For those who have tickets to the upcoming April shows, we're sorry to bear the bad news that Richard received a scorpion sting while on vacation in Mexico, incapacitating his right hand for an expected 2-3 weeks.

Reluctantly, he is forced to postpone all of the April shows until later in the year, but expects to be back up to speed in time for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 2.

Following are the confirmed new dates for most of the cancelled April shows.

OCTOBER 2008:
16 Wolfeboro, NH*
17 Portland, ME
18 Newburyport, MA
19 Cambridge, MA
21 Rochester, NY
23 Poughkeepsie, NY
24 Brattleboro, VT
25 Great Barrington, MA
28 Princeton, NJ
29 State College, PA

*Venue change: Moody Mountain Barn