David sang for our Good News International Day of Peace Event in Strawberry Fields back in 2004. It was pouring and David still performed, sang Imagine and I never forgot about him, he is a blessings. Go to the Hill in Central Park on the weekends when Covid Subsides and he is performing again. Enter Strawberry Fields and walk 100 yards north to the hill. Check out his website. http://www.thatguitarman.com/

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The next project… “David Ippolito: DREAMERS LIKE ME”

Be a part of this much-requested, completely solo, acoustic night of music and laughs, stories, thoughts and feelings… with the man who has been known for over a quarter century as “That Guitar Man from Central Park”.

SATURDAY NIGHT, April 7 — THE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA (Broadway at 95th Street.)

If you can be a “producer”… GREAT! Thank you. If you just feel like helping, feel free to throw any amount, no matter how large or small at the campaign. THANKS!

“David Ippolito: That Guitar Man from Central Park” is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of “David Ippolito: That Guitar Man from Central Park” must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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Now, for a place with 500 seats this venue is a really beautiful, comfortable, great-sounding, intimate music hall. But I just checked with the box office and the tickets are really moving this week all of the sudden. So if you’re putting it off, or you’re sitting on the fence… just call a friend or two and plan to make a night of it. It’s a lot of fun. We laugh as much as we sing at these things every year.

THE BOX OFFICE IS OPEN!

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MERKIN CONCERT HALL

Or you can grab tickets right now. We actually lowered the price of the best seats in the orchestra!!! And the balcony is $5 less that them!!! So call a few friends and make a night of it. Seriously… call them and grab the best seats!!! We’ve only got 4 weeks lead time on this show. And this year we’re gonna do a show that will feel a lot like “The Hill” in Central Park. I’m hoping that you guys show up and are really in the mood to sing and laugh 2015 out the door! I wanna keep it simple. I wanna keep that… y’know… “It’s Just Us” feeling. I want you guys to be ready to sing, a LOT, and LOUD. I want you guys to be ready to dance in the aisles. And I would like to do it in a room PACKED with sweet people having fun. So… not only will we do a more acoustic show with a few special guests joining me on stage, I really REALLY need you guys to bring a few friends to fill that venue!!!

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Now, I’ve been going through some significant changes in my Life… and working on some pretty wonderful projects. I moved to a new apartment in a new neighborhood in Manhattan. I just wrote a new dramatic one-act play, I’m sitting on top of another that is starting to generate real interest… and I’m still pushing the new musical “Possibility Junkie”. I think we’ve really got something wonderful on our hands. Here’s a little taste.

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OH!!! At the beginning of the summer I was lucky enough to be part of the very first Global Family Reunion. At that gig, I shared a stage with legendary songwriter Paul Williams, and partied on the main stage with Sister Sledge, and then did a set of my own. It was very, very cool.

Here’s a moment from that gig.

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Listen, most of you live in or around New York City but I know a lot of you are new around here. And a lot of you are checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world. A lot of you guys showed up after the newest video from the December concert hitYouTube and Twitter. Well, I update this page almost everyday. Still, you can hit the ARCHIVE here at the site. And all around the internet you can find stuff if you Google “David Ippolito” or “That Guitar Man” or…

OR on YouTube: thatguitarman

OR on Twitter: @thatguitarman

There’s always a lot cool stuff goin’ on someplace. Keep checking back.

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THIS YEAR WE RELEASED A BRAND NEW ALBUM!!!

EMAIL HERE IF YOU WANT A CD MAILED TO YOU!

Or you can download it right this minute!!!

It’s available at CD Baby and iTunes.

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Gotta keep focusing on the beauty in this world. The ugliness will always be there. Let’s all keep trying to move a little closer to the Light every day. I have work to do. The tools of my work are music and the written word. We all have different ways of feeding the beauty and starving the ugly. I hope we all get use them during our next lap around the Sun. I hope we all feel a part of One world in 2015.

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Oh listen… nobody is more disappointed or heart-broken than me that there will be no video this year from “The Something’th Annual Year End Concert”. But trust me, we had a blast… again. Actually we had people travel from Maryland and Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, just so they could be in town for this gig. (A couple from Europe actually told they scheduled their trip to the Big Apple around this concert!)

So very cool.

Here are the first photos from this year’s gig.

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Hey you guys…

On Thursday, did you watch the parade? Did you see that new balloon?

That Guitar Man from Central Park balloon made it’s debut..

Okay, not really. But it’s a freaky thought!

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But now we get ready to kick the year in the ass as it heads out the door. It’s time for that yearly tradition…

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CONNECT WITH ME ON FACEBOOK, OKAY? Send me a friend request and I’ll respond.

D’oh… and FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER

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Oh BTW – if you’re looking for videos…

HEAD OVER TO THE NEWLY DESIGNED YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!

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Like I always say… I know a lot of you are checking in from different parts of the country and different parts of the world. For the newcomers who have NO idea what it is we do in the Central Park…

Check out the brand new Photo Gallery for this year.

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Listen… I really do update this page almost every day so bookmark it and check back often, okay?

There are a whole bunch of photos from some of our weekends in last year’s Photo Gallery too.

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Here are a couple of different fun galleries to check out.

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HAVE FUN TODAY!!!!!! (And be cool to each other, okay?)

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Thanks for everything.

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PEACE

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David Ippolito is an American singer/songwriter/playwright who lives in New York City. He has self-released eight albums and is best known for his weekly summer performances in Central Park, which are attended by thousands of people. He styles himself as “That Guitar Man from Central Park.”^[1]

Career

In 1992, intending only to make a little lunch money, Ippolito unknowingly began a fascinating journey and an unusual career by performing an impromptu concert on a hill in Central Park in front of a few people who gathered. Among those present was editor Jack Rosenthal from the New York Times, who the next day published an editorial about the performance.^[2] The next week, Ippolito played again, and began to gather a following. For the last 20 years, he has performed on a hill near a picturesque rowboat lake almost every summer weekend to large crowds of passers-by and regulars, including visitors from around the globe, and has become a beloved New York icon, creating an intimate “It’s Just Us” feeling no matter how big his audience.^[1][3]

Ippolito sings covers by James Taylor, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Harry Chapin, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, and more.

His latest and 8th CD, “Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way,” released in autumn 2009, includes the song “Resolution,” which seeks investigation of U.S. government officials who approved water-boarding and other torture. This song’s powerful music video, which was posted pre-release of the album on YouTube, inspired a series of prime-time TV ads urging Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor. The album also features “Keep Hope Alive,” which was co-written with Sid Bernstein, the legendary music promoter who brought the Beatles to America.

Ippolito, known for his storytelling skills and sense of humor, has funny conversations with audience members during his shows and sometimes tosses granola candy bars into the crowd. On special holiday weekends, he also gives away hundreds of free hot dogs and slices of pizza. Just-married couples often stop by after their wedding to share their first dance, as Ippolito serenades them with a romantic song and the crowd sings along.

Ippolito also performs at venues throughout New York City, including an annual December performance at Merkin Concert Hall, as well as year-round shows at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, The Red Lion on Bleecker Street, and Cast Party at the Birdland Music Club.

Yet it is his own original music that impresses fans from all over the world, who check in on his website’s daily blog: www.thatguitarman.com. There are songs about lost love (“Wedding in Danville,” “Another 15 Years,” “Did You Fall in Love Again,” “Some Wounds Never Heal”); romance (“I Can’t Wait,” “The Perfect Girl for Me,” “Oak Beach Inn,” “You Might be Her”); sex (“Internet Angel”); trust (“Just Hafta Trust Me,” “Tired of Being Lied To”); religion (“The Religion Song”); passing of a loved one (“Here Today”); self-improvement (“Next Time Around”); self-belief (“Don’t Let It Hold You Back,” “When Mary Learns to Fly”); friendship and support (“I Love the Company,” “Crazy on the Same Day”); and self-direction (“Any Other Way,” “Wherever I Might Land,” “Don’t Lose Sight of the Dream”), as well as topics of social conscience (“Where’s the Voice?”, “Common Ground,” “The Last Protest Song,” “Can’t You See?” “Hey American”). Ippolito also writes clever, satirical songs about celebrities (“Tom Cruise Scares Me,” “Free Paris (Hilton)”); politicians (“Don’t Know Palin”); pundits (“Bill O’Reilly: The Big Talking Head”); white-collar criminals (“Where’dat Money Go?”); TV personalities (“A Special Kind of Friendship” about Stephen Colbert, and “Glenn Beck Scares Me”); and obnoxious people (“The Cell Phone Guy: Talk Louder”). “Hermione Got Hot!” is an ode to grown-up Emma Watson and the latest Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows film and “Facebook Is a Stupid Idiot” (subtitled “What the F*#k is Farmville?!”) is a hilarious personal spin on the social media force. His newest song, “Can’t You See?” addresses the growing political divide in the United States.

Press coverage

Ippolito’s performances have been covered many times by the New York Times, the New York Post, The Daily News, Parade Magazine, PBS, CBS-TV, ABC-TV, and WB-11 news. He is also prominently profiled in Following Dreams, a one-hour documentary filmed five years ago and released in 2009 from Iron Zeal Films. It is currently airing nationally on American Public Television. Director Susan Polis Schutz and her crew traveled across the United States and South America to explore the lives of ordinary Americans with extraordinary dreams.

Central Park

Ippolito’s concerts are a well-known draw in Central Park. However, in 2000, the Parks Department ordered him (and all other musicians in the park) to unplug his small speaker, which led to public outcry and letters to the New York Times by supportive audience members.^[4] The current arrangement is that he has to select a month in advance which dates he wants to play, as well as pay for each permit, rain or shine.^[5] On the Sunday after the September 11 attacks, approximately 1,000 of his fans filled his guitar case in Central Park with more than $7,000, which Ippolito, the son of a retired New York City firefighter, delivered to Ladder Company 25 and the 9/11 Fund.

I Love the Company

During 2006, Ippolito hosted a daily podcast called “I Love the Company,” which was broadcast globally via Podshow.com. The 365+ podcasts featured new works by Ippolito and music by singers and songwriters around the world, which was joined by an “I Love the Video” videocast.^[6]

Playwriting and other work

As an actor, Ippolito has had roles in national TV commercials and musical theater productions. Ippolito’s song, “City Song,” was used to close NBC‘s television coverage of the 2001 New York City Marathon. He has appeared on ABC‘s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire“, winning $64,000.^[1] A playwright and storyteller, his work has been performed at The Soho Playhouse and The Actors Studio. Ippolito is currently workshopping his new musical project for the stage, “Possibility Junkie.”

Discography

• The People on the Hill (1997)
• That Guitar Man from Central Park…In Person (1998)
• Just a Thought for Christmas (1999)
• It’s Just Us (2000)
• Crazy on the Same Day (2002)
• Talk Louder (the Cell Phone Song) (2003)
• Common Ground (2004)
• I Love the Company (2007)
• Crazy on the Same Day (re-mastered in 2008)
• Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way (2009)

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