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January 2009 
Singing with the Putah Creek Crawdads
Posted on Sep 14th, 2008
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ShiftingShamanics!
ShiftingShamanics!
Still in Davis, CA: On Saturdays in Central Park the Davis Farmer's Market is a must. I intended a walk-through on my way to walking through the University of California - Davis (UCD) Arboretum along Putah Creek. But I never made it past a street singing performance by the Putah Creed Crawdads, a popular local acoustic band.
My own acoustic steel-stringed guitar has been packed away in a closet for a while - and is now listed as for sale on Craigslist - but there and then I suddenly dreamed of singing folk music again. When I requested Wildwood Flower the band obliged even though they hadn't played it in a while and had not brought the lyrics. As I was thanking them afterwards (and laying down some dollar bills) I heard my voice mentioning that I USED TO play folk guitar and sing every day as well as lead sing-a-longs occasionally.
Just as it had happened in my momentary dream the Crawdads then insisted that I join them for the next song! We sang Will The Circle Be Unbroken? and later I rejoined them so a friend of theirs could snap a photo with my camera. We sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic and another one I had never sung or even heard before. What fun this was!
Crustaceans are one of the few animals I am (deathly) allergic to eating so I understood in a shamanic way that this ordinary happening was also a guiding message from Spirit. I am about to go and delete that Craigslist ad! Oh, and I now know there is a lot more to Putah Creek than I had realized.
My own acoustic steel-stringed guitar has been packed away in a closet for a while - and is now listed as for sale on Craigslist - but there and then I suddenly dreamed of singing folk music again. When I requested Wildwood Flower the band obliged even though they hadn't played it in a while and had not brought the lyrics. As I was thanking them afterwards (and laying down some dollar bills) I heard my voice mentioning that I USED TO play folk guitar and sing every day as well as lead sing-a-longs occasionally.
Just as it had happened in my momentary dream the Crawdads then insisted that I join them for the next song! We sang Will The Circle Be Unbroken? and later I rejoined them so a friend of theirs could snap a photo with my camera. We sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic and another one I had never sung or even heard before. What fun this was!
Crustaceans are one of the few animals I am (deathly) allergic to eating so I understood in a shamanic way that this ordinary happening was also a guiding message from Spirit. I am about to go and delete that Craigslist ad! Oh, and I now know there is a lot more to Putah Creek than I had realized.
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