40 years on the road this year....more on than off.

It never gets old. the house concerts that emerged recently (in the past 10 years) have made the touring make financial sense/cents. Thank goodness for those folks opening their homes, churches, community centers, friendship halls to the road weary muse-led peoples honing their art on the ears of the listener/venue provider peoples. Thanks to you for making these spaces available to us. 

Moreover, thank you for making a space for the muse. Your communities are deeper and richer for your creation. When I come before your groups and sing for you, I am watching you from the stage, seeing the bond between you, knowing I am right where I long to be, among people who think together and work together and who care about the quality of life for themselves and their cohorts and families. It is an honor to be given this space with you. I never want to take it for granted. I listen to you, see your intent, benefit from your hard work to break through the silence in your community and to create a communion with your neighbors. I benefit. Thank you. It's an honor to be presented by you. it's been 40 years of building this community, and of searching for you. I have searched for you for a long time. I need you, because the beauty of this community is the art of the muse, it doesn't go just one way: me singing to you. It is a two way street, with so many wonderfully talented people coming together to share each other's creations. I learn if I keep my ears and eyes and heart open. 

Thanks to all 'BOB'S' at ANDERSON FAIR and Ken Gaines and Wayne Wilkerson in Houston for holding space for Teresa and me. Thanks to all of the folks who showed up so closely after Kerrville festival. 

Huge deep thanks to Paul Barker, who held a concert for us at the WILD BASIN nature preserve in Austin. What a beautiful place, 250 acres of wildlife in the fragrant hills west of Austin. Paul is a powerful engine to the concert series vehicle. He teaches people how to hold their own series, and how to bring the community together. I am a huge fan, as well as a grateful artist in his caring stead.

Tom Prasada Rao and Cary Cooper's house concert was a fabulous gathering at the last minute! They are an amazing musical couple, each with their own special talent, and it's such an honor to be presented by them to their friends and family!

You MUST look up their music, and buy it when you find it! 

Thanks Tom and Cary for making us feel so at home and loved.