As the only Mudcatter (I think!) living in N.O., I'm asking that any and all visitors who might be in town please get in touch with me (via PM) as well as with Jed.

Peggy and I are going on the road for a week's vacation Wednesday through Wednesday (7/13-7/20), but we expect to pop in on Jed (at least briefly) on the weekends before and after our trip out of town.

Too bad we'll be missing Jed's only two evenings off (the two Wednesdays); no opportunity to drag him away from Danny O'Flaherty's influence and really show him around town.

As I understand it, Jed will make a live-in-the-studio appearance on WWOZ's Saturday morning Celtic music program during his visit (either on the 16th or the 23d?). That will be available worldwide on the web between 10 and 11:30 am US CEntral time (GMT minus 6), one Saturday or the other.

By the way, this coming fall I'll be performing at the Celtic Nations Festival, too ~ as a member of the NO Quarter Shantey Krewe.