This was the beginning of another really nice "almost spring" day this morning. It was deceptively cold, in the single numbers above zero this morning, but warmed up nicely during the day.

Fred went to recycle this morning and got some pictures along the way. The road out to Route 15 was still frozen, but it looks as if over the weekend some real thawing had taken place. Brickett's Crossing Road sometimes gets pretty bad in the spring, and this year I expect may be one of those bad ones. We haven't had much snow, but we've had some very cold weather and the frost may have gone pretty deep, and I think that sometimes makes mud season worse. We'll wait and see.

Fred stopped to check on how Ice-Out ticket sales have been at the Walden Corner Stop-Inn Shop. That's also known as the Walden General Store and is at the four corners where the Cabot Road becomes the Bayley Hazen Road and crosses Route 15. The Cochrans have sold a nice number of tickets for us already, so we think people are counting on an earlier than usual ice-out date. Again, we'll wait and see.

I want to share a newsletter I received today. And yes, I'm a roadie - from way back!

Hello and welcome to the monthly Ricksha Radio Road Crew newsletter!

As you may or may not know, Ricksha Radio is an all original rock & roll band from St. Johnsbury, VT. The core of the band is Theresa Dimick on drums, Jamie Dimick on guitar and Bob Dimick on whatever no one else wants to do - mostly keys and vocals.

You also may or may not know that we put out our debut album, "Welcome To My World" in August, 2011, and it is gathering momentum in a big way! Cats like Jeff Holderby, Al Borbeau and Jesse Howes played on it and we are very proud of the CD.

We'd like to ask a favor of you: Ricksha Radio is out there on internet radio stations and music outlets like Radio Free Vermont, Last FM, Itunes, Amazon, Hitlantis, Jango and many others however we really do not have a feel for which songs are the strongest to feature as "great first-impression" singles. Would you guys please take a listen and let us know which one or two you like most? Like any true rock & rollers, we always crave more "feedback" (nyuk, nyuk). Tons of "thanks" in advance! Also let us know if there is some site or outlet that we're not on but should be!

Here's a link: you can hear the complete tunes at our Myspace site, :30 second samples at http://ricksharadio.com/music.html or if you prefer, we are on Amazon.com , Itunes or, if you have time, access Radio Free Vermont through Facebook and request us at: http://freevermontradio.org/index.php. Please leave feedback or comments whenever an wherver you can!

If you choose to buy or download at any of these sites, we so appreciate it however for Road Crew members only, if you would like an autographed copy of the CD, email us and we'll get one out to you for a flat $12. Personal checks will be fine and we will have a PayPal account shortly.

It's official - we've begun work on the follow up record and attached is a photo from the first studio session - me playing "nashville tuning" on my sweet vintage 1950's Gibson acoustic guitar last weekend and again on my beloved Takamine. The song has a working title of "Leaving Nothing" and we will be posting an MP3 soon asking our Road Crew members for input on the new tune.

Thanks for being a charter Road Crew member and we promise to keep this monthly letter brief, fun and interesting with giveaways, sneak previews and any other cool stuff we come up with along the way. Stay tuned and if you have friends who might want to sign up, please forward.

Thanks for listening,
Bob "BB" Dimick
Ricksha Radio

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Above left, Bob in the studio playing his Gibson acoustic guitar; at right, with his Takamine acoustic guitar. I don't know about such things except I love to listen to the music, but I'm sure there are those of you who know a lot about those instruments and will appreciate Bob's affection for them.

I'm sure the band will appreciate any input, whatever your age or music preference. I have to admit I'm partial, having been part of the "crew" for this group in ways you couldn't imagine.

This is a poster from "back in the day." Fred and I had just met, and we were at this concert/dance. It was great fun - they had some mild pyrotechnics, as I recall, and I think the drummer, Gordie Gorley, smashed a drum or a guitar or something in spirit of showmanship and the new year festivities. It turned out to be the first of many New Years celebrations the two of us would share with Bob and his music - and always a fair number of family and fans.