Hey, welcome to the website today.

So much goin' on.

Couple of things...

If you need a break. If you need to really relax tomorrow, I'm gonna be at "The Hill" in Central Park. I am soooooo lookin' forward to getting a guitar on my shoulder and hangin' out with you guys... singin' "Crazy on the Same Day", "Just Hafta Trust Me", "Talk Louder" (The Cell Phone Song)... covering some James Taylor, Dylan, Beatles, Matchbox 20, Springsteen, Neal Young...

Then on Sunday, September 11th... I know where I'm supposed to be.

So, I will be back in Central Park on Sunday.

Y'know, 4 years ago, on Sunday September 16th, 2001 I went out to "The Hill" for the same reason... I knew that's where I belonged. And, I was joined by the warmest, most beautiful people in this town. It was the best possible feeling I could have experienced at the worst possible time. I've never forgotten it. So, I'll be there again this Sunday. If you shared that afternoon with me, maybe it'll feel like a reunion of sorts... a union. I will sing "City Song" for you guys. Because I wrote it for you... New York City.

Singing "City Song" - September 16, 2001

I also wanna talk to you this weekend about an extraordinary chance for you to do some real Good in this world.

I'm talking about the VOICES TOGETHER CONCERT

Click on this logo and visit the new website...

...and, find out how you can be a real part of the VOICES TOGETHER concert. Really make a difference for the better in this world. A very real and direct difference.

We need to raise $50,000 in the next week or so.

Can you help?

(Actually, one person with the whole 50 grand would do it! Or, 10 of you donating 5,000 each!!!)

Seriously.... we need you.

And, every dollar of your donation is tax-deductible.

I know. I know. Hurricane Katrina victims need you, too. It's a very difficult time all over the world. I will be doing a benefit concert this coming Tuesday at Chelsea Pier. (See the thread in the "Forum" over there.) But, my good friends abnd I started this effort to help the children in Iraq a couple of months ago, and we're committed to seeing it through.

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.Voices Together website as a concert "producer". Because that's exactly what you are!

This is gonna be a very special night, sometime in January here in New York City. And, like I said, you are welcome to be a real part of it. Help us produce this concert so that we can help some very special people who are doing some very remarkable work in that part of the world, okay?

And, it'll feel good to help. And... it'll actually be fun.

OKAY!

Couple of other things... until further notice, every time you buy a copy of "Common Ground" or "Crazy on the Same Day" or the single "JesusLand"... from this company, CD BABY... EVERY NICKEL of my profits goes to the relief effort on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans.

What else?

Oh yeah. 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.

Cool?

I think the weather is gonna be perfect this weekend. If you're staying in town, maybe I'll see you in the park.

Thanks for everything.