Robin and Linda Williams: Gotta Travel OnDear Friends, We woke up today with that old Paul Clayton song, "Gotta Travel On," on our minds. "Summer's almost gone/And winter's coming on." Do any of you remember those lines? Robin's dad remarked, a few months after his 89thbirthday, "My life is like a roll of toilet paper, the older I get, the faster it goes." When we went to sleep last night, it was June and, when we woke up this morning, it was September. That's what summer felt like to us. We've got a busy month ahead of us. We'll be playing one of our favorite places in the Shenandoah Valley on the 14th, the Wayne Theatre. We don't want to go off into a flag-waving, partisan jag about the audiences close to our home, but they are among the best we have ever run into. And we have decades of experience and the support of hundreds of other performers upon which we base our undoubtably biased opinion. We're really looking forward to returning to The Wayne. There are some tickets left, so get them while you can. We'll move on down to Williamsburg on the 15th for a concert there. The rest of the month will mostly be spent recording. We have, once again, teamed up with our friend, Kevin McNoldy, who's worked with us on six other CDs. We like the way music sounds in our living room and asked him what he thought about recording in our house. So, last spring, he brought some microphones and gear in for a demo session and, luckily, it sounded wonderful. Kevin just left this morning after a couple more days of "tracking" and we're "all jazzed" about how well things are going. Our plan now is to do the whole project here. He'll be returning soon to do some more work and we hope to have this all finished by the turn of the year. Being "all jazzed" about recording does not mean it comes easy for us. While we're better at it than we used to be, recording, especially the first session or two, is always hard for us, mainly because we do it so rarely. Playing live is comparatively easy as any mistake you make, even fairly big ones, are usually forgotten almost immediately. Not so when recording. Even the smallest flub is there to blatantly haunt you and make you think, "After all this time, I'm no better than this?" Fortunately, we usually adjust to the transition and rise to the occasion. Once we sharpen up the focus and get loose, we're fine. Bumper Sticker Of The Month: I changed my iPad's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
A couple of random news items: Gotta go. Kevin changed a couple of songs all around and now we have to learn them before he shows back up this weekend. What a slave driver. Come see us play if we're in your neighborhood. Your pals, Robin and Linda
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