And thanks for dropping in. When I posted this web site in July 2005 I never expected much - possibly a few faithfulls who remembered JDR from the seventies - but never could I have imagined how many people would find it. As I write this in early 2006 I still find it hard to express my gratitude to all those who still remember 'A Friend of Mine is going blind' and 'Read On' and who have carried some of those albums with them for so many years. So to all those I say Thank You. ...But now I am receiving questions about the new album, which is appropriately called 'Now... Where were we?' So possibly the following notes may answer a few of them. Note from Inside... No I have never spent any time in prison, but this song was written after a period of visiting a friend who has. Saucalito... My record company once put me in lodgings overlooking San Francisco bay - they said it where Otis Reading was when he wrote Dock of the bay - so get writing! The wharf is Fisherman's Wharf and Saucalito is across the bay. Sunday, my child and me... I started walking with my daughter when she was five - she is now thirty - and we still walk every Sunday. Unfortunately 'Duster' the long haired dog passed on, but 'Snatch' is an enthusiastic stand in. I am with you Mary... The American airforce base in Berkshire, England, (near where I live) was the focus of huge protests by the Anti Nuclear women's movement. I am not an activist, but this was for them. That's it for now. Please keep leaving me messages - and I will keep replying to as many as I possibly can. Thank you again , John PS….. and if you would like to hear a few other songs, including tracks from the ‘Rough Cuts’ cd, why not visit my myspace page on www.myspace.com/johndawsonread Visitors