back in the saddle

My phone has gone a-missin’. If I follow the great Dave Porter’s advice (“stop looking, start thinking”), I’m sure I’ll have it rounded up this evening.

I’m backing up the calendar a little to imagine Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 7 that exploded in Golden Gate Park the first weekend in October. I managed to make it to numbers 4 and 5 while living out West and have made hotel reservations for each of the last two…just in case. The free festival is fully financed by Warren Hellman and covers five stages and three days – you won’t find a better or friendlier crowd than the music lovers by the bay. The photos from this year’s show are still filtering in but this a great shot of two Americana icons: Dave Alvin and John Doe - I know, they mean nothing to most but I like it …

(photo copyright: 2007 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - photo by jon r. luini)

And one more brilliant shot of Emmylou closing the festival as she always does…

(photo copyright: Jeanne Hemhauser-Ricci)

I’ll get reservations for the hotel next year since I’m always living in hope. I seemed to have more interesting topics that piled up in my head over the last week but they've slipped away. Maybe in my sleep.