photo by Econosmith

songwriter's notebook

Surprise!

The show Rik and Bec produced from the Broad Old River 2 event last November is showing on the website of LCATV.

2010 Great Hudson River Revival June 19 & 20

Circle of Song tent is even closer to the river this year!


Sunday morning Mel and Vinnie open there at 11:00 am. Come by with your instrument, voice or just your ears.


Each day at Circle of Song there is an open round robin hootenanny song circle.

Saturday 1:15 - 2:30

Sunday 12:30 - 1:15


Sunday 5:30 - 6:30 the closing set at Circle of Song is a Hudson River Sloop Singer Reunion, Rick Nestler is host.


complete schedule at

http://www.clearwater.org/festival/schedules.html


festival home page

http://www.clearwater.org/festival/index.html

So Just Trust Me

You've given me all of your money....

on what I can do for you....

You're waiting by the banks of the ocean....

So I can bring it back home to you....

But the Sirens are singing so sweetly....

and calling me far away....

The outline of paradise I can almost touch....

But for you I must not delay....

....

So Just trust me....

....

You know I have the best of intentions....

The rules have been written quite clear....

A contract, after all, is a contract....

But in Vegas what happens stays here....

Why would I gamble our future....

For some sheckels, one more ore one less....

The oil is there for the taking....

My Intentions are only the best....

....

so just trust me

Shrimp Ale Oilio

Shrimp Alle Oilio


I'm dining today with my brother

whose found a new place to eat

he says to me "be a good fella,

and eat some nice shrimps with your wheat"


So we went down to the New Orleans Harbor

and the Matre D showed us our seat

the waiter came by and started to cry

as he told us his resturants new treat


"We now have Shrimp Alle Oilio

It's been Zagat rated you know

Its as good as the Clams Fra Diabalo

cause its pre basted before it comes in the door


Its good for your health and nutrition

to eat fish with some good petroleum

and no doubt its good

for BP who gets

more of our hard earned simoleans"

Econosmith pictures from Broad Old River 2 Concert

Link to the Econosmith photos from the 2009 Sloop Singer Reunion for the Song Writer's Notebook TV show Rik Palieri has in VT.

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami FL

Here we are in the parking garage getting ready to find the West Wing where Mr. Josph's room is. First up are Vinnie, Mel and Allan.
Next is Birgit, Eugen and Christina.
Allan putting on the style...


RJ Storm gift to Romel Joseph


This video of the delivery of the RJ Storm violin to Romel Joseph is also on YouTube. Allan Aunapu, Christina Leps (fluent french so we know we got permission to tape and post this), Vinnie Cerniglia, Mel Healy, Birgit Lehmann (Christina's cousin from Germany) and Eugen Karschewski (Birgit's friend on the Flip).

7.0 Earthquake in Haiti

On January 12th, while we were visiting in FL there was a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Through Allan Aunapu we learned about Romel Joseph. Romel is a Fulbright scholar, trained violinist at Julliard who also runs The New Victorian School in Port Au Prince. In January 12th 2000 The Victorian School was destroyed by fire and rebuilt as The New Victorian School. On January 12th 2010, after finishing up a violin lesson and putting his instrument away Romel found himself underground, the first floor went into the earth and he was there 18 hours. His violin lost, his school destroyed and his 7 month pregnant wife Myslie missing. His injuries included crushing his left arm and hand and both feet. He is in a hospital in Miami.

R.J. Storm, in upstate NY heard about this and decided to gift a violin to Romel while Romel was in the hospital. Ralph does work on Pete Seeger's banjo and Pete and Allan Aunapu go back to the first sloop Clearwater sail, Allan was the first captain. Tinya shipped the violin to Allan. He asked us to help him bring it, record it and post it on YouTube.