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Tom Fox Music Video

Jon Watts — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:27:22 +0000

Friends,

As the tenth anniversary to 9/11 came and went, I found myself reflecting on the past ten years… especially our reaction to being attacked and the results of that reaction.

I found myself reflecting on my elder, Tom Fox, who joined the Christian Peacemaker teams to try to heal some of the damage we were doing in Iraq. And I found myself mulling over the song that I wrote about Tom’s subsequent abduction and death.

What resulted was very unexpected. I am working full tilt on a new album (due for release in 2 weeks… yikes!) and certainly did not have the spare time. But of course I had to listen, and be faithful to the call. Take a look:

“I’m Great” at Shiloh

Jon Watts — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:32:06 +0000

Jon Watts performing “I’m Great” at Shiloh Quaker Summer Camp in Charlottesville Virginia. Shiloh is a part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) and is a sister camp of Catoctin, Opequon and Teen Adventure (TA).

http://www.bymcamps.org

“Songs That I’ve Released” at Shiloh

Jon Watts — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:30:25 +0000

Jon Watts performing “Songs That I’ve Released” at Shiloh Quaker Summer Camp in Charlottesville Virginia. Shiloh is a part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) and is a sister camp of Catoctin, Opequon and Teen Adventure (TA).

http://www.bymcamps.org

“I’m Great” at the Limeaid Caberet, FGC 2010

Jon Watts — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:40:02 +0000

Jon Watts performs his song “I’m Great” for the Limeaid Caberet at Friends General Conference Gathering, 2010.

Other Performances From FGC 2010

“Songs That I’ve Released” at the FGC ’10 Multigenerational Activity

Jon Watts — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:34:47 +0000

Quaker songwriter Jon Watts performs “Songs that I’ve Released” at Friend General Conference (FGC) in the Summer of 2010 in Bowling Green, OH.

More Performances from Friends General Conference 2010:

“Instructions for Us(e)” Ithaca Friends Meeting

Jon Watts — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:51:39 +0000

Jon Watts plays for Ithaca Quaker Meeting in Ithaca, NY.

“We Are Lovers of Our Lost Earth” at Moses Brown Friends School

Jon Watts — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:24:23 +0000

Jon explains how John Woolman’s quote “let love be the first motion” has inspired his bicycle trip up the East Coast at Moses Brown Friends School.

“Instructions for Us(e)” at Brooklyn Friends School

Jon Watts — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:01:34 +0000

Jon Watts performs “Instructions for Us(e)” from The Art of Fully Being for Brooklyn Friends School on his Two Wheel tour.

“Songs That I’ve Released” at Brooklyn Friends School

Jon Watts — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:54:39 +0000

Jon Watts performing his song “Songs that I’ve Released” from The Art of Fully Being at Brooklyn Friends School on his Two Wheel Tour.

“We Are Lovers of Our Lost Earth” at Brooklyn Friends School

Jon Watts — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:33:34 +0000

Video of Jon Watts performing “We Are Lovers of Our Lost Earth” and explaining the mantra “Inhale Exhaust, Exhale Love” at Brooklyn Friends School.