Clay's Northeast tour begins on Monday, August 13th. Here are the gigs:

-- 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, the Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York, NY. Music by David Amram, Perry Barber, Erik Frandsen, Bill Hall, Willie Nininger and Ann Nininger Grilli.
-- 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA. Music by Saul Broudy and Dennis Gormley.
-- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC. Music by Tom Paxton accompanied by Saul Broudy.
-- 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, S.R. Riley's Musical Café, Bridgeton, NJ. Music by Ernie Trionfo and others.
-- Friday-Sunday, Aug. 17-19, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Schwenksville, PA. Special signing times.
-- 3 p.m. Monday, Aug . 20, Borders, Crossgates Mall, Albany, NY. Music by Michael Eck and Willie Nininger.
-- 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, Caffè Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY. Music by Gary Moon, Willie Nininger and Ann Nininger Grilli, and Mike Quick, accompanied by Michael Jerling.
-- 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA. Music by David Roth, Willie Nininger and Howie Newman.
-- 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME. Music by Stuart MacDonald of the Mutineers.

The gigs run an hour to an hour and a half, and include music, readings from the book, personal reflections by some of the musicians, and of course book sales and signings. The book, Steve Goodman: Facing the Music, has received rave reviews from everyone. If you are in the area of any of these gigs and can make it over, I'm sure you will be glad you did.

More information and online book sales are available on Clay's web site at clayeals.com.

I plan to attend the NYC and Saratoga Springs events, so say hello if you are there too.