Thanks John for starting this, I'm awed & very humbled by all the outpouring of support, thank you all. The battery situation is ok here my son has seen to those wants & needs but if any are inclined to a card would be just as cherished if not more so, but there's a correction to the address John posted above, here's the corrected address for any who'd be interested.

Barry Finn
Mass General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Blake Bldg, 6th floor
Boston, Mass.

It all started at John Nolan's world class Burns Night (nothing to do with John's cooking), people kept asking "how'd ya keep ya tan for sae lang" I knew I was in trouble, I was yellow not tanned (I think they were also in a bit of trouble themselves). By the time I got to the Doc's & all the tests were in I was told that at this point I'd need a new liver within a week so started all the work to bring my kidneys & other organs back in balance. Within the following week or so they had my levels coming back to the point where I can stand to ride out the wait fo a liver safely.

I've been catching up on & cleaning up on some songs that I've written & Abby, please forgive me, the Roger Abrahams promised you for Roger that's been so long over due is a loose end that I did not want to have pass unattended. The family at this very moment is trying to find where I may have filed it, it needs only some finishing touches & it's off to you it'll go (thanks Abby, they are treating me mighty fine here).

I'm not a religous person but that would never give me cause not to except the kind prayers of other so although I don't know what a prayer chain is by all means any prayers that were to be said in my behalf would be heard on my part as a token of your care & hopefully heard by any who'd see fit to find me worthy of their care too.
I will be, I'm sure ok by the time Mystic rolls around in June but I'm going to try to shoot for NEFFA in April if there's any possibly. Again I'd like to just say that it's so nice to hear from all of you & hopefully I can get back to those that the love of music has blessed us in friendship. My wife says that when this ordeal is behind us the kids & her & I should plan to relax for a few weeks at some of the places that I once haunted, so Mahalo & aloha Mark, it's here today & gone to Maui, & I'll be spending some