Dear Friends,
I was planning on posting this video in October 2022, to promote the 30th Anniversary of my debut album “The Mandolin Man” (which was released in 1992). Since the former President of Russia, Mr. Gorbachev, just passed away, perhaps now is the right time. In 1990, the year Mr. Gorbachev received a Nobel Peace Prize, the Russian government invited me to perform and meet songwriters in Moscow as part of a cultural exchange with the United States. When I returned, a taxi cab driver in New York City asked me what I thought of Russia. I got down on my hands and knees, kissed the cement, looked up and said, “That’s what I think of Russia.” I was so glad to be “right here in the USA” (as Chuck Berry would say.) Enjoy “How Great Is the Ocean” (live in Moscow, 1990) when i was younger than yesterday. Click here to view the video on Facebook.
— Marvin