Rick Roberts has been played on NTS in shows including The Cosmic Principle w/ Nick Mitchell Maiato, featured first on 1 May 2024. Songs played include Four Days Gone and The Captain.

Rick Roberts, born August 31, 1949, in Florida is a Country Rock, & Classic Rock, Singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists of the genre in the 70's. He is best known for his work with The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 self-titled album, and as a founding member and the lead singer of Firefall from 1976 to 1981. He recorded two solo albums, Windmills in 1972 and She is a Song in 1973. Although Roberts had rejoined his bandmates in Firefall briefly in the 1990s, he has since retired from performing due to illness.