Okay... you're just gonna hafta trust me today.

And, I'm gonna have to trust you... because I'm going to take one of those risks today.

Now, you guys know that I love my life. I love making music. I smile more than I don't and when we get together to share music, we usually laugh about as much as we sing.

You know what I'm all about.

Now, next Saturday night we're all gonna get together again in the brand new H.I New York Performance Hall for another typically great night of music and good, good energy. ('ll tell you all about that in a minute. In fact, you can reserve seats right here, today, at this website.)

But, I have to feature something on this website today that I wish I didn't.

Again, I have to trust that the people who dig my music and who really know how to live will not throw their hands up and say, "Why would we go to see this guy on Saturday night. I don't wanna feel bad!"

I'm not about feeling bad. I'm really not. And, I promise that Saturday night is gonna be fun! We're gonna have a blast! But, this is important and so this is a risk I'm just going to have to take today.

While the network news organizations are covering endless election polls, and sexually challenged governors, and the stock market, and yak-yak-yak...

These 2 unAmerican, spiritually vacant men have reached a milestone that even Osama Bin Laden can only dream of.

They did it!

And, at the same time hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children.... CHILDREN... have been brutally killed and maimed in this colossally stupid, historically ignorant, morally-repugnant nightmare. (Nearly 1000 more this month alone.)

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A moment...

...then scroll down to get back to music and life.

But, sorry. I hafta pay attention.

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Now, like I said, this coming Saturday night... we're gonna have one of those typically good, good times hangin' together, sharing a night of music and laughs - just that really, really good feeling we get out in Central Park.

Next Saturday night at 7:30

Y'know?

I just had a great time on Friday sitting with my guest artist, Galia, to kick around some music and ideas for what we're gonna do next Saturday. Man! You guys are gonna dig her! She really makes music for all the right reasons. And, like I said... my good friend and colleague, Christine Lavin has said she would show up to do a couple of songs and be a part of this new concert series in this brand new venue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan - - the H.I. New York Performance Hall

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My two musical guests, Christine Lavin and Galia - and maybe a couple of surprises.

We're gonna have a blast, the audience is gonna be filled with other artists, music people, music lovers... well, if you've ever been to one of my gigs, you know what the feeling is like. This is gonna be a typically special night. AND, we're all gonna be able to make this new venue into our musical home of sorts. Y'know, a place you can check out often to see what's going on there. this concert is just the beginning. Janet Kirker and David Marcus are gonna be on stage with me again. It's gonna be a blast.

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H.I New York Performance Hall - Amsterdam Ave @ 103rd Street

You can show up that night and pay cash at the door. (It's only $20 for any seat.) AND... it's kinda 2-for-1. Because if you show up next Saturday, you'll get a ticket to attend the first taping of the music series "What's Behind the Song" the following weekend for FREE! But there are only about 100 seats left. So, click on this thing if you wanna reserve seats right now. (This puts your name on the list at the door.)

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"What's Behind the Song" is gonna be a 90 minute, interview/music/open-discussion show with questions from the audience all about the mysterious and wonderful Creative process of songwriting.... with various songwriters. (Who, as you know, are generally a crazy bunch of people.) This oughta be really cool. We're gonna shoot these things, edit them down and put them all on DVD.

You're invited to attend the very first one the following Friday, April 4th at H.I.N.Y.

If you come to the concert on the 29th, you'll receive a ticket to the taping the next weekend for FREE!!! My first guest is a great guy and a wonderful songwriter with a really interesting career.... Jake Holmes.

Okay...

PODCAST TIME

HERE'S THE NEWEST EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST:

"I Love the Company" (Show #363)

I'm playing a song requested by a listener... a song by a special guest artist who will be joining me on stage on March 29th.

Just click on the logo, plug in your headphones, jam in your earbuds or turn on your speakers and listen. (You can always subscribe to the show and get it automatically by hitting that itunes button over there.)

SHOW 363

Cool? My musical guest on ILTC: Galia (Click on her photo to visit her website, find out more about her, where she's playing, and how to get her music.)

Galia

I'm gonna ask you one more time to call with absolutely anything you wanna say. Use this phone number for you to call to be a part of all this... right here. Use it to chime in and leave a message for either podcast, a comment, a request, an opinion, or just say "Hey" and let me know where in the country or the world your listening.

646-224-8162

NOW... the sister-podcast to the original. This show, I'm passionate about hearing from you guys today. Here it is... the most recent installment of the more politically-minded and socially conscious podcast, "Where's the Voice".

Wrote that new song... ELECTION YEAR! It's still a work-in-progress. Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this song! We really do live in a pinball machine.... thing happen so fast. I wanna run that new song by you!!!! Really want you to call the show and have some fun! I wanna know how you feel about this new tune!

CLICK ON THE LOGO



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Okay... gotta get rollin'

Hope I see you at the gig next weekend.

Thanks for everything.