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Thanks so much to Mr. and Mrs. Boards for making that happen for Rick's Session. I only wish he could still be there and that is was possible when he was there to see it live. If it had, I'm sure he would have included it. He would have loved that! He would come home all excited to show me the video...

Thank you, Brad. It was very kind of you to say that. I appreciate it. I know I share the loss with a lot of people. His untimely death left a big void. It was my intention to make his things available to his friends, but due to those unfortunate circumstances, was unable to do it.

I am Rick Alexander's wife, or I guess I have to say widow now. I was forced to put Rick's possessions in storage. In December, we had an unexpected flood in Florida. Unfortunately, it hit the storage units and most everything was water damaged. It was heartbreaking to see. I was alone, overwhelmed ...

Thank you Don. I remember Rick speaking of you. I feel I know many of you, because he spoke of you so often and was so happy to be a part of the group of people he so greatly admired. It really touches my heart that I am not alone in missing him every day. It's very strange and lonely without him. T...

Thank you for the suggestion, Alan. That is a good idea and at some time, I may be able to follow through with it. He has volumes of material, some from way back. He wrote a lot of great songs, in all kinds of genres. He did it all. I do have quite a few copies of his last CD, "Songs From The O...

Thank you, Mike. To be honest, it's still kind of painful for me to come here right now and I don't know why I am compelled to keep looking, as if I expect it won't be here any more or something and won't really be true. It is true, it's all been said, but I guess I was just comforted by the fact th...

Thank you for continuing to speak of Rick and remember him. I realize sometimes it's hard to speak about it. I still find it surreal when I look at his name here. It should be in Steel Without Pedals, not Gone Home. He loved the forum and the people on it so much. I have a hard time speaking about h...

Rick's guitar has been sold. Thank you to the buyer for a smooth, pleasant transaction, to Jeff for helping me with the sale and to everyone who was kind enough to bump it up for us. It was much appreciated.
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Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. It does make me feel better to be among Rick's friends and he would be so proud to know people thought of him like this and realized what a sincere person and friend he was. He has always been that way. When he was a kid, they called him "Little Ric...

Thank you Jody, that was beautiful and really expresses how I feel. I keep forgetting that others have been where I am and understand. I literally lost the roses, as he always made sure I had plenty of those. I have to try to forget what I've lost and remember how much he gave me and gave to others ...

I felt compelled to come back again to thank you all for everything. I'm still overwhelmed by the support shown to us by the steel guitar community. I can see why Rick loved and respected so many members here. There are just no words to thank you enough. A special thank you to those who took the tim...