Well this thread is not only a wonderful story (thanks very much Cranky Yamkee) - but it's all about some of my favorite places.

I was born in Fall River (played there on a quick tour last Fall), have always loved Tiverton, used to fish on the old rail road bridge near the Stone Bridge, used stop for clams, lobsters or fish at the shops just passed the Old Stone Bridge Inn, swam at the town beach and fished off the old bridge. We stopped there for lunch this Fall and I see that old bridge is no longer accessable.

Jamestown is a beautiful place. My wife and I always stop there on our trips and have toyed with the idea of staying at the Jamestown Inn one of these days. I sailed out of Appanog a time or two with my friend Billy Dunlop who kept his boat there, when he was still around ... slept in Newport Harbor one night, on the Enchantress (Billy boat).

I spent a lot of time in Little Compton when I was a kid, on the beach at Goosewing and South Shore. I still go back to visit when I can, and the magic is still there ...

I have an album called the STREETS OF FALL RIVER ... with a few songs from my Fall River family experience. I've enjoyed reading some of its history ... and hope to be back there playing next Summer.

Where're you at, Cranky Yankee? Where do you play in Fall River?