Okay... counting down to the end of the "outdoor season".

But we're not done yet. Weather-permitting, I'll be back out in Central Park this coming Saturday afternoon from about 1:00 until the Sun sets.

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GOT A LOT OF GREAT PHOTOS TODAY!

I want you guys to be able to share them with your friends and family all across the country and around the world if you were there with me. There really was an exceptional amount of people from so many different cities and states and all around the world this past Saturday.

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FIRST -- I went down to "Occupy Wall Street" yesterday with my sister Sue to lend support and really just to scope out if there is a need for something specific and practical I can do to lend a hand as an artist or as a man who has a platform... an audience. I'm gonna write more about this in the days to come. But I just hafta say today... I am so impressed with that group of people down there. Even more than that, I'm so impressed with the need for the good people of this country to wake up to the fact that we have been living through a second "Gilded Age", and being played like pawns for a long time.

I am really behind the sentiment down there. I am so proud to see that these people truly are all about making a difference in a Peaceful way.

Like I said... more about that really soon. Yesterday I took the photo of that really great sign about being "kind to each other". I wanna get behind these people. Me and my guitar wanna help. I'm part of the 99% just like most of you. I'm diggin' it.

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Okay, back to doing what I do and what I've done for so many years in this town. We had a typically amazing day this past Saturday. Really truly amazing. So many new memories to last forever. So many smiling faces. so many laughs. So many incredible moments... all in one day.

I posted the first batch of photos from our new friend David Hayase in YESTERDAY'S UPDATE. Here's another batch from the lens of our friend, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love.

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Click all the photos for larger images

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Y'know? One thing that always stands out when I look at the photos people send in... is the age-range of the people sitting on that little hill, all smiling together, all laughing together, all singing the same songs and laughing at life in the same way. It's kind of amazing and baffling to me that no one in "the business" has ever happened upon this phenomenal thing that's been running for 20 years in the middle of Central Park and said, "Hey! If this works in this city... it's probably the same all across the country and around the world."

AND... what can I ever say about having Teresa Reynolds show up almost every weekend to sing with me.

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AND THEN THERE WAS THIS YOUNG BLOOD ALL THE WAY FROM FRANKFURT GERMANY... jumpin' right up and crankin' out "Tom Cruise Scares Me". (Way to go Eric, man. You made my day!)

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Y'just never know what the hell is gonna go down out there from week to week. But it's always something amazing, fun and cool. I'm such a lucky man.

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I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE PHOTOS AND SOME VIDEO!!!

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Thanks again.

Hey listen... I'm gonna enter all of your email addresses into the system this week. And like I said, I really don't send out a lot of messages -- maybe... maybe once every 2 weeks, probably less. You won't get any of that "inspirational" or "cute" email from me, okay? I just try to keep you up on what's goin' on at this website and what's comin' up. But I oughta tell you right now that the tickets for the concert on December 10 are already on sale! And the box office is open on Sunday! You can call them today...

212-501-3330

...to make sure you get the very best seats.

I mean, there isn't a bad seat in Merkin Concert Hall in The Kaufman Center. there really isn't. If you've ever been there you know... it's a beautiful 500-seat venue which is designed for orchestral concerts. So, it's a wide stage with a very intimate feel.

Wait! Wait! Wait! I always forget a lot of you are new to all of this. What the hell am I talking about!? I'm talkin' about...

"The Something'th Annual Year End Concert"

Every year I get to share a stage with some of the most amazing, funniest, most generous, good-hearted, fun artists anywhere... and that's at Merkin Concert Hall in The Kaufman Center in New York City. This year it's lookin' like the usual suspects... George Wurzbach, Teresa Reynolds, Nelson Montana, Ryan Cavan, David Marcus and Chris Tedesco.

Yeah, I know right now December 10th might feel like a long way off. But this coming weekend is already the last weekend of September. And you know how it goes once we get into November, tickets start flying.

So, it might be a good idea to kinda plan your night around Saturday night, December 10th soon. Y'know? Call a few friends. See who's gonna be in town. See who feels like grabbing dinner in Manhattan that weekend and catching the show.

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If you already know that you wanna be at this show and you wanna grab the very best seats, you can get them today!!!!

HERE'S A FUN COVER SONG FROM LAST YEAR'S SHOW.

Click to watch

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I wanna jump start myself, my enthusiasm, and everybody's awareness about just a couple of really fun and exciting projects on the horizon. FIRST -- this is the new Broadway project. I'm gonna talk about this a little bit more tomorrow as well. I really feel that it's time to take the whole feeling we get in Central Park to a much larger audience. I'm just about to enter a new place where this little "Broadway" piece will really begin to come together. Now I'm just in the "dating" process... to find the right producers to make it a reality... and the right director/co-writer/co-creator to bring this thing to life.

Seriously. This is getting exciting. But then again.... it's what I do. This is the kind of stuff that makes me live.

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.

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

Click to watch the video

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Hey listen, as I'm wrapping up my 20th season as "That Guitar Man from Central Park", a whole bunch of us are thinking it's time to bring the whole thing to a much larger audience.

Y'know? I get to work with some of the most amazing, generous and talented artists. They're all wonderful people, too, or I wouldn't call them my friends as well as colleagues. And as much as I like writing song, putting my guitar on my shoulder and being "the guy", I also love being "the guy who gets to open a door for the other guys!"

So, my buddy and I are gonna try to get this project on it's feet.

He's Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dean Love, and this is really his baby. He's asked me to host it and help bring my artist-friends to the project as well... hopefully letting the whole world in on some of the wonderful things they're doing.

THERE

I guess if you've been coming around here at all, you know about this and that we need your help with it! It's a web-series / TV project that I've been telling you about over the past few months and we've finally launched it's funding campaign.

Click here to watch the video

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And then click here to visit the launch website to be a part of all of this. At the site you can see all the cool shit you get for joining this effort.

VISIT THE "THERE" LAUNCH SITE

I'll be telling you guys a lot more about it over the next few weeks.

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I updated this year's photo gallery. It just keeps growing. (Maybe you're in there!!!)

Click to visit the gallery

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AND HERE'S A REALLY FUN GALLERY FROM LAST SUMMER!!!

Click to visit last year's gallery

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If you're new 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.

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

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Y'know, honestly -- what a very cool thing it is I get to do with my Life and my music. I'm so, so grateful to every single one of you who are reading this right now... every single person who's ever hung out with me even once in that park. It means so much to me to know that there are people who "get" what my music and my stories have to say to the world. It reminds me... I guess, it reminds all of us that we're not alone and that there are others who "get it".

Are you new here to this website? Now, you might be one of the people who's checking in here for the first time. (There are always a bunch of newcomers here at the site, especially in the Summer season. Bookmark it every day and check back. I'm gonna start bring more video to this page again very soon.)

GIMME A SHOUT HERE!

(Actually, gimme a shout for any reason at all!)

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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 ☮