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Here is my band, Easy Street, in "acoustic festival mode" playing at Willfest, the Will McLean Festival at Sertoma Youth Ranch here in Florida on March 10, 2001. This event is held in memory of Florida folk singer/songwriter Will McLean. There's a link to the festival web site in our links section. In this picture, Doug Travers is nearest the camera. I'm in the middle. Becky Hall is just to my right in the picture. Bassman Tim Lewis is at the other end. This is probably City of New Orleans. Margaret Longhill is the creator of this very nice event, which should be a "don't miss" for festival lovers. Thanks, musicians, and thanks, Margaret, for the great main stage spot!

Here we have Paul Stewart, Linda Stewart, and Charley Groth at Willfest, eating health food as you can see. Yep. This picture was taken just as we had solved most of the problems of the world. Wish we could remember what we came up with! The Stewarts are good friends and fine performers. Linda's a songwriter of great talent. She also is the person who does all the work to organize the many free workshops provided by Willfest annually.

On the right, from right to left, we're viewing Ken and Trisha Brooks with Lynn Brainard, in the Brooks sales booth at the Will McLean Festival March 10, 2001. Great people, good merchandise. They make instruments as well as selling them! Ken plays a lot of instruments and sings. Trish plays bass...and she has one of those gorgeous voices everyone wishes to have! Ken and Trisha teach at the SSAMC. Check them out the next time you see their booth!

For years and years and years Jim and Peggy Kaufman have hosted a jam/music party on Friday evenings at their place in Pinellas Park. Some of us just don't quite know what to do if we're not at Jim and Peggy's on Fridays! Shown at left, lower left in the picture, is the boss, Jim Kaufman, with pickers Jan and Don Moores, Bob Myers, and Alice McKay. We have a great time! Of course while some of us are in the next room playing music, the Puzzle Ladies (and sometimes a gent or two) are at work in the kitchen, putting together jigsaw puzzles. That's Diane Moody, Buddy's wife, grinning at the camera!

Everyone loves Carl Wade and Barbara Shafer. Here, below, is a picture of them in performance in the Sarasota Sailing Squadron series last year. Great friends. They do one of the sweetest and most beautiful versions of my song Florida Moon I have ever heard. Thanks, guys.
I met the young ladies pictured below, Carie and Sarah Pigeon, sisters, who perform as Jumping Starfish, recently, at a music party in Lutz, Florida. They are shown here at one of their gigs.

Carie and Sarah are very nice young women and their singing and playing is most enjoyable! They have a web site (listed in my links section) with a schedule of their appearances. Go take in their show. You'll be glad you did!

There are those who are coming up, and those who have gone on. Your friends will never forget you, Marty. (The late Marty Schuman, below.)

Pictured with me here, below, is someone else we won't see again--the great Doc Guidry, friend, mentor, fiddler extraordinaire, composer of many Cajun classic melodies so well known people today think they are folk tunes from centuries ago.

Doc was Jimmie Davis's fiddle player for a great many years. He played with everybody else, too, and toured the entire world with his music. For all of that, he was a quintessential southern gentleman, modest and soft-spoken--until he picked up the fiddle. Then he really spoke out! Doc's been gone a long time, but he's there with me whenever I play my music.
Hard to believe, isn't it, that I ever had that much hair?

Recently attended a great music/writing party put together by indefatigable organizer of good things Billie Noakes, in the Lutz home of Harold Delk and Jackie Hawke. Here's a photo of some of the jammers!

Here's the ever-beautiful Sue Grooms appearing at the May 20, 2001 Adam Morris memorial benefit at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida. For more on Adam, the benefit, and Outward Bound, contact Norman and Rochelle Morris. E-mail rochelle@coffeetalkcafe.net.

Also at the Skipper's Adam Morris benefit, Gainesville's Art Crummer (second from left) performed, supported by Joe Reina (harmonica), Charley Groth (mandolin, guitar) and Doug Travers (bass), left to right.

Pictured below left is my very good friend, E. T. Morris, great guy, fabulous character, wonderful songwriter. I don't think E. T. really knows his own strength as a creative artist! E. T. lives here in Florida. If you get a chance to hear his songs, don't miss it!

Above on the right is Dale Crider, the famed Florida environmental songster, pictured at the Skipper's Adam Morris benefit.

Pictured with me here, below, is someone else we won't see again--the great Doc Guidry, friend, mentor, fiddler extraordinaire, composer of many Cajun classic melodies so well known people today think they are folk tunes from centuries ago.
Doc was Jimmie Davis's fiddle player for a great many years. He played with everybody else, too, and toured the entire world with his music. For all of that, he was a quintessential southern gentleman, modest and soft-spoken--until he picked up the fiddle. Then he really spoke out! Doc's been gone a long time, but he's there with me whenever I play my music. Hard to believe, isn't it, that I ever had that much hair?