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There are probably worse things to do than spend a day playing music outdoors, surrounded by friends, dogs, llamas, and horses. Heck if I can think of what it might be, though.

Last Saturday we did our second appearance at the Canyon Acoustic Society house concert in Royal Oaks, CA. This little series is pretty special to me, not only because it’s a huge labor of love run by my pal Marky Starks, but because I also had a small hand in getting it together. (A year and a half or so back, Marky said, “I’d like to put on house concerts.” I said, “I’d like to start PLAYING house concerts”. We played her first show, and now she’s doing these things every month. (Recent shows have featured bay area favorites like Houston Jones, Stevie Coyle, and Keith Greeninger.)

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Here are a few pics from Saturday’s show. Someone (okay, me) had the brilliant idea of an outdoor summer concert, completely forgetting that summer in Royal Oaks means “fog”. Still, it sounded pretty good: Here’s a little band bantering from the show, along with live versions of Not Stubborn Not My Mule and Tupelo Honey.

Next at the canyon will be local songwriter Mary McCaslin on Saturday, September. 13th. Contact Marky for reservation info. And watch this site. The next couple of episodes on my “Songs and Stories” podcast will feature in interview and performance from Mary herself.