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Thank you again Ruth! "The Boxer" was one of our very first songs together about 2 years ago. That was also the first time that it appeared that our voices worked pretty well doing harmony together. Glad you found this one! Rick

Thanks so much for the nice comment Ruth! This cover of "Old Man" wasn't my best effort and I may re-do it again some day. I had just received that new Martin D-45 and was excited to play it as Neil Young originally used the same model guitar to record this song. However, the strings were brand new, a little "buzzy", and today it can sound like it should. If you can, we have two other Neil Young covers that we're pretty proud of - "Long May You Run" and I like the cover of "Unknown Legend" although not a lot of people have seen it. Anyway, thanks so much and greeting from us here in Ft. Myers, Florida!!! Rick

Thanks for subscribing Karen. We already subscribed to your channel previously. Promise we'll keep up with our views a little better! Nice to meet someone new! Lydia & Rick

Now that sounds very interesting indeed! I will check it out. Rick

Hi Clive, Thanks for watching to the end. That ending to include "game over" just popped in my head to use! I liked it a lot. Obviously, I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was a rather difficult song for me to learn - so I spent a lot of time on it. And while I felt that it was an imaginative and fun video to go along with the song, it looks like given the limited amount of RUclips views on this one, that it is probably best if I go back to the more "folk" music style of the channel. Playing "The Who" may have been a bit much, but I had fun!!! LOL 🙂Rick

@@lydandrick I think you do a brilliant job on making acoustic versions of different genres of songs. Making different arrangements sometimes opens up the ears of listeners. Slowing things down and taking an edgier song and making it more as a ballad is cool. You could probably make any type of song in the Gordon Lightfoot style and make it work.

@@cliveexton8993 Thanks Clive! You have been super to listen to each of our songs every time and your support has been a great encouragement to us. It's been interesting for us to look back and see how much we have improved since we first started playing on RUclips a couple of years ago. I've tried doing "Early Morning Rain" by Gordon Lightfoot several times, especially with my 12-string since he uses one for that song, but it never seemed to sound right when I do it. But I also didn't go much deeper into his other songs, so that is a great idea. I'm also excited to do more with Lydia again very soon after the holidays. She is so good and so much fun to play music with. In addition, you really seem to know a whole lot about songs, instruments and music. I assume that you play too, just not on RUclips? Rick

@@lydandrick Yes, I've performed for years and did studio sessions on several records in England and having played to 17K people at the Cambridge Folk Festival those many years ago. Having been part of this scene all these years I appreciate what you are doing and your prowess. You hit all the right notes in your performances and your love of music.

@@cliveexton8993 Clive, thanks so much for the background about your music career! It is much appreciated knowing that. After so long, it became evident from some of your comments that you noticed so many of the little things in our songs. I play just trying to do the best that I can with every video, but the quality of the audio is the most important for me. It has been a great learning process for me in learning about the new audio recording technology over the past two years of playing with Lydia on RUclips. Lydia is the music major in the group. I just love playing with the sound of her voice and her violin. I had lunch with her yesterday and looking forward to doing many more videos together with her after the holidays. We have so much fun doing these. Stay well Clive and happy holidays! Rick

Thank you so much for your nice comment for my original song "Life After Woodstock". Not many had a chance to view it on RUclips, so I am glad that you found it and that you took a moment to comment on it. I may re-do it some day in the future with Lydia providing some harmony with more background instruments. I kind of like the lyrics too! LOL Merry Christmas!! Rick

Thanks for listening again! Yes, adding the bass part seemed to be mandatory to add. I tried going without it, just acoustic, but it just sounded so basic and plain! Obviously, I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was a rather difficult song for me to learn - so I spent a lot of time on it. And while I felt that it was an imaginative and fun video to go along with the song, it looks like given the limited amount of RUclips views on this one, that it is probably best if I go back to the more "folk" music style of the channel. Playing "The Who" may have been a bit much, but I had fun!!! LOL 🙂Rick

Hi Steven. Thanks for listening again! Obviously, I had a lot of fun doing this one and you are so right, this song took a long time for me to learn - so I had to spend a lot of time on it. I tried to go without the bass (kind of lazy of me), but it sounded so basic and plain without it. I felt that it was an imaginative and fun video to go along with the song, it looks like given the limited amount of RUclips views on this one, that it is probably best if I go back to the more "folk" music style of the channel. Playing "The Who" may have been a bit much, but I had fun!!! LOL 🙂Rick

@lydandrick You did a great job on this video Rick, and I know it wasn't easy. I tried to cover Behind Blue Eyes a while back and I removed it not long after because I wasn't satisfied with it. I wouldn't worry about view numbers...I don't. Some covers I thought would do well didn't and vice versa 🤔. I haven't watched a video of yours that I didn't like for any reason! Have a great rest of your week and weekend... 🤗

@@StevenEarney Thanks for your great reply and encouragement Steven. Also, I agree with your comment about "Behind Blue Eyes". It looked easy at first, but then quickly became much more difficult as I tried to get it to sound right. Some are easier than others, some are more difficult. Both "Pinball Wizard" and "Behind Blue Eyes" ended up on the far more difficult side! LOL Rick

Thanks for listening again! I saw "The Who" play the "Tommy Tour" in Detroit in 1970, so lots of memories for me too. Obviously, I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was a rather difficult song for me to learn - so I spent a lot of time on it. And while I felt that it was an imaginative and fun video to go along with the song, it looks like given the limited amount of RUclips views on this one, that it is probably best if I go back to the more "folk" music style of the channel. Playing "The Who" may have been a bit much, but I had fun!!! LOL 🙂Rick

@@lydandrick Hi Rick, don't look at the visitors. You have to enjoy every single song you play. And you had it. That's the most important thing. We also play songs that have hardly any visitors, but we had fun shooting the video.

@@jackalopehandmademusic4909 Thanks for the reply and encouragement. I have been remiss in seeing much of your channel lately. I will check it out soon. Have a great holiday season! Rick

Yes, I knew that this song was far different from our normal style of music, but I felt that I had to do this song given that the pinball machine was there next to me. But I also had a lot of fun doing it and putting the video together. So thanks for listening and we will be back to the more normal stuff in the future. Playing the rock band "The Who" may have been a bit too much! LOL. 🙂 Rick

Thanks for listening again! Obviously, I had a lot of fun doing this one and it was a rather difficult song for me to learn - so I spent a lot of time on it. And while I felt that it was an imaginative and fun video to go along with the song, it looks like given the limited amount of RUclips views on this one, that it is probably best if I go back to the more "folk" music style of the channel. Playing "The Who" may have been a bit much, but I had fun!!! LOL 🙂Rick

Thank you so much. And so true - Lydia is so talented. Hopefully, you've had a chance to hear her sing too. Perhaps check out her singing "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" or "Anticipation" on our site! Rick

Thank you! This was one of our very first RUclips music posts. Thanks so much for the compliment! Lydia & Rick

Thank you Penn! I saw "The Who" play their "Tommy" tour live in Detroit in 1970. We all left disappointed because it seemed like all they sang was about some:deaf, dumb and blind kid". Who knew? LOL

I can relate to your weather. I grew up in the northern part of our state of Wisconsin. The winters seemed so long and cold with lots of snow. Yes, I do enjoy the warmer sunny weather here this time of year, but it is getting very, very crowded with so many people here in Florida. Thanks for listening again. It is so much appreciated to hear from you. Rick

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Hi Clive! Yes, there was just a hint of bass in there as the pace of the song changed to the more rock portion. This is my first "The Who" cover on RUclips. Working on one more now and having lots of fun pulling it together! I thought about you as the ending is a variation of the usual without the smile or the "thumbs up"! And there is lots of bass! LOL Rick

Thank you so much! This is my first "The Who" cover on RUclips. Working on one more now and having lots of fun pulling it together! Rick

Hi Steven. I also saw "The Who" do their "Tommy" tour in Detroit around 1970 too! I remember that my friends and I all left disappointed because all they sang about was some "deaf, dumb and blind boy"! I think we missed the new album in advance! LOL. Rick

@lydandrick haha Rick that's a good one!! I'm glad you were able to see them... Tommy was pretty knew back then and a big departure from what they usually do.... You did a great job my friend!! Steve

Thank you so much! This is my first "The Who" cover on RUclips. Working on one more now and having lots of fun pulling it together! Rick

Thanks Christine! As you well know, seems RUclips does not push original songs very hard. While I do these music videos for my own personal fun, it is nice to have people watch them once in a while - so my originals will be sporadic. It is what it is....🙂 Rick

Same here. It's a bit deflating that RUclips doesn't promote original songs, but I enjoy writing songs so I'll post periodically too 🙂 Keep it up, Rick!

Well, it's not like I haven't seen The Woodstock movie enough times!!!

Yay!!! Thanks so much for the great comment! This one didn't get much RUclips circulation, and it was always one of my favorite songs to play! So your finding it and sending a comment is greatly appreciated! 🙂👍Rick

Both the experience and ideals of the young people at Woodstock and how little has changed. Thanks Clive. Hope all is well for you. Rick

Thank you Gary. Glad that you liked it. We'll see, I'm not sure that originals are worth the effort on RUclips. But it was just time that I finished this one up and got it out of my head and on video! 🙂 Thanks for listening. 🙂 Rick

The first 100 songs I posted on RUclips were all covers. The last 50 have all been originals. I find it much more enjoyable and satisfying to write and record my own songs now and I enjoy listening to other songwriters creations. 👍👍😎😎

@@garyschafer-thepickinpilot9010 I agree that originals are both challenging, fun and rewarding to write. But my point is that the RUclips algorithm doesn't seem to push them much. And while I'm sure that we both do these videos for fun in our retirement years, I do feel better when I know that many more people (more views) have listened to my posts that takes a lot of time and effort to produce. I've seen some absolutely fantastic originals of both combined video and audio that end up with less than 1,000 views.

Steven, it might also be an epic disaster of that many people trying to coexist peacefully together.....Rick

Thanks for taking the time to share such an interesting story. You have lived in such different times and experiences from me. I have seen some video of "Rock for People" on RUclips. It looks like an amazing event! How times have changed for you over there! I'm sure there could have never been a concert like that for you when you were younger there. I was not at Woodstock, but watching the movie about 20 times and the music certainly had an impact on my music and culture! Stay well over there, and I'm on to thinking about the next song to have fun with recording! Rick

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Yes, you got the point. So little of the ideals of change at Woodstock have actually happened. As one comment mentioned, a festival like that today would be an epic disaster! Thanks for listening! Rick

Thank you Easy!!! Like you mentioned in one of your originals a few months ago, a long time ago most all of these lyrics and this idea for a song entered my head during a dream one night. Thankfully, I wrote them down as soon as I woke up. When the idea came to me recently to change the title from "Flower Child" to "Life After Woodstock", I knew that it was finally time to pull it together. However, most original songs don't get a lot of traction on RUclips. We'll see how it goes and thanks for your support. And yes, I REALLY liked your video today too!!! 🙂👍Rick

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it. We were pretty happy with the way it turned out and it was a beautiful day with great scenery around us. We did this one a year ago, and for some reason it's starting to get views again. You just never know with RUclips! 🙂 Lydia & Rick

Thank you so much!!! While we have fun doing these, they take a long time to video, mix and pull together, so your comment is so nice to get. It is much appreciated! Lydia & Rick

Thank you Christine! Looking forward to your next original. Rick

Thank you Gary! This one ended up as one of our better ones. Some just end up pulling together better than others! 🙂Lydia & Rick

Thank you! We agree, it turned out as one of our better ones. You just never know! LOL Lydia & Rick

Thanks Steven! One of our better ones. We just had to re-do it as we thought that we could make it sound better with our new audio software.

Well, hopefully we can send some sunshine to you in addition to music your way! We agree and do our best to play together, but Rick has a lot more free time to video songs than Lydia, so he keeps the channel going. Thanks you so much for listening every time and we send our very best wishes across the miles! Lydia & Rick

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Thank you Clive! In looking back at this one, I think that this may have been the very first where you first listened to us. And we always look forward to your super comments that you have made on EVERY one after this! Lydia & Rick

And thank you for taking the time to send all of your great comments. It means so much to us to know that someone is actually listening! 🙂 Lydia & Rick

Thank you for listening and commenting again. We agree, one of our better ones with some great energy. But if you look closely at us, it had to be a zillion hot and humid degrees out there that day!