Thanks y'all for the kind words. I hope it can be a collector's item while I'm still alive. Some of the used ones sell for a premium?? Go figure.

Well good luck in VA, Seamus. I hope you make your benefit folks loads and loads of money! I have to tell you I've been pushing and pushing those NTIF folks to get you back. Not that it's been a hard sell, you have lots of friends among that crowd.

I have Karen Mal and Tom Leighton joining my son Jaime and me for next year at NTIF (there's a pic of the group on this page). I am looking forward to it already. I've done a few shows with Karen and we're plotting to do a few more. She's a seasoned pro; a truly fine player with a lovely voice - and she is about as pretty a woman as they make. It's been a joy working with her.

Anyway - '08 will be a damn fine NTIF!