King of the Road - piano/vocal - Rick Potvin

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Johnny B. Goode played by Rick

You're Mama Don't Dance (Fast)

Sentimental Journey played by Rick & Dorothy June 2015

What a Wonderful World performed by Rick & Dorothy on keyboard & piano, April 2015.

Rick on piano-keyboard-vocal with Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

I think of this tune whenever big changes are occurring. Here I am at Madison Meadow Retirement Village in Phoenix on Sunday, Jan., 22 2016, a day when family members are visiting their aging relatives. You can hear Dorothy doing shout-outs in the background. She played the second half hour of our show as well as the prelude-- the period before the show.

Buddhist New Year Gig audio with Dorothy at piano

Click here for audio on Youtube: Buddhist Association New Year

Piano background was provided by Rick & Dorothy with several feature Chinese songs like Gong Xi Gong Xi.

Sample manual playlist on Vidmeup

Whole Lotta Shakin - piano/keyboard - Rick Click on your right button on the mouse to open another window.

This rendition done by me in live performance could be considered a variation on the original for a lot of reasons. It's true to the original intention of the song however. I used an acoustic grand piano which delivered the real-live sound to the audience, along with a keyboard for bass and drums n my left. I was too busy operating this set-up to sing this time but I might try combing vocal next time.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1957) - BETTER QUALITY - YouTube
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As well click with the right button on this [Chords & lyrics] for chords with lyrics to follow along. 

Birthday song / Beatles Birthday - Rick live... Click on your right button on the mouse to open another window.
Here's a combination that works for birthday hours. Dorothy leads a singalong if I'm on the piano and vice versa. I'll be adding Stevie Wonder's Happy Birthday to Ya... as part of a package. I might also add For (s)He's a Jolly Good Fellow.

 When I'm 64 Click on the right button to open a new window for the original

Other songs that refer to age might be added to this birthday set. Sinatra's When I was 17 comes to mind. Or A Thousand Years. As well "I Fall to Pieces".

Kansas City - Rick - Acoustic piano & keyboard Click on the right button to open a new window for the original

Puttin on the Ritz - Rick live
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What a difference a day made - Rick Live

Act Naturally -Rick Live with Dorothy on Tamborine & dancing

I've been working on the railroad - Rick live...

Mekong Plaza Restaurant / Buddhist Vegetarian New Year

Dorothy and I played piano / keyboard for the local Buddhist vegetarian Chinese New Year party at Makong Plaza Restaurant last night.  My camera would not work, however, so I have no footage. I led a sing along of Gong Xi Gong Xi at one point, sung in English while Dorothy played. The following is someone else's 20 sec. clip of the room which is a combination restaurant / food court. The space was rented out to a wedding party at the last minute so our group was moved to the back into food court area where they built a second stage in about an hour. Our piano area got squeezed between the stage and the first table. It was very difficult to set up but we managed to do okay.

mekong plaza restaurant - Google Search

The car we're now using is an updated 1997 Ford Escort because the 1996 Ford Taurus collapsed on me last August-- both the motor and the transmission. The Escort is smaller but I still managed to fit in all our gear to do our gigs. There is more road noise and the 4 cylinder engine can be heard much more than the 6 in the Taurus. On the freeway, I run it at about 67 mph. Many of the newer and bigger cars and other types of vehicles on the road these days run about 75 mph so it's a bit crazy.


When I bought this Escort, it ran and looked good but as things evolved, it needed work... a substantial amount actually. I paid for it out of my personal credit when I really should have used car-credit from a car-company. I always bought cars for cash not thinking to apply for car-credit. Now I'm trying for more car-credit for my next car if this Escort goes down on me.