another show of singer/songwriters. Rhett Miller (old 97s), Jim Lauderdale, Edwin McCain, Angie Aparo, and Joe Purdy. You may not know their names but they are all prolific songwriters and have many of their creations recorded and played on the radio or in a movie, whatever. Ever heard the song I’ll Be? well, the handsome young man in the middle wrote that song and he says he will play it every day, every set, whenever requested. One of my fav parts of this cruise was the stories behind the songs… how they wrote what they wrote. here’s an old you tube clip of edwin… he’s gotten a haircut since this was shot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVTKq0kM2tI

here we are waiting for a show to start someplace. perhaps before the show in the photo above.
below we are on another one of those fancy couches in the spinnaker. this was during a james mcmurtry show. we’d seen him once already but wanted to listen again and it was SRO so we utilized the sofa. Lyndon is tired.

that’s james mcmurty in the green shirt. i’ve been told he’s shy. i have listened to him for years and many of you have read his daddy’s books and viewed his movies. must run in the family, huh. one night at the bar he was ordering a drink and so was tawni. he isn’t exactly approachable so i wasn’t going to say anything and then suddenly i just said ‘you’re looking handsome tonight’ and he looked and me… didn’t know what to think i guess… and said ‘thank you’ . .. .my james mcmurtry encounter! then some bonehead shouted (rude!!) JAMES YOU COMING BACK NEXT YEAR… as he walked away he said ‘maybe. if i don’t piss anyone off’

gotta love him. I DO hope he returns next year.

our boat on the right. st maarten

Angie Aparo’s guitar. A Gibson Chet Atkins style. I love the sound of this guitar and will be buying one soon. Why? An investment! A man magnet? Who knows. I just loved the guitar. We caught a few minutes of Angie’s act the first day on the boat and proceeded to go to every show at which he appeared. He was at most jams and was having a great time on the boat. You may not know him but if you google him you’ll see what he has written for stars. I never knew the song Cry by Faith Hill… but I know it now… and he wrote it. (and many others!) yay angie.

upstairs pool deck. Shawn Mullins night show.

Tawni and Lyndon at the Shawn show. that dang yellow stair thingy in the background needs to be removed for this cruise…. or use another dang boat! I’m sure peeps love it on a ‘regular’ cruise but for this one it is just an eyesore and in the way… takes too much space.

Daytime show on pool deck. there were many shows outside but they could have booked even more. the weather was perfect except for one day and I know I would have loved to have been outside more during the day listening to music. perhaps this is when they were using the slide… when we were all inside at the stardust, etc. watching other shows while the sun was shining. I don’t know, I wasn’t out there! I was listening and enjoying music indoors.

Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller, Sara Watkins, Richard Thompson, Sean Watkins.

Jim Lauderdale again. Three mornings on the boat he conducted tai chi (sp) classes for the guests. Tawni was a good girl and went all three days. The girl who stayed up all night made it to only one class. It was great. I learned some new stretches. Thanks Jim! He had to leave the boat early for two reasons… Donna the Buffalo festival in Miami and then jetted to LA for the GRAMMY’s since he was NOMINATED!