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Dan Dubonnet, Rick, Ken Grillo at the VIP Reception prior to Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives concert at the Paramount Theater in Rutland, April 2024

Rick's Mighty Pickle Object D'Art under wraps on stage prior to Marty's presentation to Rick, April 2024

Closeup of the Pickle Commemorative piece built by the Mighty Pickle restoration team featuring an etching of Rick, running lights, poster and letter from Marty Stuart and the last Vermont license plate off the Mighty Pickle.

Marty Stuart, Rick and "Cousin" Kenny Vaughan at the Paramount Theater, Rutland, VT flanking the Mighty Pickle Presentation given to Rick from Marty and Dave Wright, April 2024

Marty Stuart’s 1957 Flxible Starliner, “The Chief,” formerly known as “The Mighty Pickle.” At the Reilly Arts Center, Ocala, FL (2023)

Marty Stuart & Rambler Rick shake hands after Rick autographs the wooden pickle mounted on the inside of the baggage door of “The Chief,” Ocala, FL (2023)

The team that completed the world class restoration in Ocala, transforming “The Mighty Pickle” into “The Chief,” now on display at Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music in Philadelphia, MI.

Rambler Rick and Marty Stuart sing “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” as The Chief looks on at the Reilly Arts Center, Ocala, FL (2023)

Dave Wright, Ocala, Fl. Dave and his wife Boots, purchased The Mighty Pickle in 2019, oversaw the masterful three year restoration and donated the freshly christened “The Chief” to Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music Museum in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Dave is pictured with the wooden pickle that was part of The Mighty Pickle interior decoration, now mounted behind the baggage door of The Chief. Ocala, FL (2023)

Rambler Rick Norcross and Vermont Governor Phil Scott at the WDEV 90th Birthday Party, Waterbury (2021)

Vermont Summer outing at Runaway Farm, from left, Dan Dubonnet, Exec. VP, Hall Communications, Rambler Rick, Jamie Lee Thurston, Nashville Country Music personality and longtime pal, Creighton Smith, Boulder, CO, Starksboro VT (2020)

Eastern States Exposition Trustee, Rambler Rick, at a Vermont Day Reception, West Springfield, MA (2020)

Independent Express Radio Network Promotion for the release of the “God Bless The Mighty Pickle” EP to radio broadcasters (2020)

The Wooden Pickle painted by Airbrush Ron Hernandez, previously hung inside “The Mighty Pickle” that presently rides on the inside of the baggage door of “The Chief” at Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music Museum, Philadelphia, MI (2019)

Rambler Rick, Taryn, and Alan Reynolds, host of “Pure Country” on WIOX 91.3 FM Radio in Roxbury, NY at the Academy of Western Artists awards ceremony, Fort Worth, TX (2019)

Rambler Rick, Taryn Noelle and Rambler Dave at the Academy of Western Artists with Taryn’s “Western Swing Female Vocalist of The Year” statue, Fort Worth, TX (2019)

The last photo of Rick & The Mighty Pickle as she leaves Vermont for restoration in Ocala, FL (2019)

Rambler Rick at Leunig’s Bistro preparing to go on stage at the Discover Jazz Festival, downtown Burlington, VT (2019)

Rick & The All-Star Ramblers headline Vermont Day at the Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA (2018)

Jonathan Edwards, one of Rick’s musical heroes, invited Rick up on his stage to sing one of the Ramblers tunes. Subsequrntly, Jonathan asked if he could play harmonic on the Ramblers upcoming “God Bless The Mighty Pickle” album.You Bet, Jonathan! St. Albans, VT (2018)

Rambler Charlie MacFadyen recording accordion parts at Lane Gibson Recording & Mastering Studios. Charlotte, VT (2018)

Superstar to be, Miranda Lambert visits The Mighty Pickle, backstage at WOKO’s Country Club Music Festival, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, VT (2017)

Billy Bowles, left, host of the “Swinging Country” show on KSSL in Lubbock, TX with Rambler Dave at the Academy of Western Artists awards weekend in Fort Worth, TX (2017)

Longtime WDEV Radio personality, Jack Donovan, has been a close friend and avid supporter of Rick & The All-Star Ramblers music for over 40 years. Jack has played our albums incessantly and always welcomes us on the Radio Vermont airwaves whenever a new Ramblers CD hits the street. WDEV, Waterbury, VT (2017)

Rambler Rick backstage at the Hotel Vermont, from left, Anson Tebbetts, WDEV and Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, Jack Donovan, WDEV, Joel Najman, Vermont Public & WDEV, Roland LaJoie, WLVB (2017)

Kenley Dean Squier, owner of the Radio Vermont Group, plays Rick & The All-Star Ramblers music on WDEV’s classic Saturday morning show, “Music To Go To The Dump By,” (2017)

Rambler Songbird Taryn Noelle and Rambler Dave take a break backstage before a show at the Hinesburg Summer Concert Series, Hinesburg, VT (2015)

The Barre Times Argus feature story about Rambler Rick’s 50th-anniversary celebration Barre, VT (2013)

Master Luthier Dave Nichols, holds Rick’s guitar after completing an extensive restoration at Custom Pearl Inlay, Whippleville, NY (2013)

The All-Star Ramblers send a message to Congress, Julia Shannon-Grillo, Lane Gibson Recording & Mastering, Charlotte, VT (2013)

LeRoy Preston, founding member of Asleep at the Wheel and Rambler Rick’s mentor and all-time favorite songwriter, pictured at the “Paint The Pickle Party” at The St. John’s Club in Burlington, VT (2012)

Rick & The All-Star Ramblers featured at a street dance celebrating the Grand Opening of the new Champlain Bridge. Crown Point, NY (2012)

Thank You graphic given to donors at the “Paint The Pickle Restoration Party” benefit concert at The St. John’s Club, Burlington, VT (2012)

Backstage with The Mighty Pickle and the WOKO crew at the WOKO Country Club Music Festival, Essex, VT (2008)

Rick is wrestled down by 1960s faux police officers on the set of the Jennifer Love Hewitt biopic “The Audrey Hepburn Story” Montreal, Canada (2000)

Handbill from the Rick-produced “Ticonderoga Party,” celebrating the McClure Restoration of the Steamboat Ticonderoga, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (1998)

Cover of the State of Vermont “Official Bicentennial Album” produced by Rick, featuring Banjo Dan & The Midnite Plowboys, LeRoy Preston, Rick & The Ramblers and Big Joe Burrell and the Unknown Blues Band, Burlington, VT (1991)

Cover photo of Rambler Rick’s “Tour Du Jour” album at Rambler Ranch/Airflyte Records office, Burlington, VT (1989)

Rick, host and MC at the Florida State Fair’s Pepsi Theater, the fair’s largest performance venue, pictured with The Ink Spots, Tampa, FL (1986)

The back cover photo of the “Nashfull” album on the Lake Champlain Ferry, “Grand Isle,” Plattsburgh, NY (1978)

WKDR Radio handbill from Rick’s live studio audience (less than 20) Summer radio show, Plattsburgh, NY (1978)

Early Ramblers appearance at the Tunbridge World’s Fair with Ramblers Larry Beaudry, Junior Barber, Tony Washburn. Doug Pomeroy and Rambler Rick, Tunbridge World’s Fair, Tunbridge VT (1978)

Photoshoot with Rick on the roof of Tampa General Hospital for a Tampa Tribune feature story, Tampa, FL (1974)

Handbill listing entertainment lineup at Rick’s coffeehouse, The18th String Coffeehouse & Music Emporium, North Tampa, FL (1967)

Handbill from Daytona Beach Easter Week with “Knocky” Parker & “Smokey” Montgomery, members of The Light Crust Doughboys in the late ‘30s and Rick’s first experience with Western Swing music (1965)

The New Walden Folksingers, from left, Rick, Tom Azarian & Bud Boydston, Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, FL (1963)

On the ceremonial “Last Voyage of the Steamboat Ticondroga” on Lake Champlain on November 6, 1954. Rick is 8th on the left with the flap hat, his mother is to his right, and his father is 5th from the left. The title song from Rick’s CD “I Rode The Ti” tells the story of this magnificent vessel, now on display at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (1954)
