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It won't be in print until Sunday, but there's an article about me and our forum in the Santa Rosa newspaper, and it's online now:

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Very nice & well deserved b0b!
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You deserve to be honored bOb for what you have done. Congratulations for being inducted into the organization overseas as well.
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I did NOT know all that!

Congratulations, b0b...and thanks.

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Great article Bob. Thank you for keeping the forum going.
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Bob, you are a forward-thinker. The Steel Guitar Forum is my favorite site on the web.
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Cool beans, b0b!
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Post by Mike Wheeler »

Congrats, b0b! You certainly deserve this recognition for all you hard work of bringing steel pickers together on this great site. And you're an child of the 60's, like me!! :whoa: I appreciate you even more now.

Keep up the good fight. :)
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Congrats b0b! So well-deserved. We all appreciate what you have done for the steel guitar community.
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Post by Mark van Allen »

Great article, and a fine photo. Hopefully some more folks who didn't know about the forum will join in and enjoy the bounty.
I can't even count the positive things that have happened for me as a result of the forum, and as always, many thanks, b0b.
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Incredible and Congrats on such a success story and thank you b0b for everything you have done and I am honored to be apart of it.
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Recognition most rightly deserved!

Congratulations b0b.

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The consensus is dead on : this is a well deserved recognition of all you have done for the steel guitar.

Many thanks!

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Post by Barry Blackwood »

Great article, and picture as well. You should think about using it as your (new) avatar. Thanks for all you've done in bringing all of us together here on the Forum.
I was not aware that in the past you had played the dives of Mission Street in S.F. Ever play the Town Pump, corner of Mission and 18th? I did, and lived to tell about it! :eek: :lol:

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You rule, b0b!
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Great article B0b... congrats and thanks!
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b0b, thanks for all you have done for us. I know that I'd still be fighting with Red River Valley if it weren't for you.... :D
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Nice article!
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Nice photo. :D
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You've created a great community site. Not easy to do, I know from first hand experience.

Congratulations and may the honors keep coming your way.
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Yes, I played at the infamous Town Pump in 1975, with a band called The Plungers.

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Post by Kevin Hatton »

Bob, congratulations! The Steel Guitar Forum may be the one of the biggest advancements in steel guitar history by bringing players and information together. Tremendous accomplishment. The people that I have met here on the Forum have changed my life.
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Post by Pete Conklin »

Love it b0b! Some great history. The article was too short though. I want more. Congrats!
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Kevin Hatton wrote:Bob, congratulations! The Steel Guitar Forum may be the one of the biggest advancements in steel guitar history by bringing players and information together. Tremendous accomplishment. The people that I have met here on the Forum have changed my life.
I could not have said it any better, b0b!
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