Welcome to the website today!!! THE CONCERT IS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY!

FIRST -- as always, thanks for another typically amazing year. 20 years... I've been "That Guitar Man from Central Park". An entire generation, for cryin' out loud. Very cool. As an independent artist, I might be one of the luckiest sons-a-bitches on the planet. And now we get to move that feeling indoors for that yearly tradition. But the "outdoor" season in 2011 was amazing. Here's a Photo Gallery from this season. Maybe you're in there! (It's still growing!)

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YOU WANNA GRAB YOUR TICKETS THIS WEEK!!!!

Here in New York City, we were havin' a string of weather last week that felt like Spring. It was hard to believe that we're less than 2 weeks away from...

"THE SOMETHING'TH ANNUAL YEAR END CONCERT"

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But about that...

HOLY SH*T!!!

Man!

On SUNDAY, I got together with George, Teresa and Dave Marcus who drove up from Maryland... and we had a little session to go over the vocal arrangements for the concert on December 10th.

Then MONDAY I was back in the studio with almost everyone who's gonna be on the stage in 2 weeks. Okay. Okay. We spend a lot of time laughing and enjoying just hangin' with each other. But when we get to work and all of the sudden a song really starts to sound like a song... there are very few feelings like that. Seriously. I can't wait to get to Merkin Concert Hall in 2 weeks to share some of these new songs with you guys. It's why men and women like me do what we do. Writing a song and then letting go out into the world is a very cool thing. And I'm just about the luckiest man alive... because I have the most amazing artist on stage helping me make 'em sound like something.

Here's a little "behind the scenes" clip of what a rehearsal sounds like.

A few Minutes of the Work

Y'know, I always bring doughnuts or pizza... and we laugh a lot. But it's a lot of work. The kick is -- it's wonderful doing the work you love, and it's a doubly amazing feeling to be working with people you both respect... and LIKE.

I really hope you can make to Merkin Concert Hall to hang with us on December 10. Of course, there's never any way of knowing for sure... but I have a good, good feeling that this is gonna be another very special night. Just something in the wind.

Hey listen, it's gonna be what it's gonna be. Just another night, just another moment in time... in our lives. But from past experience I can say, my face will probably hurt again from smiling too much. And I think you guys are really gonna love some of the new songs this year.

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This is gonna be a fun one this year!!!

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Okay now, for any newcomers... here's something fun! It'll give you an idea what these concerts are kinda like!

Here are a few moments from last year's gig, stuff that a man named Tony Walton thinks should be part of something we could eventually do on Broadway or... Jupiter... or... I don't know. But it's gonna be done someplace. He's a Broadway legend, who has more Tony Awards and Academy Awards than I have socks!!! Here's a little 10-minute video from Tony and his wife... explaining the project. But it also gives you an idea what these concerts are all about!!!

Click to watch the video

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And here's another kind of a musical moment...

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OKAY -- YOU MIGHT WANNA GO AHEAD AND GET TICKETS TODAY. Yes, the box office is open today (Sunday) if you wanna call.

212-501-3330

I just think it's that an awful lot of you have been to these concerts before and know how much we laugh and how good it feels every year. I honestly can't wait. It's gonna be a good one this year. We've got some fun stuff planned, and as always... I'll be makin' it up as I go along.

It's also cool that you can look around you in the audience and see so many of the same faces you see all summer. (In fact, if you had a little "summer crush", he or she might be there!)

Me and the kids are gonna do a bunch of the new songs from this year. AND I wanna try to play as many of your favorites as I can get into one night. I'm gonna be joined on stage by George Wurzbach, Ryan Cavan, Nelson Montana, and Teresa Reynolds. Not only are they also good at what they do, they are among the sweetest people I know. So I always have so much fun putting these gigs together. We really do laugh as much as we sing at these things.

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TICKETS

There isn't a bad seat in Merkin Concert Hall. I'm serious, the guys in the balcony have as much fun as the people in the orchestra. It's always a really fun crowd up there. And this beautiful venue is really designed for orchestral stuff, so it's really very intimate. The balcony is very close to the stage... like, the first row of the balcony is at Row H in the orchestra.

So go ahead an order tickets online or wait until the box office is open to speak directly to either Biz or Shayla or Michael.

Call: 212-501-3330

Or get 'em online right now!

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I have a couple of really fun ideas about this gig. One of them has to do with the BIG cover song we do every year. I think you guys are gonna love this. I think we're gonna create a good musical memory.

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NOW -- here's a song I'm gonna debut with the bad at the gig on December 10th. And once again, I wanna ask you guys to keep this video moving around the planet. (It is intended to help counter the distorted and often purposely skewed image of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement by much of the "news" media. You can help by turning all your friends onto this video.)

THE NEWEST SONG AND VIDEO!

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Send this video to everyone you know. Send it to people you don't know! Post it to your Facebook pages. Email it to Congress. Send it everywhere!

Here's the link: http://youtu.be/VTFYodl5k6Y

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Y'know? This was year #20 that I've been known as "That Guitar Man from Central Park". As the result of sharing all those typically amazing afternoons of music an laughs in the middle of the greatest city in the world, I've become aware that there are always a lot of you checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world.

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VIDEO TIME

And here are a few videos for you to pass around. Hope some of them help you think and others help you smile today.

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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 ☮