"Tucson" is Surprisingly Hard to Spell.
After ten weeks and 13,000 miles, we're delighted to be home in the hills among last year's unraked leaves. We posted the last of the photos from this trip online for your bemusement. We learn quite a lot on these tours, and thought we would share a few of our insights:

• Remember Mayor McCheese? Well, New Mexico now has an official cheeseburger. Coincidence? Or perhaps something even more sinister.


• It sometimes rains in southern California and pours from time to time. There has to be a song in there somewhere.


• You can make a number bigger by adding more numbers.


• It gets warmer as you drive south. OK, we knew that already.


• Eating animals is environmentally shortsighted, unhealthy, unsustainable and often cruel and I plan to do something about it as soon as I finish this dolphin.


• In the 1850s, the US Army brought in camels to use as pack animals in the southwestern desert, which turned out to be well suited to that climate. The experiment failed, however, probably because the stables were far from the baracks (they would walk a mile for a camel) and people died from lung cancer.

Calendar for April and Early May.
Please check our online calendar for changes, but if something does change, it's probably not your fault.

Thursday, April 1st, 6:30 p.m.
Chester C. Corbin Public Library
2 Lake St.
Webster, MA 01570-2699
508-949-3880
Price: Free.

Thursday, April 8th, 7:00 p.m.
Crandall Public Library Folklife Center
251 Glen St.
Glens Falls, NY 12801
US 518-792-6508
Price: Free.

Sunday, April 11th, 3:00 p.m.
Newburgh Free Library
124 Grand St.
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-563-3619
Price: Free.

Saturday, April 17th, 7:00 p.m.
Jamaica Town Hall
with David Olney & Sergio Webb
Main St. (VT Rte. 30)
Jamaica, VT 05343
Price: $15
Co-bill with legendary Nashville songwriter and performer (and friend) David Olney accompanied by über guitar guru (and friend) Sergio Webb.

Sunday, April 18th, 4:30 p.m.
Club Passim
with David Olney & Sergio Webb
47 Palmer St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-5300
Price: $15 (members $13)
Co-bill with legendary Nashville songwriter and performer (and friend) David Olney accompanied by über guitar guru (and friend) Sergio Webb.

Tuesday, April 20th, 6:00 p.m.
Black Fly Lounge
@ GNAT-TV Studio
116D Lincoln Ave.
Manchester, VT 05254
802-362-7070
Price: $5
Taping for GNAT-TV’s, "Black Fly Lounge." Reserve a stool by calling GNAT-TV at 802-362-7070 or e-mailing blackfly@gnat-tv.org.

Wednesday, April 21st, 8:00 p.m.
Steve's Backstage Pass
with David Olney & Sergio Webb
15 School St.
Taunton, MA 02780
508-824-3436
Co-bill with Nashville songwriting legend and performer (and friend) David Olney accompanied by über Nashville guitarist (and friend) Sergio Webb.

Saturday, April 24th, 1:00 p.m.
Spring Meeting Songwriting Workshop
Middlebury Inn
14 Court Sq.
Middlebury, VT 05753
800-842-4666
Featuring Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Pete and Karen Sutherland and the Beeline Ramblers and yours truly. The League of Vermont Writers will host events all day at the fabulous Middlebury Inn. Please contact the league to register for this event.

Saturday, April 24th, 7:30 p.m.
2nd Annual Song as Poetry Benefit Concert
Main Street Landing Black Box
Lake & College Sts.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-899-5433
Benefit for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival, featuring Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Pete and Karen Sutherland and the Beeline Ramblers and yours truly. To obtain tickets or additional information, contact Laurel Shelmandine, concert coordinator at 802-899-5433 or Lshelmandine@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, May 5th, 8:00 p.m.
Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club
@ the Old White Horse
Station Rd.
Baldock SG7 5BS
GB +44 (0) 1767 683 583

Thursday, May 6th, 8:00 p.m.
Blue Coconut Club
@ the Blakewood
Blackgate Lane
Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1DD
GB +44 (0) 7771 966 435

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