Welcome to the website. Welcome to 2006.

26 days until the VOICES TOGETHER CONCERT.

Don't put off getting tickets, okay? It's gonna be an extraordinary night... a really Good, Good way for you to start a new year. I'm gonna tell you more about that a little further down the page.

Listen, this year we're gonna do a lot of fun stuff here at the Guitar Man website. I'm also gonna continue to make songs available for FREE downloads every once in a while, and hopefully post some stuff that you're gonna wanna pass on to your friends. I'm also gonna continue to write songs about... "It's Just Us". And, I promise to continue to put Reason and conscience into song... about what's going on in this country and the world.

It's what we do. It's kinda in the job description.

But, we'll probably have a whole lotta laughs along the way.

And, who knows? Maybe I'll see you guys for a 15th summer in Central Park.

Oh yeah... we can see in the stats that there are lotsa people reading this in different parts of the country and different parts of the world. If you're new here, take a few minutes to browse around the website to see what this whole "Guitar Man" thing is all about. (I'm a very lucky man.) And, then maybe take a minute to look through the "Archives".

Y'know, you might wanna start at December 31. I reposted a bunch of ridiculous stuff a couple of days ago.... a little retrospective of 2005.

Here's something that's not ridiculous at all.

We are, in fact, 26 days aways from the "Voices Together Concert" at Symphony Space here in New York City. Click on this logo to visit the Voices website, okay?

I'm trying so hard to get a very, very special guest to stop by that night. But, already.... the lineup of artists is going to guarantee that this will be one of the most amazing nights of music and smiles in the coming year. Most of these names you might not be familiar with.... but, I am. And, I promise.... this is gonna be great. I feel very lucky just to share a stage with these people.

Christine Lavin
Roger Bartlett
George Wurzbach, Dave Buskin, Rob Carlson (aka Modern Man)
Karlus Trapp
Sam Leopold
And ...me.

But, y'know... I may just jump into the audience and hang with you guys.

I think you're gonna hafta keep stopping by here at the website for announcements about other artists and guests that might be added to this effort. We're talking to some really cool people... Good people.

Oh, on a related note...

This concert is not a night of politics. It is not a night to be discussing issues.

This is going to be a night of purpose, compassion, laughter, some tears... but, mostly a night of music. This enitre effort is to get as much direct help as we can to the people who are being hurt the most as the result of the war in a part of our world known as Iraq.

Oh, me personally? You know me. I don't shy away from letting my feelings and thoughts known here on this website and in my songs.

But... the Voices Together Concert is going to be a ight when we can ALL come together and do something good... really make a difference in this world.

EVERY nickel of the proceeds from EVERY ticket you buy... all of it, is going to this effort. The beneficiaires of this concert, the people who are getting the best help to the ordinary citizens of Iraq, are both 501 (c)(3) groups. And so, the price of your ticket is tax deductible.

PLEASE get your tickets this week. And, PLEASE spread the word! We need as much help as we can get... getting help to those who need it most.

Look, today on the major American TV "news" outlets, there are stories about the economy, new nutrition labels on food, this year's movies, the holiday blockbusters, baby boomers.

But, there is a war going on... today... right now.

And in the first day of this year, yesterday there were at least a dozen bombings.... 8 in Baghdad alone. In one day, 44 ordinary Iraqi people have already died in the fighting. It's unconscienable to ignore it.
Help us make a difference for the better, okay?

Okay, listen. Keep checking back. (I might even be back later with a completely unrelated political cartoon.)

But, when it comes to ordinary people helping ordinary people... when it comes to this Voices Togther Concert... well, hopefully by the end of the week I'll have some reallly, really good news about a new development... something I'm working on for January 28th.

All you hafta do to be a real hero and make a real difference is buy tickets tickets. You can get tickets, right now... today... at the Peter Norton SYMPHONY SPACE website.

We also have a very limited number of VIP tickets available. But, if you want to order those and be invited to the reception after the show, you have to contact the Voices Together Group at:

Get VIP Tickets

The VIP section will get all kinds of goodies, and the artists will all hang out at the reception after the gig.

Okay, gotta get back to work.

Thanks for everything.