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MDB’s Newsletter for March 2024

Hello. Handshakes. High fives.

Just a few brief words in case you like to keep track of music events of all sorts particularly ones where I am appearing.  I wanted to get the word out that I will be performing…

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On The Last Day of Summer

The tourist traps are empty
vacancy abounds
Almost like it used to be
Before the circus came to town.”
- M. McAnally, J. Buffett

Welcome to September, 

I’m going to have to leave this place. It’ll be just one more…

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Sending the Old Man Home.


Jimmy Buffett has left us and whether you were a fan of his music or not the fact is that the world is a different place now. Buffet was, to me, a part of a long line of self-invented Americans…

Dangerous Tales From Weldon Way and Other News

Dear Reader, 

It’s a beautiful morning here on Block Island. There are large, white, and puffy clouds in the sky that remind me more of a Kansas plain than a July summer in the Northeast. I’m drinking a coffee at…

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A Report on the Value of Your Support

Good Friends,

In early June, I returned to my home in Rhode Island from Texas with a deep appreciation for my experience throughout the month of May.

After the moving and enlightening process of running a Kickstarter campaign, I got…

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WE DID IT! Now We Press On.

Dear Friends,

I woke up on Sunday in a rush to get out the door. I answered a few emails, checked my bags to make sure I had what I needed for my Texas trip, and had a quick look…

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Vagabonds By Choice, February 2023 

“Saddled up, pushing through. I am traveling with you.” - Traveling 

Friends and neighbors, 

I am very grateful to be on this earth with you in this year of 2023. This isn’t just a thing I’m just saying. I sincerely…

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MDB GOES TO WASHINGTON

Hello Treasured Friends

I just got home from a great tour of the West and my enthusiasm levels are running high. Beautiful drives across the Mississippi, and Kansas into Colorado, Wyoming, and back to Nashville, TN. All the shows…

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Waiting on a Brand New Day

Hello Song Enthusiasts, 

Once again I write to you from Block Island to tell you the good news that the second single "Waiting on a Brand New Day" from my upcoming record will be released today, August 26.   The recording…

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Cheap Northeast Summer Vacation Tour

Friends, 

I am writing to you now from the small bunkhouse on Block Island. Only 9 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and my homeland of Westerly, Block Island is on the Nature Conservancy’s very short list of “Last…

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The Hard Part

My Friends, 

If you’re lucky to live long enough you are gonna lose a few battles, pass through a few relationships and lose a few friends and fellow travelers along the way. The ephemeral nature of time on earth becomes…

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Brand New Things In An Ever Changing World

Hello Brothers and Sisters, 

February is not my favorite month. Here in Rhode Island, any snow that has fallen has lost its charm. Cold wind and dark days start to play on the mind in bad ways. If you can…

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Who Do You Know in Colorado?

Hello Friends, 

 A quick word. I have just finished a few music shows in Nashville (Americanafest) and Texas. Songs were sung. Stories told. People felt feelings. I felt feelings (nervousness, joy, fear, gratitude). My good friend and spiritualist, Walt Wilkins…

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Just One

On Spotify

On YouTube

My notes say that I wrote it on Sept 24, 200I in Milford, CT. I turned thirty one that year. I had left Florida in a hurry and moved in with Amy, Mitch and Emily that…

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How To Get To Heaven

My Dear Friends, 

Question: Is it possible for me to do what I do without you? 

Answer: No. 

Second question: Are you like me? Do you love the month of April? You don’t have to answer that. I know you…

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Magic Beans, March 2021

“You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.”  -Tom Robbins, Novelist/ Provocateur 

Dear Friends, 

Look at us. We are still here. Still hanging on. Amazing. After a full year of trouble and change we…

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