Prague/night 2

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played a jam session at medium 43
looking for musicians to play with me this weekend
alex, nick, anton,david

later I went over to metro comedy club
in the last few months I have been telling stories at poetry readings
and now comedy clubs
last night was a young audience and this story fell flat
so I was playing on the street in nyc one day and I was in a foul mood.
a man threw some change into my guitar case and said
” I used to do that”
without looking up I said “yeah, and what the fuck do you do now?
silence…….and then I looked up…. A stocky black man with a big black
cowboy hat stood there, tipped his hat and said
the name….is…..Bo Diddley

Metro comedy club/prague

ramblin

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on the road again
it started a long time ago
In 1966 I heard the Tom Paxton song Rambling Boy
and I knew what I wanted to do
I haven’t done this in a while…
in 2000 I went on a street tour with Bob Dylan
but there was not a photo or recording ever made
In 2003 I went on tour with The Rolling Stones
making a movie called The Opening Act
because I wanted to retire from playing the street
and I wanted an interesting document
so after about 12 years watching the stars and
deciphering the Mayan calendar and Heavens
I am again back on the road
Monday night sleeper train to Prague
Tuesday night I played with old friend Heyme who played bass
who I knew from Antwerpen and his friend Maarten
who played piano at the ziskovsiska
we played 4 of my tunes including The 12th Gate,
a song I wrote for bob dylan in the mid 80’s
we also played Cathedral bells, Hoop for the lowly and Animal.