Marilyn Miller and Rick Warren play acoustic-electric originals, classic rock, and folk tunes for you to listen to, sing along with, and enjoy! Marilyn writes, sings powerfully, and plays rhythm guitar while Rick provides wonderfully tasteful accompaniment and solos. The songs you can choose from are listed in their bio, and they will learn your special song, (given adequate time to prepare)! They have all their own equipment, including battery powered amplification if needed, so you have only to provide electricity and a place to stand. Please let them know if they can make music for you!! They love playing!! They can also add a band or do a Neil Young Tribute.
3 reviews
Cheryle W.
December 15, 2025Our group loved having Rick and Warren entertain us at our St. Nicholas Dinner. We are ready for Christmas now.
Hired as: Acoustic Band, Singer/Songwriter
Cheryle W.
December 9, 2023Rick and Marilyn received rave reviews from our group.
Hired as: Acoustic Band, Singer/Songwriter
V N.
September 5, 2017Hired as: Acoustic Band, Singer/Songwriter
Rick Warren and Marilyn Miller
Thank you! You are a great host!
Price range: $100/hr, $50/new song requested
Languages: English
Gig length: 10 - 240 minutes
This is a guitar-based duo. Marilyn is a passionate singer and Rick is a wizard on guitar! They do covers from the 40's to recent, with an emphasis on 60's and 70's. Marilyn also writes songs and the originals are melodic blues, rock and folk pieces. They love and encourage audience participation when it seems appropriate, but are also certainly happy to be background music for your event.
We are also able to provide live online events or pre-recorded videos of your songs. We are fully tech-enabled.
They have all their own equipment and can play unplugged or plugged in-- you make that call! They can do a set for you like a concert, or be the background music for your party. Given adequate time to do a good job, they can learn your special song!
Rick Warren's guitar and Marilyn Millers vocal's at your next event will truly bring smiles. They offer a wide range of musical styles including folk, rock, blues, Americana, classic covers and wonderful originals. Rick tells the emotional story on the guitar while Marilyn powerfully sings the songs. Depending on your needs, they can do covers, originals, sing-alongs, instrumentals, and/or play a Neil Young tribute. They usually perform as a duo, but can also muster a full band. Their love for the music will shine!
We also do online live events!
They haven't won any awards because they don't submit to contests.... music is not a competitive sport. However, they always get asked back to play again, they are a go-to duo in their community, and they are well known and respected by other working musicians.
You won't be disappointed.
For our duo: We have battery powered amps as well as a full PA, and also can play with no amplification as your event dictates. We would need electrical power for the PA. Likely this is obvious, but if the event is at night outside, we would require you to light the stage area and if during the day or any inclement weather, we would need shelter for ourselves and our equipment. If inside, an area large enough for two people to stand with mics, a speaker and guitars.
If you want us as a band, let's discuss. We have a drummer and bass player on call!
Finally, we are fully able to provide you with live online music.
Friday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Albany, NY
Friday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Albany, NY
Saturday
Festival
12:00pm - 3:00pm
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Troy, NY
Sunday
House Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Ballston Spa, NY
Sunday
Blueberry Festival, Austerlitz, NY
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday
Main Street Pub, Philmont, NY
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday
20Main, Jay, NY
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Covers:
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Ottis Redding)
Ain’t Going Nowhere (Dylan)
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (Trad)
Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
Amazing Grace (Trad)
Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
Bad Moon Rising (CCR)
Barroom Girls (Gillian Welch)
Barstool Blues (Neil Young)
Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
Bird in a House (Railroad Earth)
Birds (Neil Young)
Blowing in the Wind (Dylan)
Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
California Dreaming (The Mamas and The Papas)
City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
Can't Let Go (Lucinda Williams)
Catfish John (Grateful Dead)
Circle Game (Joni Mitchell)
Comes a Time (Neil Young)
Coming into Los Angeles (Arlo Guthrie)
Day is Done (Peter, Paul, and Mary)
Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones)
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Dylan)
Down by the River (Neil Young)
Down by the Riverside (Trad)
Down on the Corner (CCR)
Eight Days a Week (Beatles)
Expecting to Fly (Buffalo Springfield)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
Fire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead)
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
For What it's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Get Together (Youngbloods)
Gotta Travel On (Billy Grammer)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Helpless (Neil Young)
Helplessly Hoping (Stephen Stills)
Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles)
House of the Rising Sun (Trad)
Hurt (Trent Reznor)
I Believe in You (Neil Young)
I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)
I Shall Be Released (Dylan)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Dylan)
If I Had a Hammer (Pete Seeger)
If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
It Ain’t Me Babe (Dylan)
It's Too Late (Carol King)
Joe Hill (Joan Baez)
Just Breathe (Pearl Jam)
Keep Your Heart Young (Brandi Carlile)
Knocking on Heavens Door (Dylan)
Last Thing on My Mind (Tom Paxton)
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) (Melanie)
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (Simon and Garfunkel)
Look Out for My Love (Neil Young)
Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter Paul and Mary)
Looking Out My Back Door (CCR)
Make Me a Pallet (Trad)
Me and Bobby Mcgee (Janis Joplin)
Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
MTA (Kingston Trio)
Music Arcade (Neil Young)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band)
Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)
Oh, Suzanna (Rock version)
On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
On the Way Home (Neil Young)
Out on the Weekend (Neil Young)
Over and Over (Neil Young)
Paradise (John Prine)
Powderfinger (Neil Young)
Proud Mary (CCR)
Reason to Believe (Rod Stewart)
Rich Man's War (Steve Earle)
Ripple (Grateful Dead)
Rockin in the Free World (Neil Young)
Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones)
Signs (Five Man Electrical Band)
So Far Away (Carol King)
Someday Soon (Judy Collins)
Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Spanish Pipe Dream (John Prine)
Spirit Road (Neil Young)
Sunday Morning Coming Down (Johnny Cash)
Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)
Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)
The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkel)
The Cruel War (Peter, Paul, and Mary)
The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down (The Band)
These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Pete Seeger)
Originals:
We have about 2 hours worth of originals…. Folk, Rock, Blues, Americana, Country
Neil Young Tribute:
We have about 2 hours of Neil Young songs including songs Neil has covered, some listed above.
Guitarist Rick Warren, influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townsend, Larry Coryell, Karl Berger and John McLaughlin, also plays with a Motown Band, as well as supporting Slink Moss in ‘The Magic Stones’ and creating Soundscape compositions of his own. He has a reputation for giving the song exactly what it needs, telling ‘the rest of the story’ with his soulful, melodic solos.
Singer-songwriter Marilyn Miller was known for leading Open Jams at venues in Hudson for many years. These days, when not with Rick, you will find her performing solo, with the loosely organized Hudson Busk in the Hudson streets, the bluegrass band Beer Stained Fiddle, and as a duo with Betsi Krisniski. Her strengths lie in her powerful voice and melodic arrangements of her own tunes and the covers she loves.
Lighting if at night
Shelter if outside
Acoustic Band
