4/13/2026

Singing at the No Kings rally in Guthrie, Oklahoma

Hi Friends,

Hope this email finds you well!

I wanted to let you know that my latest single "American Dissident" is out and available on all digital platforms. As I wrote last time, this song is about how this country's common decency and respect for simple human dignity have been so eroded by the Trump administration that they now can actually be seen as radical.

I'm really proud of the track and especially all the work my great producer Harvey (in the Morning) did in helping to present the song's urgent case to any open-minded musical jury.

I'm not really expecting a lot of folks to purchase this (or any of my tracks... not to brag but I'm economically comfortable enough to forgo the 8-9 cents in revenue that my entire fan base might generate if they did), but I really DO hope you'll share "AmDis" (as we've taken to calling it) with friends and neighbors. Here's a link: https://youtu.be/hBBRVbGdTgs?si=Yi0VIV-CPDJa7ZvQ

I had a great time doing shows in Oklahoma recently and enjoyed running into the great Larry Gatlin. I got to open some shows for the Gatlin Brothers back in the day and it was fun catching up. Larry's a brilliant songwriter and still sings his ass off! He's also been known to have a slightly sardonic edge and can be funny as hell.

I'm glad to report that the years have barely mellowed him.

Me and Larry... dang son, we were just babies!

My New Beginnings work in Howard R. Young and James T. Vaughn prisons continues to go well. We recently welcomed home two more returning citizens into our Next Step program.

As I've written before, one of the things that I'm proudest of in NB-NS, is the ongoing participation of our alumni in the work, both as volunteers who go back into prison with us, and (for two good and longtime friends) as members of our Board of Directors, who help steer our efforts to become more effective in providing transitional assistance to the guys going through reentry.

One of our newest pilot programs came directly from recommendations that these two gentlemen recently made. We now will be offering micro-grants to needy candidates dealing with extreme financial challenges or emergencies. These grants will be approved, not by me, but by panels consisting of our returning citizen alumni.

If you'd like to contribute to our work, you can do so through our brand-new web site at
www.nb-ns.org.

I'll be back on the road this weekend. I'm playing the Towne Crier in Beacon, New York on Friday April 17: https://townecrier.com/events/john-flynn-salon-stage/

And I'll be at the Burlington Grand Hotel in Vermont on Saturday night, April 18, doing another show for the great folks of Dismas of Vermont.

Dismas does important work that is very close to my heart. They operate safe, therapeutic transitional housing for returning citizens throughout the state of Vermont. Our country could use a lot more of their pragmatic compassion and creativity. (https://www.facebook.com/dismasvt)

That's all for now. Keep the faith and...

End The War!

 

 

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