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I went to the acoustic music festival over at the Horizon Organic Farm yesterday. I have to admit I was pretty bummed out when I first got there. I was expecting something likea small-scale woodstock or something all kinds of people outside having all kinds of fun and enjoying some awesome music, but the crowd was really sparse. I mean like like I almost felt bad for the people that were playing when I first got there cuz there were like 10 ppl watching the act on the local stage and maybe 100 or so watching the main act. I almost felt bad for them. Then I started listening and thought to myself "wow, these guys really suck. and I payed 60 bucks for tickets to this thing..." =(
So we decided to have a look around at some of the vendor booths, picked up some info about the Green Party, took a tour of this place where they explain to you what all goes on on an organic farm, sat in on a dobro workshop, went on a hayride, and by that time, the music had taken a turn for the better. there was a cool trio playing some stuff on the local stage, I forget their name, but then we say Sephas and Wiggins on the main stage, and man could those guys play some awesome Piedmont-style blues. They convinced me that after I get the hang of the banjo, I want to learn how to play the harmonica. I dont know if I could ever really play the blues like they do though. I've been really sad and depressed before, but they draw on a melencholy that I dont think I've ever really experienced.
After that was the Good Deale Bluegrass Band. Those guys could tear it up. Bluegrass music is at least 10x better when you see it live and these guys have this hilarious banjo player who is probably like 5 ft tall, not much older than me, and he wailed both on the super fast songs and on the slow mournful, stuff. One day....
But the highlight of the night was definitely Doc Watson. That guy is hands down one of the greatest musicians in American history. I kick myself that I never got to see Johnny Cash perform live, but at least now I havent made that mistake with Doc Watson. I have no idea how a guy who is that old and blind can still play the guitar and sing so well, but I'd say that although I was kinda bummed when I first got there, his performance made it worthwhil. It was kind of like taking a voyage back in time through history to enjoy some of the best music small-town and rural Americans have made over the past 150 years or so.
So we decided to have a look around at some of the vendor booths, picked up some info about the Green Party, took a tour of this place where they explain to you what all goes on on an organic farm, sat in on a dobro workshop, went on a hayride, and by that time, the music had taken a turn for the better. there was a cool trio playing some stuff on the local stage, I forget their name, but then we say Sephas and Wiggins on the main stage, and man could those guys play some awesome Piedmont-style blues. They convinced me that after I get the hang of the banjo, I want to learn how to play the harmonica. I dont know if I could ever really play the blues like they do though. I've been really sad and depressed before, but they draw on a melencholy that I dont think I've ever really experienced.
After that was the Good Deale Bluegrass Band. Those guys could tear it up. Bluegrass music is at least 10x better when you see it live and these guys have this hilarious banjo player who is probably like 5 ft tall, not much older than me, and he wailed both on the super fast songs and on the slow mournful, stuff. One day....
But the highlight of the night was definitely Doc Watson. That guy is hands down one of the greatest musicians in American history. I kick myself that I never got to see Johnny Cash perform live, but at least now I havent made that mistake with Doc Watson. I have no idea how a guy who is that old and blind can still play the guitar and sing so well, but I'd say that although I was kinda bummed when I first got there, his performance made it worthwhil. It was kind of like taking a voyage back in time through history to enjoy some of the best music small-town and rural Americans have made over the past 150 years or so.