Paudie and Sara

A wee photo shoot with Paudie, with a few tunes around the fireplace thrown in for good measure, all of a Sunday afternoon.

Porch Session with Rose Clancy and John Alden

It was a quiet summer, music-wise, with my right-hand man, Colin, having been over in Ireland all summer, and we will all be the beneficiaries of all that he's learned, I'm sure. I've enjoyed a spattering of smaller sessions, and have had many evenings of solitary playing on the porch, which I've actually rather enjoyed - taking the opportunity to learn some new tunes and listening to myself for a change. On the last Sunday in August my friends Rose Clancy and John Alden came over from the Cape and paid me a visit. We had a lovely day together - one of those clear and dry August Vineyard days - did a little Edgartown secret back-woods tour, played some afternoon pre-session warm-up music on the porch, and managed to scare up a few musicians for a porch session that night, all in all a wonderful late-summer treat. Thanks for coming out, everybody - and Colin: we miss you!


A walk to town, the secret back-woods way.


Lunch at the Wharf


Ready!


The pre-session warm-up session.














Moi, by Rose.





A few local fans and dinner guests: Janet, Orion, and Maria.


Matthew, showing his stuff.


Violet - lovely.


Violet, Mary, Irene, John, and Rose.


Mary and Irene.

Music and Fun

Last night on Piazza's Piazza was exquisite - a minimum of humidity, with a maximum of music and fun. I edit these photos on a clear and dry Sunday morning with Rosanne's lovely whistle music wafting up the stairs. I keep asking: "Does it get any better?" And it just does.