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Yesterday was a chilly, windy day in Central Park.

The moment the Sun disappeared behind a cloud or a tree, it felt like the North Witch had already arrived in The Big Apple. Still, I had one last opportunity in 2010 to put my guitar on my shoulder and hang with you guys by The Lake.

Yesterday marked the 19th time I said, "What an amazing year! I feel like the luckiest man alive."

I've said this so many times. But if any artist I know... if any independent artist in this town got to spend just ONE day like I did yesterday... if they just put their guitar on their shoulder and headed out to Central Park in the middle of the greatest city on the face of the earth, if they had no boss, no record label telling them what to do, no manager managing them, no time schedule, no Creative tethers of any kind... if they had just a guitar and a heart filled with gratitude, a head full of thoughts and a list of stories to tell... if they just showed up and stood by The Lake and shared songs with friends and strangers from all across the country and all around the world, and they got to sing with people who spontaneously burst into song and an occasional fit of skipping... and if they got to be right in the middle of that kind of organic musical event...

If they got to do that just one day... just once... they would remember it and probably talk about it for the rest of their lives.

Thanks to all of you, I've gotten to do just that hundreds and hundreds of times of times over 19 years. And I did it again this summer. Oh man!

That's just a very, very long-winded way of saying...

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Thank you.

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So good bye to one more "outdoor" season of being "That Guitar Man from Central Park".

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I'll be back with photos and VIDEO all this week.

And here are a couple of photo galleries from this season and last. These photo galleries exist largely because of the enthusiasm and camera work of publicist Laura Manske and others who send in photos, and the 2010 gallery will continue to grow as I add more photos over the next few days.

(No matter where in the world you're reading this, if you've ever hung out with me you might find your smiling face in one of the galleries!!!)

Click to visit this year's gallery

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Click for the gallery from 2009

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Now it's time to start revvin' up for...

"THE SOMETHING'TH ANNUAL YEAR END CONCERT"

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Trust me! You are NOT gonna wanna miss this one. And the tickets just went on sale this week!

Here are a few moments from last year's concert!

CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS FROM LAST YEAR!

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Okay!

Now call a few friends, round them up, make plans to make a night of it... and then grab tickets sooner than later!!!

You can order them online right now...

Click on this banner to grab your tickets right now!

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....or you can call the box office directly all week.

(212) 501-3330

It's gonna be great.

Don't get sold outta this one!

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I'll be back tomorrow with another update. If you're new around here or if you're gonna be in town on December 11th I really hope I see you and some friends at Merkin Concert Hall. You might wanna go back and browse The Archive to see what goes on around here.

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Like I said, there are also some fun videos making their way around the country and around the world. Here's one about the upcoming final installments of the Harry Potter series of movies. It's a song about the character, Hermione Granger.

Here... click on the image to check out the song and watch the video.

Click to watch the video

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Now one more thing about that song!

IT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!!!

I'm serious!

Now you can download the song itself, and walk around with it in your ipod or mp3 player and sing it to yourself on the bus, in the subway, in the car... while you're on facebook.

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Now, that other song about "Facebook... Idiot" is still rocketing around the world. As of today, over a quarter of a million people all around the planet are passing it around. (Must struck a chord inside a few people.)

If you haven't seen it yet...

Click to watch the video of the new facebook song

Pass it on to all you friends. Post in anywhere you want! Now one more thing about that "facebook" song! You can also get that one for yourself!

Click on this link and also get this song right now!!!

Click to get the song

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Okay now...

Here are a couple of different galleries.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another update.

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Thanks for everything.

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PEACE