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See You Out There
See You Out There
Loading the van for Oshkosh. Lakefly Writers Conference tomorrow morning, Long Beds concert tomorrow night. Grabbed the guitar case, got gut-punched by these stickers, placed there by tiny hands a long time ago. On another day when I was leaving. Two daughters, grown and flown so fast. Sometimes gratitude is a tear in your eye and a catch in your throat. See you out there.
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On The Road Again (Free Listen)
This week’s Voice Mail is free and includes a caption that explains the situation in the photo above. Click here to listen. P.S. for our blind or low vision followers, it’s a photo of me playing music for a crowd of very attentive folks. Except for one folk–a little girl–turned the opposite way and doing a yoga stretch (or something like it) with her hinder in the air toward me. The punchline:…
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Lettin'Er Rip in Minneapolis Tonight
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Literary Lyrics and See You In Minneapolis
Literary Lyrics and See You In Minneapolis
Congratulations to Maggie Ginsberg on the publication of her novel “Still True,” about which more here. And thank you to Maggie for turning one of my song lyrics into an epigraph for the book. I’m always surprised and happy for the ways our works can echo and ripple. Last I checked “Newfangled Cowboy Way” isn’t on the setlist for this Friday’s Michael Perry and the Long Beds concert in…
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Light and Magic
You come see the Long Beds, you get a light show. (photo credit and thanks to Mike Lee)
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Long Beds in Mt. Horeb and Shell Lake
Mt. Horeb Wednesday, Shell Lake Friday. New guitar (RIP, International Harvester Larivee), new gig bag, Waylon had to cancel. Details on SneezingCow.com events page. Also, new book “Hunker” available pretty much everywhere now.
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Another Van Ride In The Books
Another Van Ride In The Books
Photo credit Evan the piano player Another Long Beds cheeseheaded (SO MUCH CHEESE) 3-day mini-tour in the books. As ever, thank yous all around to the folks who gave of their time to join us, to the volunteers and lifters and haulers and techs and organizers and workers who make our part easy, giving us more time to take ourselves and sound check seriously, as illustrated in the photo above.…
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When the Band Has Heard That One Before...
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