Hey Everybody! Thanks for checking in!


The Seasonal Update:

I had a fantastic summer hanging and working in New York and doing a little traveling. I heard some killing music, particularly Farro in the Dark, Hermeto Pascoal and Enrico Pieranunzi. Some of the more special non-music moments included: visiting the Lincoln Memorial in the middle of the night and standing in the place where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech 38 years ago, hanging with my dear friend Mimi in Victoria, BC and eating coho sandwiches while watching seaplanes land over our heads, and, of course, my big birthday party which was packed with a bunch of really awesome folks.

Paul Wiltgen and I spent some quality time on his next masterpiece - we make plans to wrap it up, but like all happening projects, it will be done when it’s done. I’ve learned a few things along the way which is great. I can’t wait for you all to hear it.

I did three strings of dates with Cindy Scott and her NYC based band. Each one of them were cool, and it is fun hearing that group take shape and develop its thing. We shot some video - maybe before 2011 rolls around we’ll get it assembled for distribution.

Bryan Galloup, God’s personal luthier, has made me a new acoustic guitar which is the bomb. We’re tweaking it a little, mostly because I’m a picky pain in the rump. I can’t wait for it to be completely there so I can start taking it on gigs. If you are a picker, I seriously recommend that you check out his work. You can occasionally find instruments of his at the Guitar Gallery outside of Nashville, and at Mandolin Brothers on Staten Island.


That’s all for now - Peace & Funkiness!



ps: I started an email list thing a while ago, the big plan being to send out my news and my gig list about once a month. So far I’ve sent out exactly one mailing! I swear I will get it together eventually. So, if you want to take the chance that one day you might get something, click these words. If, at some point, you become terminally swamped by electronic correspondences (which at the rate I’m going could never happen!), you can un-sign up too, the convenient and automatic disconnect link comes with every email! Also, you have the option of letting me know where you are, so I won't bother you with gig notices for stuff nowhere near you.



STUFF TO CHECK OUT!!

Paul Wiltgen & The Paislies
Martin Urbach’s Free Will
Cindy Scott’s Let the Devil Take Tomorrow
Jirka Hala’s Make You Wanna Hala