Some news worth sharing... while I was playing on the street at Seattle's Pike Place Market yesterday, I was approached by the acting Market Master who was helping a production crew to organize some video footage for a 30 second commercial. The project will help to raise awareness of a new ballot measure that voters are going to be asked to address concerning the need to find funding to fix some areas of the historic marketplace. The idea was to feature Market musicans and their music in the video project.

They captured me playing my musical saw version of, "Over The Rainbow" and interpreting one of my favorite old blues, "51 Highway Blues", with my bottleneck slide and my homemade resophonic "Nobro" guitar. Afterward, while their camera was still set up next to me but pointed in other directions, as they were finished with my contributions but still capturing some miscellaneous images, I continued busking. The challenge of offering my creative efforts next to a crew of folks with thousands of dollars worth of camera gear can be daunting, but I had an ace up my sleeve.

I've been very pleased and excited about the reactions I've been getting while offering my latest song, "Wall Street Bail Out Blues." So, I began playing it. The power of the lyrics caught the ear of a guy who had stopped to talk to the video crew. Before long he was so captivated by the song that he stood in front of me hootin' to every verse, reaffirming the message as I sang. When I finished, one of the guys working with the video crew told me how much enjoyed the lyrics and asked permission to video that song as well. He said that he'd post it to YouTube for me.

So, it looks as though I'll have my newest song, "Wall Street Bail Out Blues" LIVE from the Pike Place Market, available for all to see shortly via YouTube. While I'm certain that this version, being less than a week old, probably won't be as polished as it'll be once I've had a chance to work with it a while longer, I'm nevertheless very glad that it'll be out there for everyone to hear. What a great plus to have come my way via this commercial shoot!