Robin and Linda Williams: May's MissiveDear Friends,We're enjoying a typical spring in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. One week the temperature is in the 70s and 80s, folks are outside, in their yards, working on their gardens in their shorts and tank tops. And the next week the temperature is in the 50s and everyone has turned the heat back on and you can smell wood smoke as you walk through the neighborhood. We always say about Spring, if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes. It'll change. We enjoyed our April and getting back to gigging. The jobs were all fun and memorable, but the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival in St. Augustine was special, probably because we were around so many people who knew and loved Gamble the way we did. It was a heartwarming experience with a lot of great music. Plus, it being a 1,600-mile trip, it was a good way to get our road chops sharpened up. Now we're looking ahead and, on May 13th we'll get to drive to one of the prettiest areas of Virginia, to Highland County in the heart of the Virginia's Allegheny Mountain chain. We always look forward to any opportunity we get to drive to Monterey, VA, so to be able to go this time and play a job - well, mark that up as Robin and Linda's karma being good. And, Memorial Day weekend, we'll head to upstate New York and, for the first time since 1979, play at the Picking and Singing Gathering's "GottaGetGon" festival. Our history with these folks is indelibly etched into the fabric of our lives in music. They were advocates for us at the very beginning of our career and have been unwavering supporters through the years. So, to return after all this time is meaningful to us. A new and interesting wrinkle in our lives is a return to a musical, "Streets of Gold," which we were involved with way back in the last century. In the mid-1990s, a playwright, Mary Sue Price, approached us about writing some songs for a musical she hoped to get going in New York City. She had strong connections and backing from the Circle Repertory Theater there and, over a couple years' time, the play appeared to be heading toward a reality, when, in a perfect storm of catastrophes and in what seemed to be an instant, the whole project, including Circle Rep, folded. It was a real disappointment. Now, thanks to Mary Sue's persistence, the project has new legs and we'll be heading out to Fayetteville, AR the first of June to start work on it again. This will be a good experience for us. Mary Sue is a killer writer and knows the theater business inside and out. It's a great opportunity to use our skills and to also learn a lot. We're looking forward to getting back to work on this. BUMPER STICKER OF THE MONTH: I don't care who you are, what you are driving, or where you would rather be. We're still ruminating on the fact that we're fast approaching our 50th year of touring and wondering if we should make a big deal of it, you know, do something special or just mark it up as another year of living the dream. When we find out the answer, you all will be the first to know. We're giving as special shout-out to Michael Clem who played bass with us for the April dates. It was a real pleasure to be surrounded by his musical expertise, his good humor and thoughtfulness as we traveled around. Thanks, Mike. That's all for now. We hope this finds you well and in good spirits and that we'll cross paths at one of our stops along the way. Remember, live music makes you smarter.
Your pals,
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