Hey guys. Welcome to the website. Welcome to all of you who are checking in from different parts of the world. Here in The States, it's a...

Short week.

(Y'know, for those of you who have jobs.)

I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU TODAY! Mostly because it was a complete surprise to me yesterday.

THAT MUSIC YOU HEAR!

It's coming from the video that was sent yo me as a surprise from my friend Christine Lavin. (It's a little further down the page.)

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FIRST -- as always, thanks for another typically amazing year.
20 years... I've been "That Guitar Man from Central Park". And entire generation, for cryin' out loud. Very cool. Here's a Photo Gallery from this season. Maybe you're in there! (It's still growing!)

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Now, I don't know what the box office schedule is for this long weekend comin' up. I'll check today, but I'm sure that Merkin Concert Hall's box office is closed on Thanksgiving Day. And I know for a fact that they will be closed on Saturday. So if you wanna get your tickets for...

"THE SOMETHING'TH ANNUAL YEAR END CONCERT"

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...you have a few things you can do. You can get your friends together and call the box office today or tomorrow. (Speak to Biz or Shayla. They're both really cool.)

212-501-3330

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OR -- you can get them online any time you want. Here:

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I'll give you guys an update tomorrow about ticket availability. (I'm gonna stop in at the box office today.) This concert has become such a great tradition. We've got so many kick-ass traditions goin' on in this town this week.

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OKAY! Here's the surprise...

One of the artist I've been lucky enough to work with and in addition count as my good friend is a remarkable woman named Christine Lavin. Well, beside being the single most prolific songwriter I know, she is also one of the most generous and selfless people in music.

Yesterday, I received an email first thing in the morning telling me that she had just spent the entire night... (I mean it! She sent the email at, like, 7:00 in the morning when she wrapped this project.) ...editing a short music video around one of the songs I play and that you guys all love. It's a song that I have played to end every beautiful day I spend with my guitar in Central Park. (Chris also included it in her collection of year-end and holiday songs, JUST ONE ANGEL.)

Anyway, I click on the video and instantly got so emotional. What a beautiful thing to see on my computer screen and completely unexpected.

Click to watch

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THANKS CHRIS!

Y'know what!?

Besides being a good friend of mine and colleague, Christine has a song and short video in a little competition on PBS station WNET in New York. Listen, she is simply one of the most generous and selfless artists I've ever met. You guys can do me a tremendous favor by visiting this link and voting for her song called "Roses from the Wrong Man". Cool?

http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/category/vote/#

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THANKS!

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ALSO YESTERDAY!!!! I was back in the rehearsal studio with this group of amazing artists -- 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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JUST TO SHOW YOU! SOME MOMENTS FROM PAST SHOWS

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

Click to watch videos

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HERE'S A SONG WE'RE GOING TO DEBUT WITH THE BAND on DECEMBER 10!!!

Okay... once again, I teamed up with my pal Dean, who is an EMMY AWARD-winning filmmaker... in support of OWS! HERE'S THE NEWEST VIDEO! (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.)

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How does an idea or a feeling make it all the way around the planet in one week or one day?

YOU!

Dat's how!

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

Rock on.

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Okay now, for any newcomers... here's something about one of the two big projects we're cookin' here at the site.

Y'know? Music is most often a "mirror" to help reflect the world around us. But sometimes it's also a "hammer" to help shape the world around us. Both ways... it usually feels great if you're doin' it right! 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.

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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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 ☮