Howdy my springtime friends, I’m
really excited to present a
concert I’ve been imagining for
years. The entire evening will
be songs from my first album
Run This Way Forever: ALL the songs. And stories from
that time, the writing of the
songs, my friendships and
recording, the first year of
touring, so many wonderful
things happened that gave me a
base to build all my lifetime of
music and stories on.
Because many of us are staying
safe and we still cannot enter
each other’s houses, this will
be a solo acoustic concert. But
really, that’s how it all began,
writing these songs, playing my
first national tour. I’ll be
sharing photos with you of that
time, the wild laughter and love
I had with my friends. Without
them, that album truly would not
have come to pass as you know
it. The friend who invited me to
move to Whitefish, MT to work at
Big Mountain Ski Resort, where I
wrote
Yellow Windows. The
friends in Amarillo who first
gave me a chance to sing,
experienced musicians allowing a
non-musician (at the time) to be
the singer in our little group.
I wrote
Asphalt Dream and
Raining Away in Amarillo. Waves
came from Austin, Texas.
I Will
Not Pass You By came from a trip
to Santa Fe, invited to tag
along with a friend from
Amarillo. And the rest came from
my move to Seattle in 1983.
By A
Friend, Blue Eyes, No Bad Dreams
&
Run Like the River Runs among
them. Some memorable times I’ll
share with you. If there is
time, I’ll play a few from other
albums at the end.
This
will be my fourth online concert
since I began the series last
Thanksgiving. It’s been
heartening, uplifting for me and
really, it’s been a part of how
I’ve survived The Big Pan
financially. So I’m very
grateful to Zoom for allowing me
a space to host my
Breathing/Meditation classes and
these four concerts. It’s just
me in my living room singing to
you in yours. Hook me up to the
Big Screen if you wish. Lots of
people did that for my Christmas
concert. But even if you’re just
viewing on a laptop or computer
screen, a tablet or phone, once
you put your ear buds in and
hear the richness of the songs,
you’ll feel like you got the
best seat at one of my Live in
person concerts.
I set
the start time early for us West
Coasters. Because I wanted folks
across the country to get to
view and listen. I hope you’ll
join us. I put as much heart and
focus and love into these as I
ever did my in person concerts.
I think you may even forget that
we’re not in the same room. I
hope you’ll join us. Your friend
in the wind,
~ Michael Tomlinson
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