Last year at this time, I picked a bag of ramps from a lovely forest, a forest that is being edged out of existence by housing developments. There are a lot of ramps in there, but for how long, who knows. Instead of eating all… Read More
Recently I wrote about re-reading Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver (who also wrote my fave fishing book, Trout Madness). Tonight we watched the film. Do you remember it? It was made in 1959, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Jimmy Stewart and Ben… Read More
Maybe I’ve mentioned this before…. just because I followed your feed on Twitter, doesn’t mean I can’t wait for you to follow up with direct messages and emails marketing whatever you’re marketing. In fact, if you do that, it will likely teach me the error… Read More
One of the highlights of Merlefest was hearing the Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz band play together at the Watson Stage. Just to give you a taste of what happens when you throw these characters together, here they are on Letterman… Great… Read More
There is one more group we really loved at Merlefest that I wanted to highlight. Unfortunately I didn’t get a good photograph nor any video. The group is the Kruger Brothers. They are known as a trio, with Jens Kruger on the banjo and his… Read More
The food at Merlefest is provided by the various local service and community clubs, from Kiwanas to the Boy Scouts. Overall I’d it was quite good for this kind of event at prices that were fairly reasonable. I really appreciated the fact that the community… Read More
This photo is of the main stage, called the Watson Stage or the Doc and Merle Watson Theatre, at Merlefest 2013. It’s a night shot during the Del McCoury and Preservation Hall Jazz Band show. I don’t know what caused the weird photo effect but… Read More
The Sheets Family band playing a dance at Merlefest 2013
Kirk Sutphin on fiddle and Riley Baugus on banjo (and a guitar player I’m sorry I don’t know) playing for dancers at the dance stage at Merlefest 2013.
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