For the past few years now, as I have traveled, I have seen a wide array of people living on the streets. Tiny thai men living in tents on top of metals roofs down an ally in Bangkok , legless men in Antigua Guatemala who sweep the walk ways to former anthropology students who started out living on the street as a social experiment then ending up liking it.

This is a collection of men and women who I have interviewed over a nice lunch. I've always struggled with just giving money to these people, so I started taking these people out to lunch in exchange for an interview and some photos. Here is their story:

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Bluebird Cafe Sundance '08



The real deal. These are the guys who make people like Tim McGraw and all those faces in Nashville look good. This was at the Blue Bird Cafe at Sundance Resort in Utah. Every week three songwriters come and play. It's cool to see the real thing, the real people who are writing these songs and the real stories of where these songs come from.

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