Can I say this?

Yesterday in Central Park... was a nearly perfect day.

Did you feel it? Were you there with me? One song just led to another song. Smile led to smile. Laugh led to laugh. The Sun felt like a best friend. The breeze in the shade was exquisite. I looked deep into the eyes of some of the most beautiful people I have ever sung for in the park. Just a nearly perfect day!

Thank you... thank you all.

Today! Yep! I'm heading into Riverside Park. All the way down by the river's edge, just north of the 79th Street Boat Basin. There's a little hill I call the "Storyteller's Hill". (I actually bring a stool and sit down!) Ha! But, we also talk about music and the songs I've written, the cover tunes I play... the songs you love... music. It's a lot more intimate than the concert in Central Park. I'll probably crank up around 1:00 or 1:30 and hang until around 5:00

Riverside Park - Storyteller Hill

If you stayed in town today, I hope I see you.

Next weekend, weather-permitting, I will be at "the Hill" on Saturday afternoon again. But, the following day... Sunday, September 11... I will be there, too. It's where I belong. So, if you have no idea what to do on an odd day like 9/11, if you don't want to make it just another day, and you don't want to be sullen and morose, but you want to be around warm and loving people, many whom also lived through that day 4 years ago... head on out to the park with me.

Hey! I've been letting you know this for the last few days... but, if anybody has been thinking of buying an extra copy of "Common Ground" or "Crazy on the Same Day" or the single "JesusLand"... for now, go get it from this company, CD BABY... and EVERY NICKEL of my profits goes to the relief effort on the Gulf Coast.

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And, listen... if you're new here, or reading this in another part of the country or another part of the world, you can take a minute or two to browse through the "Archives" over there today. Even stop in the "Forum" (message board) if you feel like it and say "Hi". You can also email me personally through the "Contact" button.

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If you don't know what I'm talking about... this concert is part of a sincere effort to get as much help as we possibly can directly to the innocent civilian families, especially the children, who are living through the war in Iraq.