WILL FIDDLE FOR VITTLES

As winter tapped wildly at the window...who came a knockin' but my old friend and past brother-in-law Richard Gregory-Allen. He's a real Renaissance man with a mind for mathematics (PhD. from MIT) a heart filled with song (Woods Hole Folk Orchestra) and the true soul of a sailor.

In answer to so many questions about the Innkeeper's recipe for "down-time"...grab a willing musician and add a little funky chicken!

A Gentle Woman Farmer

Cassandra Wilson has picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal album of the year! During the rehearsal phase of this album band members were guests at the Inn and I handled their catering needs at Levon Helm's studio. The gig was serendipitously fruitful for all involved...and laid a corner-stone for the tour de force recording that took place in Jackson, Mississippi.

Each day served up a different "throw-down" menu ...even a rendition of Pecan Brittle which simply became known as Pecan Crack -(a commidity... which can get you into the men's dressing room)! The hilarious jam which paid homage to the feasts will always be cherished by this girl. "Oh...no....Don't take that cannoli away...(Reginald) ............ lasagna (Herlin)".

Cassandra's voice is a rare instrument...double smoked strings with full bodied resonance, and a reed that whispers "come hither"... rising and falling through obscure phasing like passion itself. Loverly is an organic masterpiece with superlative players. I listen between the lyrics, in the silence between words. Through the delicate shadings of meaning and emotion I hear my friend C.W.

Buttercup, you are a beacon of light ...we stand immaculate in it's radiance!