First holiday weekend of the Summer.

Today is "Get-Outta-Town Day" for so many people here in New York City.

But me?

Nope, on holiday weekends I stay right here in town and on Saturday afternoon, head to Central Park with my guitar. I know there are an awful lot of you reading this in different parts of the world. But here in the U.S., this weekend is the "unofficial" start of the summer season. And so for a lot of people here in New York City today is...

Get outta town day!

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But for people like me, it's the start exactly the kind of weekend I really love in this town.

It's when most parts of the city, except for the HUGE tourist areas like Times Square and South Ferry, slow down... quiet down. Streets on the Upper West side, Upper East Side, The Village, SoHo all kinda empty out a little and the pace is more relaxed and easy. I love this town all the time. But I really love hangin' out on holiday weekends in the summer when so many millions of people are frantically and frenetically hitting the road so they can get someplace else.... to relax.

So yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna kick back, put my guitar on my shoulder and head to Central Park. It's the Unofficial start to the SUMMER!!!

As George Harrison once said...

...been a long, cold, lonely winter!

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Okay --
click here to email me if you think the beard should stay or go for the summer.

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If you're new to all of this, here's a little map that will help you find us in New York City's beautiful 843 acre backyard.

You can click on this image for a larger, printable version.

If you're like me and you're gonna stay in town tomorrow, I hope I see you out there!

Are you new here to this website? Are you checking it to see if I'm back in the park? Is this your first time here? if you're lookin' for a whole bunch of photos to see what it is we do out in Central Park every year... if you're new here and you need a little catchin' up... for any newcomers, you can check out this little Photo Gallery from last summer's outdoor season... in Central Park and down on Pier 45 in the Village.

Click to visit last year's gallery

You can always hit THE ARCHIVE and catch up with what's been going on.

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This week I think we found our director for the new "stage" project. As soon as I meet with her again, and I introduce her to George, and maybe set up a meeting with her and Tony Walton... I'm gonna introduce you guys to her. I've been holding off booking the next work session until I had an idea if this wonderful woman was on board for the ride. It looks like she is. So I'll let you guys know when you can reserve a seat at that thing if you wanna be a part of this development process. (The last 2 work sessions filled up in about 4 hours!)

In a nutshell, we're putting together something that we hope is headed for Broadway or... Jupiter... or... I don't know. But it's gonna be done someplace. Broadway legend, TONY WALTON, a man who has more Tony Awards and Academy Awards than I have socks, is behind it 100%... so now it's just about getting the right team together and working it. I'll be inviting all of you to another one of those small, unplugged work sessions very soon, so keep checking back. The last 2 filled up in a matter of hours.

Here's a little 10-minute video from Tony and his wife... explaining the project.

Click to watch the video

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And here's a link to visit if YOU wanna be a real part of this process.

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VIDEO TIME

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WATCH THESE VIDEOS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY -- and then shoot me an email to tell me if you think they might become a part of the story.

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Click to watch the very first LIVE performance of this song.

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I'm really enjoying all of your comments about the newest songs, so keep 'em comin'! This was the LIVE debut of this next song in December here in NYC.

CAN'T YOU SEE?

Click to watch the video:

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HIT THIS LINK TO EMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS

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THE (entire) DECEMBER CONCERT

For you guys again today... the entire concert... "The Something'th Annual Year End Concert" is here for you to watch. Go make a pot of coffee. Pour yourself some tea or a nice glass of wine and sit back and watch this thing. Plug in some headphones or some earbuds if you feel like it. You can actually jump around and watch different parts o the show.

We had such a great time again this year in that theater!

(The audio got a little funky during Teresa Reynolds' Christmas song... but I'm do everything I can to fix that sooner than later. Check back.)

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Here are a couple of different fun galleries to check out.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?)

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Thanks for everything.

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Peace ☮