Well, it's August, which means my yearly return to The Guthrie Center, and then we add a few festivals, and boom!! it's a musically busy month!!

This Friday, Aug 8th
Great Barrington MA
Guthrie Center
2 Van Deusenville Road
Great Barrington, MA
BOX OFFICE: 413-528-1955
http://www.guthriecenter.org

I love this place. Since day 1. I've played here for ages, I've played weddings here, I've had the best tuna sandwich ever here. I feel connected here for years. Arlo keeps threatening to show up - could this be the nite?

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8/10 - 8/15
Rocky Mountain Folks Fest
Lyons, CO
www.bluegrass.com

I teach performance and songwriting during the week here at the Song School...all sold out :-( .... but the festival proper is the weekend. You'll love it!!

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8/16 - 8/17
Philadelphia Folk Festival
Schwenksville, PA

The venerable and yet notoriously organized-ly-run American Institution of my home town. Well, I have a signed contract yet 10 days out and I'm not on any schedule. Call this # to see if you can find out more than I can:  215-242-0150. Or this one: 215-247-1300. For God's sakes brave the website with trepidation, but here it is: www.folkfest.org

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8/29 - 8/31
Kerrville Fall Music Festival
Kerrville TX
http://www.kerrville-music.com/default.htm

I am most certain that I am playing this one. They even have a yoga class on the schedule. It is one of my all-time home festivals. I play Saturday nite the 30th

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I usually like signing these things with "peace", but with the "they hit me first/you're killing my innocent people" sensibility coursing through the Cradle of Civilization (that's some oxymoronic shid, eh?), today I will remain mute in my greeting, pissed, disappointed at humanity. Let's just say I'll search for "peace", with music and such, but no, I'm not blanketedly bequeathing it upon my species today.