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Thoughts on Summer

Summer summer, oh how I love you.  It feels like summer has JUST now started in my house.  Now that school is FINALLY over and we can just swim and hang out in the back yard.  That’s more like it. My kids will swim all day if I let them – and I usually do.

The only thing that can tear me away from the back yard now days is a sure-fire-wonderful musical experience.  Well, there’s some exciting shows on the horizon.  We have a couple of outdoor shows coming up in the next two weeks (I’ll be playing these mid-July dates with Mark Erelli & Jamie Edwards).  Then I’m off to Sundance to play 2 nights (July 21 & 22) of writer’s rounds with Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin.  I don’t know how I get so lucky to sit in a round with these two, but I’m so looking forward to it.  (Special thanks to the BLUEBIRD CAFE in Nashville).

August 13th I’ll be up in Gilford, NH opening a show for 2 of my favorite Texans JACK INGRAM & MIRANDA LAMBERT.  Damn, I am lucky.  Then once September comes and the kids start school again I’m planning a little West Coast run with my most-righteous friend MARY GAUTHIER.  There’s a couple of dates confirmed so far and most likely a couple more to come.  So check the tour page when you have a minute!

You know my favorite part of all this is the writing.  I so love songwriting.  And I am  blessed to have the chance to do it.  It’s something I would do – even if you lovely people didn’t listen.  And I am always amazed that you do listen.  So thank you, as always, for listening.  I have a new song or two or three to play you.  I’m working on a way to get the new songs out to you – not sure exactly how yet – but I’m working on it.  And I’m working WITH some really smart people who know how to get these things accomplished.  That’s exciting too.

Happy summer everyone.  xo.lm

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