Vermont WDEV
"Rick & his band played before one of the largest crowds we ever had! They were dependable and a pleasure to work with. We are looking
forward to having them back next year."
... Rick Darby, Chairman of the Concerts in the Park Program, Waterbury Rotary Club
"I want to thank you and your entire band for playing at my inaugural celebration.
The evening was a success and your music was terrific!"
... Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former Governor of The Great State of Vermont and former Presidential Candidate
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From 1969 to 1974, Rick covered the music scene for The Tampa Times, a Media General afternoon daily newspaper with a circulation of 80,000. Though he was hired as a reviewer and critic, he found that he needed to take his own photographs of the concerts he was covering to get the images necessary to accompany his stories. Here are some of the photographs he shot during those years. (Rick has many thousands of negatives from the hundreds of shows and festivals he covered over the five year period. We will scan and add more photos on a regular basis so check back often.