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Today was marked by the reuturn of Tuba Joe. Who’ll be with us all week and do the Shanghai Mermaid show with us on Saturday night.

We did ok today despite feeling a little shaky in the music. Stefan hadn’t touched any kind of horn in the last 4 days. That’s just weird. That guy is always playing the horn. Plus we had gotten used to the acoustics of having Cassidy on bass so getting Joe back is an adjustment for everyone.

Still, our new version of Bill Baily makes me smile every single time we do it. So dark. I love tunes that I get to make up new lyrics each time around.

Speaking of which – for the song “Bring it on Down” – the lyric of the day was – “Crazy little dolphin said with her flipper, I’ll show you my wet suit if you let me be your skipper.” Pure none-sense.

Central Park has been treating us just great! It’s been a lot of fun out there this week playing with Stefan, Clifton and Cassidy. The music is really gelling and we keep adding some new tunes.

Here’s a video that I found of us playing “Comes Love”

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A fun guy has been coming by this week. He’s got a big bright smile and a loud, awesome red jacket and told us that he has three or four shows up and running in the city. He’s the lyricist, Hal Hackady. Check out his Wikipdeia Page

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I’ve been playing New Orlean’s music with Linnzie Zaorksi on her New York tour. We played Joe’s Pub, Webster Hall, and Galapagos so far. Tonight we’re at the Lakeside Lounge. I’ve been learning a lot about Tin Pan and what we actually have to offer in terms of this music. Every experience I have draws me closer to the reality that this music requires a vibrance of joy and passion and we, as a group, have ample supply!

Great playing at Joe’s Pub and Webster Hall! Good monitors, good sound system, quality tech and stage people, good dressing rooms. At Webster Hall we even had big burly bouncers outside our dressing room. Ha Ha! That was fun!

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Twitter: For those of you that use twitter, we now will have updates available on twitter. Twitter is for little updates that answer the question, “What are you doing now?” You can access it with your mobile phone or with the web. I figure it will be helpful so I can keep you updated about the street hits. It will come in handy if things get moved around or if we experience bad weather or whatever. Here’s the address to follow us: www.twitter.com/tinpanband

So sorry!

We’ve been doing great. All the things that equal success are certainly happening for us. We sold 1,400 CD’s between April and May! That’s astonishing to me and I am very grateful. The gigs and private parties keep getting better, the repertoire keeps expanding, and the music keeps getting more joyful and also dirtier which is kind of cool.

So cheers to you and I’m off right now to go to Alice.