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Topic: Rebel and Ricky" Site> CLOSED for GOOD
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 26 September 2003 03:25 PM
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I'm sorry to announce that the "Rebel and Ricky" sound clip and tab site...is now Closed.
I just spoke with Rebel(Graham Reid)...and he has No time or inclination to run the site anymore.
Sorry folks...It was a nice run...
Ricky |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 27 September 2003 01:16 AM
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Don Townsend
Member From: Turner Valley, Alberta Canada
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posted 28 September 2003 08:00 AM
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Thanks for all the effort you & Graham put in over the years. I'm sure there are a lot of grateful guys who were helped by your work. |
Rich Young
Member From: Austin, TX, USA
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posted 28 September 2003 04:50 PM
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I wish I had known it was going down, I'd only downloaded thru '74, I would have grabbed all of them if I knew it was going.It's too bad, that was a great site. I learned a lot off of there. |
MUSICO
Member From: Jeremy Williams in Spain
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posted 30 September 2003 02:27 AM
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Couldn't someone put it on CD????I'd pay to get it. Jeremy Williams
Barcelona Spain |
Steve Cochran
Member From: Eden, NC, USA
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posted 30 September 2003 01:22 PM
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I agree with Musico. Putting it on cd is a great idea. I also would be interested in purchasing a copy.Steve Cochran |
Jay Riddle
Member From: Pennsboro, W.V.
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posted 01 October 2003 08:42 AM
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I will miss this site as well.It really was nice to have the tab and sound clips to a whole slew of country songs.I thank you for all the tab I got from it while the site was up and running.
Sincerely,Jay |
Ray Minich
Member From: Limestone, New York, USA
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posted 02 October 2003 03:42 PM
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Thanks guys for the time that you ran it. I scarfed up everything I could whilst it was alive. Just finding out who played on each tune was heartwarming.Thanks again. |
Niklas Widen
Member From: Uppsala, Sweden
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posted 03 October 2003 04:40 AM
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sad to hear that... That site was the best thing to happen to online steelers since this forum, along with SteelRadio, IMO/Nicke W |
Cairo Zoots
Member From: Moville, Iowa ,next to the west fork of the Little Sioux River
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posted 03 October 2003 07:34 AM
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Well, I guess it was a pretty good run guys. Mark me down as one of the greatful recipients of all of your hours of labor. It was a massive body of work, and y'all can be justifiably proud for what you've accomplished! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Cz------------------
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Jim Eller
Member From: Kodak, TN USA
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posted 03 October 2003 02:40 PM
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Rebel and Ricky,Is it possible to put the site back up for a short period of time so those of us that missed out can make our own CD and tab? Thanks,
Jim |
DroopyPawn
Member From: Fox, OK, USA
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posted 03 October 2003 04:48 PM
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Hee hee. I got it all a few months ago. I wouldn't mind reposting everything on one of my sites but I'm in the same boat for time. THERE ISN'T ANY |
Graham
Member From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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posted 04 October 2003 04:55 PM
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Droopy:
You mightn't mind, but I certainly would! The site is nobody's to post but mine or whomever I might decide to give it to.Regards ------------------
Rebel™
ICQ 614585
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CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 05 October 2003 02:18 AM
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Hi Graham
glad to see you're on the case
would it be possible for you to let us know the reason(s) for ending your fine site ?
i'm sure many of us would like to know
is there any way to get it back up and runnin' ?
Thanx for a great ride  [This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 05 October 2003 at 02:18 AM.] |
David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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posted 05 October 2003 03:37 AM
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Graham, I am sure the sound files much be as large or larger than a CD,
but the TAB shouldn't be that big. If you could see your way to putting that on a CD I sure there are a number of people besides myself and Crowbear who would make that time worth your while. I was so busy during the short time the site was back up I couldn't even look through it well let alone get a few needed files. Also I have just added a lot of space on my ISP's server, and depending on size and the bandwidth usage you typically had, I would at least consider hosting it here.
It is a very big company with wide bandwidth, so this is possible.
Granted it IS in France, but the net is location non specific.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 05 October 2003 at 03:42 AM.] |
Graham
Member From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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posted 05 October 2003 05:01 AM
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CrowBear & David:
Thank you for the kind words. A bit of reson behind my decision, I have had my steel now for 3 years and I still can't play it. I spend more time going thru old records, cassettes etc. looking for material for the web site than I do practising. A very good friend of mine died last year. He was a major record collector of old country music. Last week, his son brought me over 100+ records of just about anybody you can name that his dad wanted me to have. You can imagine the intros etc that must be in there!
You may not believe this, but I can not play one single piece of tab on my own web site. Not good!! I therefore decided to take the site down and see if I can finally learn to play this thing. In other words, channel my time where it should be.I will be happy to email the songlist of all titles on the site to anybody who requests it and if they need a piece of tab, will email them a text file of it. Best I can do at this time. To all, thanks for the offers to host the site and also for the kind words shown to Ricky, Jeff and myself. ------------------
Rebel™
ICQ 614585
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George Kimery
Member From: Limestone, TN, USA
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posted 05 October 2003 05:18 AM
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Graham:I would also like to thank you so much for your invaluable contribution to the steel guitar community for your hours and hours of work with no pay. Unfortunately, like most others, I only downloaded a few things. I am not savy as to what is involved in putting everything on a CD and offering it for sale, but I for one would be very interested. The sales of these CD's would be a way to compensate you for all the work you have poured out. Good luck to you on your pursuit of the steel. |
John Young
Member From: Parker, Texas, USA
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posted 05 October 2003 03:40 PM
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hey Graham i use to live north of you in a town called brooklin many years ago do you know Paul Evans hes a good steel player maybe help you with your kickoffs he lives in oshawa your site was great i hope maybe someone can carry on your great work thanks John Young |
Bob Doran
Member From: Ames, Iowa, USA
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posted 05 October 2003 05:25 PM
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Just wanted to add my heart-felt thanks also.
You have made a huge difference to this struggling steel guitarist.
I hope i can make it up to you someday.
Good luck and thanks
Bob |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 07 October 2003 02:47 PM
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Thanx for your reply as well as your offer Graham
Good Luck and plenty of Licks to ya' 
[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 07 October 2003 at 02:48 PM.] |
Mark Ardito
Member From: Chicago, IL, USA
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posted 07 October 2003 05:48 PM
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Graham,Hey I just sent Ricky an email...I would be glad to offer my programming talent to get this site up and running. Shoot me an email and we can talk... Thanks!
Mark Ardito
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Dylan Schorer
Member From: Riverton, Utah, USA
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posted 10 October 2003 10:05 AM
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I was very disappointed to see this invaluable resource close. As a new steel guitarist, I would spend hours a week on this site. I want to thank everyone involved with site for their time and effort. You should know that almost every page on the web gets archived at www.webarchive.org. It's a public non-profit founded in collaboration with the Library of Congress & and The Smithsonian to create an "Internet Library." The upshot is that you can pull up old, defunct websites, including the Rebel & Ricky tab site. The Wayback Machine allows to pull up a browseable snapshot of the site. Just enter the URL of the site you want (http://users.interlinks.net/rebel/steel/steel.html). Their most recent snapshot of the Rebel & Ricky site is at http://web.archive.org/web/20030210115243/http://users.interlinks.net/rebel/steel/ steel.html
It doesn’t contain the audio files, but you can get to the tab. For some reason, the tablature icon isn't displaying, so you have to click in the white space next to the audio file icon to get to the tab.
[This message was edited by Dylan Schorer on 10 October 2003 at 10:06 AM.] |
David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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posted 11 October 2003 01:40 AM
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Graham. I respect your decision to actually spend MORE time learning all the TAB.
That is surely the reason to have done it. But I question the neccesity of taking down the site. Wouldn't it be just as good to leave it in cyber space and then all your work doesn't go wasted. And put a big disclaimer up saying. " We are no longer updating this site.
But for all who choose to use it,
and especially download sound files,
please make a paypal donation to graham@x.com To defray server costs. It is here as a steelers public service, but It comes out of my pocket, so if you still want it here, help keep it alive." Seems to me this would cover all the bases. your work isn't lost, the comunity gets to see and use it, and you don't go broke... and yet,
you will have the time to woodshed tunes. Otherwise it's just a loss for you and all others. IMHO |
Al Marcus
Member From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
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posted 11 October 2003 09:59 AM
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I don't read or use tab. But I did listen to a lot of the intros and turnarounds. It was nice to copy some of them.
From the response I have seen on this topic there is a lot of guys that want it back one way or another. Graham could, apparentley make a fair amount of money for his efforts if He allowed it on the internet or sold CD's. However, maybe there are some kind of legal reason why He cant do that......................al ------------------
My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/ |
steve takacs
Member From: beijing, china
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posted 13 October 2003 06:02 PM
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Dylan,
Thanks you so much for knowledge about this archives website. Never knew it existed before; really great to know and use now & for future reference. steve |
Gary Preston
Member From: Columbus, Ohio, USA
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posted 18 October 2003 09:16 AM
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Ricky,, this was one of the finest things that a new stell player and an old steel player could ask for , i will be forever greatful for all the effort that was put into it. i did copy a bunch of it and i'm glad that i did. i would love to see it return , is this possible ?? there is a lady that has a web site but i cant remember what it is ,it is something about real country music. can you help me with this ? she has a lot of songs that are very nice. i stumbled across it once but i forgot what it is. if you can help me i would be thankful . regards,,,Gary. |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 18 October 2003 09:19 AM
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Thanks for the kind words Gary.....and I'd like to see the site back up for it's use also.
Sorry; I don't know the lady that your talking about.
Ricky |
CrowBear Schmitt
Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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posted 18 October 2003 11:25 AM
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Gary,perhaps the Lady yer lookin' for might be here: http://recordlady.webgcs.com/main2.htm |
Graham
Member From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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posted 19 October 2003 07:49 AM
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Rebel™
ICQ 614585
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Don Townsend
Member From: Turner Valley, Alberta Canada
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posted 19 October 2003 08:08 AM
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Graham;
I'll take you fly-fishin' next time you're close to Calgary!!!
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Ray Minich
Member From: Limestone, New York, USA
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posted 19 October 2003 01:35 PM
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To Rebel, Ricky, and Jeff...Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, |
steve takacs
Member From: beijing, china
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posted 19 October 2003 08:39 PM
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The previous post echoes my sentiments exactly. THANKX SO MUCH! steve |
Dave Van Allen
Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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posted 20 October 2003 07:36 PM
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thank you Graham. You put so much effort into the original site it would have been a shame to lose it entirely. Lettng it sit in cyberspace and updating it as YOU see your way clear to is the right decision (imo)that's what the www is great for!!!again thanks for reconsidering! |
Niklas Widen
Member From: Uppsala, Sweden
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posted 21 October 2003 01:49 PM
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"You just don't know how good you've got it 'til you ain't got it no more!" - George Jones, Cold Hard Truth CDI hope it isn't too late to say a real huge thanks to Graham, Ricky, Jeff and all the others who contributed to this site in one way or the other. Like I stated in another post on this subject, I really think this was one of the top three sites ever for online steelers, along with this forum and steelradio. And for me, in 2001 a 17 years old beginner, it has been truly invaluable, not only as teaching material, but it also has historical value. Through this site, I learned alot about steelers with different artists, in what year certain recordings were made, and so on...What a great reference - whenever I heard a song with a cool steel solo, I could look it up, see who played it and, in most cases, even learn how to play it! I have yet to find a site of this calibre for any other instrument, there is not even a guitar site comes close (and there are looots of great guitar sites!). Losing the opportunity to access this wealth of inspiration is of course sad, but I know how I would feel about something I put this much time and passion into. Just like George Jones sings, we don't really understand how much we appreciate something until it's too late - and I just wish it wouldn't be now! But of course I understand and highly respect any decision that Graham makes in his position. All I wanted was to express my utmost gratitude for this great and imcomparable contribution to the (online)steel guitar community and my sincere hope that we haven't seen the last of the Rebel, Ricky and Jeff site! THANKS again!!! /Nicke Widén |
Ulf Edlund
Member From: Umeå, Sweden
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posted 21 October 2003 01:59 PM
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What Nicke says.Uffe |
Denny Turner
Member From: Northshore Oahu, Hawaii USA
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posted 28 October 2003 04:55 AM
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Graham ... Rick,THANK YOU for the great work and heart. I think a "pay pal" appreciation donation account and link on your tabs site is a good idea. Aloha,
Denny T~ |
Nicholas Dedring
Member From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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posted 30 October 2003 10:06 AM
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It was most valuable, definitely... I just am disappointed that I had no idea it was closing until it had closed. It would have been nice to be able to save/store the stuff I didn't have already, and now that it isn't going to be possible at all. |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 30 October 2003 01:08 PM
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Nicholas; it's back up pal...>ya gotta read more than the heading..ha.
Ricky |
chris ivey
Member From: sacramento, ca. usa
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posted 09 November 2003 08:37 AM
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likewise on the thank you's..... |
Pat Burns
Member From: Branchville, N.J. USA
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posted 13 November 2003 07:02 AM
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.."Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone"..THANK YOU!!!!!, Graham and Ricky. The Rebel and Ricky site is just as valuable as the forum itself. |
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