tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648590555826683312024-03-14T18:18:19.807-04:00Marilyn's Music"It's like a warning to me...... Stay still, Shakey, and you'll turn to rust and dust....... So I keep on moving" -Neil YoungMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.comBlogger331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-35947436019289807082024-02-09T11:37:00.001-05:002024-02-09T11:37:24.585-05:00Brunch with Rick and Marilyn is BACK! And... we are getting more light every day!!! Yeah!!! We still have two live shows in February. The first is tomorrow at 9pm (yeah, i know! lol) to 12pm at the Centre Street Pub in Schenectady. Then, on Thursday the 15th we are back at Rock da Casbah in Saugerties. Hope you can catch one of those!!! And then, you can also enjoy a show right on your computer, whereever you are!&Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-85716996132934844322024-01-19T16:44:00.000-05:002024-01-19T16:44:01.248-05:00February! Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-12993146352930667142023-11-17T10:48:00.002-05:002023-11-17T10:48:22.226-05:00 Rick and Marilyn would love to play holiday songs for you at your party, and/or lead sing-alongs (sheet music provided)info@RickandMarilyn.comMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-28805351832108220412023-08-27T22:34:00.006-04:002023-08-27T22:57:31.521-04:00One Late Summer Evening at My Local TheaterSo, I just came back from seeing Jersey Boys (second row, center of theater in the round... ok, 3/4 round). It was wonderful. Songs that were songs you just gotta move to. And it is really tight in this low-budget local theater, making moving a little challenging. LOL. You know, you do the back-and-forth thing instead of side-to-side. The singing was well done... think, this is Frankie Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-58753312588915420072023-08-07T09:44:00.000-04:002023-08-07T09:44:04.079-04:00Summer! Yep. This has been an odd summer. Either raining, smokey or too hot. LOL. But... I do get to sit outside on my porch I have named Screendale. And that keeps me pretty happy. Rick and Marilyn have a busy August coming up! You can catch us at any of the following shows. If you want a suggestion, it would have to be Rock Da Casbah in Saugerties. Great food, comfortable space, and... Rick Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-20793843968831192202023-04-13T16:27:00.004-04:002023-04-13T16:27:35.441-04:00SPRING!!!Spring is HERE, and Rick and Marilyn rocked the house on Saturday evening at The Beer Diviner, up in Cherry Plain, NY. We had so *much* fun, for two main reasons... First of all, the music came together. Yeah, we made 'mistakes' and if you really wanted to notice them, I am sure you would. But... that is not what 'Rick and Marilyn' is about.We are about *fun*, which is number 2! Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-27780882861599236282023-03-01T21:55:00.002-05:002023-03-01T21:55:24.306-05:00Winter Acoustic Music Weekend I used to use this blog as a place to write about some of my musical experiences. I haven't been doing that, and it is time I return to the original purpose of this thing!!This past weekend, I visited Groton, MA for a musical adventure called Winter Acoustic Music Weekend, sponsored by WUMB radio out of Boston. It is run, heart, and soul, by Lorraine and Bennett Hammond, a couple of very Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-44350690634343809952022-12-20T18:52:00.001-05:002022-12-20T18:52:36.967-05:00Christmas NightMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-3441244019362796972022-12-09T10:20:00.000-05:002022-12-09T10:20:38.176-05:00 Happy Holidays and a FANTASTIC New Years!!! Ah, yes, the year is winding down. December just started and it is already a third gone. Lots of our friends are having a holiday season unlike any they have had in the past, and after the past three years, that says a LOT. Our hearts go out to you folks in that position. Please, everyone, help each other find the peace of the season andMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-52669664012240050302022-11-19T12:03:00.000-05:002022-11-19T12:03:42.448-05:00 Time for new beginnings!Rick has been fully retired now for a while, but I am just starting this journey. Afraid of returning to poverty, I am still working half-time as a medical person, but I am identifying more and more with RETIRED. It is strange to have time... I can rearrange my files, my rooms, my life. I have time to actually THINK instead of just MOVE (yep, it IS harder to getMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-78216566013611225982022-08-07T07:36:00.010-04:002022-08-07T07:50:18.385-04:00PracticeSome of you may be having a similar issue, around what? Exercise? Diet? So, here it is:I should be practicing.No, I really should be. I made a commitment to myself to practice every day. I used to practice every day, and I used to enjoy it. I did not understand how other folks went days, weeks, or months without touching their instrument. It is an original reason that I don't have 'Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-22863390293376611672022-03-30T18:41:00.002-04:002022-03-30T18:41:28.319-04:00Music!I am back now from Seattle for a couple weeks. It felt so good to get away and see friends that I have not seen in a LOOOOOONG time. Friends that are music people... players, listeners... as well as just FUN folk. We went to a show. I have been to a few shows over the past couple of years, but I have always been SO worried about COVID, I found myself distracted mightily from the music. But Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-66325730691520351552022-03-21T19:37:00.004-04:002022-03-21T19:38:59.870-04:00What is it? This is from our live stream, Brunch with Rick and Marilyn (1 pm est sunday). 'What is it?' Well, an original. LOL. I love the guitar work on this song from Rick. Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-64424160513872580392021-09-13T20:58:00.000-04:002021-09-13T20:58:06.653-04:00Coming Home Whew. I think I shook something OFF. It worried me a great deal. And then, sometimes I couldn't care.I was going most of the week without touching a guitar. Or singing. Or even listening. All during 2020, I did a weekly live stream, and that was pretty much it. And a songwriting group. A sporadic outside gig came my way. But I felt there wasn't really a reason to play. I certainly couldn't Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-80783682887172873982021-07-18T10:13:00.004-04:002021-07-18T10:13:21.492-04:00Music! Rick and Marilyn have been out there! Traveling locally as well as not so local to make music. At first, it was pleasant but strange to sing to people actually WATCHING you back. Talking to you instead of typing on a screen. Walking away as their life takes them elsewhere. A little fear about getting too close. LOTS of fear about allowing the use of your personal microphone. I even hadMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-76192543104088746392021-05-13T07:01:00.006-04:002022-03-17T19:38:16.897-04:00 Marilyn writes:This past weekend, I went to Levons Barn, down in Woodstock. A magical place. Here is some of the thoughts I had after:Being at Levon's is like being at church... a church I BELIEVE in. I believe in the music. I believe in people who make music. I believe in the power of song to lift people higher, make them FEEL, bring them together. I believe in MUSIC! And being at Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-41586213844193760252021-04-11T16:52:00.003-04:002021-04-11T16:56:20.777-04:00Spring!!! I am sitting on my porch, Screendale, watching a bright Gold Finch at the feeder, realizing that yesterday, there was no green on the neighbor's tree although there is now, and waiting for some April shower, which is sure to bring May flowers, right? I already have FLOWERS, the spring flowers which last such a tiny tiny time. And peepers, which were late this year. The birds are singing andMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-833472440705242022021-02-01T18:42:00.002-05:002021-02-01T19:01:06.582-05:00Stripes and StarsJanuary 6, 2021. Armed insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in Washington D.C.We watched it on the internet or on TV, just like 9/11. It seemed unreal, just like 9/11. We saw the confederate flag waving in the capital of our nation, alongside Old Glory. A previously defeated flag, which stands for beliefs that are counter to the ideal of our nation regarding liberty and Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-91026966152277614802020-12-23T17:42:00.008-05:002020-12-23T17:42:50.342-05:00Merry Christmas, from Rick and Marilyn Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-80509962393936776552020-11-04T15:20:00.003-05:002020-11-04T15:22:06.652-05:00Covid Musings, Volume II Well, it has been a while since writing here. I don't really have an 'excuse'. So many things are happening in the world, in my community, and in my life, but at the same time, everything is on hold (again). I have stocked up supplies for two weeks, I won't go inside places if I don't need to, I'm absolutely using sanitizer all the time, and, of course, my wearing of masks in public is an Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-52043337922044566992020-08-05T18:37:00.001-04:002020-08-05T18:37:06.951-04:00SATURDAY at 4pm estRick and Marilyn + their guitar slinging friend Bugs, play Neil Young in benefit for Hope for Miracles!Hi! We hope this finds you well! We want to invite you to a special on-line event this Saturday, at 4-6pm est. We will put the links below. Let me tell you a little bit about the history, and maybe you will come and join us, right at your computer (ok, Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-65629070907598761402020-05-25T09:22:00.014-04:002020-05-25T09:46:43.596-04:00COVID Continues... and so does live streaming.....I know. This is getting old. I want to sing to PEOPLE.......not a computer screen. But it is not yet the time. We have to continue social distancing to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and even people we don't know. And that is OK. What is most important is that we are all alive to tell the stories of ISOLATION in the future!SO- I am continuing my 'Brunch with Marilyn' series through June. Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-20869119069748069102020-05-06T15:05:00.001-04:002020-05-06T15:05:12.857-04:00Rick and Marilyn Early Spring April 28, 2020 Socially Distant EditionMarilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-585388492660594752020-04-12T12:34:00.001-04:002020-04-12T14:20:23.194-04:00IsolationSo. Here we all are, at home, seeing what it is like to be homebound. For some, I bet it is a relief... being social is a pressure, and no one expects you to be social now. For others, it is likely just torture... either they have never learned how to keep themselves company, or they live in a horrible situation that they now can not escape from (There always is help, though, ask me privately if Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664859055582668331.post-78995048986357524172020-03-21T12:40:00.000-04:002020-03-21T12:40:04.508-04:00Hello!We sure do hope that you are all feeling fine, hunkering down in place, likely afraid of every cough and sneeze from everyone around you and especially yourself. These are some hard times... and likely (sorry!) to get worse before better.
However, it will end, it will get better. There is hope.
We are sure you have noticed all the people who are trying to help folks get through this... video Marilyn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660547717552976996noreply@blogger.com0