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Guitar Q and A Wed, 7 Oct 2020 8pm (London) / 3pm (NY) Episode III of "Guitar Q and A" is happening this Wednesday. These are a lot of fun and the virtual hang is just what the doctor ordered. You know the drill: Email me your questions in advance. I look forward to our little virtual get-togethers over on TWITCH. |
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October's Online Gig Sun, 18 Oct 2020 9pm (London) / 4pm (NY) October's online gig is coming up on Sunday, October 18th. It's my first Sunday gig in forever! I'm hoping to debut a couple of new songs but there's always time for your requests, so please EMAIL me. I'll be over on my TWITCH channel. |
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| There's a podcast called Folk On Foot. Have you heard of it? A presenter meets up with a UK musician on their turf and they walk the footpaths/pathways around their home and talk about their music and influences. At various points they stop and the musician sings a song. Place informs the song, and the song springs from the earth. That kind of thing is appealing to me right now. Plus, as I know most of the guests, I get to know a little more about them. The walking part is cool too. How one's haunts inform who one is. I envy people who've maintained their roots over time. The troubadour life isn't great for that. However, alongside this topsy-turvy thing we call life right now, and alongside daily doses of uncertainty, there's something happening here. My step-daughter told Jo and I about a footpath, past the farm at the end of that road we'd never been down. It goes on forever. Along the way are fields, cows, horses, roads, pubs, villages and eventually the city centre. It all links up. The best kept secret appears to be that the UK is a Tardis. It looks small (and when you're stuck on the M25 at rush hour it is small), but in reality it opens up unexpectedly. I'm reminded of The Buddhist Center in Cambridge where State of the Union did a delightful gig last December. Simple from the outside. No different from any of the other buildings along that street. However, through the door at the end of the foyer and it's another story. Inside is an ornate theatre with a u-shaped balcony. A hidden treasure. A magic world. As I discovered, it's one of the few pre-Victorian theatres outside London that remains entact. And on that night guitars rang out and songs were sung. Even now, as I walk past the centre, I study its silhouette, trying to see some hint that the theatre is within that stucture. I can't. The days are getting shorter and the nights are beginning to draw-in, but as we squelch along the soggy footpath, I find myself still trying to figure out how they did that. A world within a world. I'm liking the sound of that right now. |
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