After getting in at 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, once we came back to the land of the coherent, we made it to another Hudson Valley party where you eat great food, play some tunes with other folks, and meet a bunch of really nice people. Guitars, mandolins, fiddle, banjos, and potato salad are a good combination with kids running around and food laced with music. The one thing I just love is the female singers who happen to come to these kinds of parties. They all know each other and know all the same tunes. Their harmonies are wonderful. If there is a piece of heaven on Earth, I think I am in one.
The sole reason why we are here in New York is to collect musical instruments, and it sounds like we have a few to start off with. The bass player Christopher Sullivan called me up and said he had a clarinet, a trombone, and a trumpet for us, so today we are heading off to meet him. Chris had a busy day and so did we, but towards the end of the day we could catch up with him in Beacon, NY. We ended up meeting Chris at a Coffee place, and we all sat down to have a drink and talk about what we are doing down in the Gulf. Chris was a very cool guy and the funny thing was, we could not figure out where we met each other, in what state or club. It happens that I have a pile of cards on my desk, and I wondered “Who is this?” I sometimes call folks and say,” Hello who is this?”
We had a Clearwater http://www.clearwater.org/category/latest-news/ meeting to go to which is held once a year in Beacon, New York at the new home for the Clearwater main office. At the base of a very nice sloping hill nestled between some old pine trees is the” Whitehouse” (as some like to call it), now the main Office.
It was by late morning a fall kind of day when we got there, and in a beautiful field at an old settlement camp, there were many old buildings and a very large tent where everyone was listening to young musicians singing their hearts out. With such a large crowd, this was a good place to get the word around. Add some food on a very nice fall day, and it makes it nice to have a meeting with food, music, and trying to keep the Hudson clean.
Many thanks to Mel & Vinnie for putting us up, (and for putting up with us).They have been with us on The Feel Good Tour, and thanks also to Danny Ibender and Sue Altkin.
More to come very soon.
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