Just another typically amazing day in Central Park on Saturday.
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Y'know? It's so amazing that this has been going on in the middle of the capitol of the world and the only people who know about it are the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people who've hung out with me over the years... wwwaaayyyy under-the-radar.
Maybe that's part of what makes it so special. I don't know. I can't say. All I know is that something really cool happens out there in that little section of the park every warm summer weekend... and I feel so lucky to be right in the middle of it with my guitar on my shoulder.
there's a nice guy who's been coming out to the Hill" this season named David Hayase. He's been taking some great photos and sending them in to the website. Here's a batch from this past Saturday.
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And here's another batch sent in from Laura Manske.
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Weather permitting, I'll be back out there this coming Saturday, check back every day though, to be sure... okay?
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I've had a really interesting time of it the past couple of days. But, I'm hoping that some of the recent fog in my Life will be lifting, and I'll begin to feel like a "possibility-junkie" who's beginning to see some possibilities more clearly!
Funny the way it goes.
Y'know? When people say, "Well, everything happens for a reason." ...now I know what the reason is.
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Because... it happened.
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That's it. That's as simple as it gets. I wrote in a recent song called Any Other Way:
Now I now there was a calling and a reason to be true
To this purpose ever since I was a kid
Being free means "free to do exactly what I'm meant to do"
And every single thing that happened, had to happen... 'cause it did!
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The thing is... as a human being, sometimes when there's a disturbance in The Force and I have NO idea what caused it... it can get a little maddening. Just gotta let it go, I guess.
I'm working on so many cool projects with so many wonderful artists. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love's got more good ideas than any one man should have. Gettin' to take a run at something fun with an amazing musician and colleague named Karlus Trapp. Gonna start talking to George Wurzbach, Ryan Cavan, Nelson Montana, Dave Marcus, Chris Tedesco and the exquisite Teresa Reynolds about a bunch of upcoming things.
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Welcome to all you newcomers! WELCOME to you if this is your first time here at the website! I hope you bookmark it and check back every day. It's become a very fun, very under-the-radar little New York Secret. You can always keep up with the cool stuff that's goin' on around me and my music and all the amazing people in this circle of friends and fellow-artists.
You can always go back and browse through THE ARCHIVE as far back as you wanna go. I mean... thanks to my friend, my webmaster, and resident evil genius James Marino, you can historically go back through this website all the way back through the Bush years right up until the present. It's really kinda freaky how much content is here on this site.... cartoons, free songs, Photoshop images. Very cool.
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This year's PHOTO GALLERY will include images from the outdoor season. It'll keep growing as we go along. Maybe you'll see you smiling face in there if you've hung out with me this year.
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And here's the gallery from last Summer!
Click to visit last year's gallery
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NOW! About that "Broadway" thang!
Maybe it's time to reach a larger audience!!!! Maybe on Broadway!
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.
As you may know I am producing a documentary about "That Guitar Man from Central Park". I would like to ask all David's fans out there to write me and tell me any stories you may have about David and his playing in Central Park and how it has affected you or what it has meant to you. I've already heard some great stories, but I know there are more that I haven't heard. So if you got a story to tell about David and his music, please briefly write it out and send it to stories@thatguitarman.com . I will be contacting people from the stories submitted to interview them for possible inclusion in the film. Thank you and I look forward to seeing everyone on the hill this summer. - Dean