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Summer 2014 Review




 Above : Virginia Beach !

As Summer is now coming to an end, I am looking back at how lackluster it was for me, but with a great feeling of joy in my heart. How is that possible? Well because usually I feel let down when I don't get to play out much, but  I have been so busy working on newer songs and learning to play: the guitar! Yes. So I know about 4 chords (and the truth) on my acoustic, and that is something that I've always wanted to improve and I'm doing it. Now I have played the guitar before, but I never learned to to play it the conventional way, and I want to learn it so I can sing my Folk songs when I have no use of electricity. I will never be a superb guitar player, but all I want is a nice strum so I can accompany myself when the occasion arises!

Okay, now how about this past summer? Well I did get to sing a the Durham Farmer's Market which was a lovely weekend trip. I didn't really need to stay over night,  for the 2 hour drive from Richmond is nothing difficult, but I decided to make a weekend of it, so I added in The Open Eye Cafe in Carrboro, near by. Now Carrboro , NC is a very left wing progressive little town, but I managed to not get myself killed there, and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. It was super hot that weekend. But I have video of that online. I didn't do much travelling other than that. The Meadow Street Band and myself had several gigs- we are regulars at Aunt Sarah's Pancake House. But our Memphis trip was postpone due to financial constraints. And I have never seen Graceland! Oh, well someday.Elvis was always one of my heroes. I played a sling of familiar coffee shops- St Elmo's in Alexandria, Borjo Coffee in Norfolk, The  Muse in Lynchburg,  and the Mudhouse in Crozet. I also did Irvington Farmer's Market in Irvington. I got to perform at the Watermelon Festival in Carytown of Richmond again, the Mathews Market Days in Mathews. But with limited funds, I still don't play out that much. I can reach just as many folks through the miracle of recording and You Tube. Where would we be with out it?



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