Old Settlers Thursday Night

Rain. Every Festival history has it's rainy episodes. This year Old Settlers may very well write that chapter, they're expecting 3 inches over the weekend, but it's not raining at the moment... time will tell. This evening, however, when we arrived and throughout our set the rain fell. Bearfoot was onstage when we arrived. They sound great, Sam fits right in to the soundscape and Odessa's songwriting blew my mind. I had no idea. It's always good to see friends and catch up. A typical conversation is like this;
"how's things?"
"good. Shows, you know."
"sweet, me too."
"yeah"
"yeah"
"I need a beer"
"yeah"
"how's your van/bass/bandmates workin' out."
"oh, dude, things are awesome. We're having fun, the exhaust manifold's out on the van so we sound like Rednecks rolling into these festivals. It's awesome!"
"sweet"
"yeah, you wanna hear it?"
"no"

So as you can see, it's exciting to see friends at the festival. Brave Combo is ripping through brass tunes. Music is cool.



-- Post From My iPhone

Old Settlers Approach

Driving through Texas. Health Care debate rages in the front, phone calls and business in the back. I'm in the middle, happily avoiding both on my birthday. Fitting that Festival Season arrived today, I need the boost. Last night was a blast in Houston, The Continental is... hard to describe. Texas in general has a distinct feel, a unique rhythm and we're easily falling into it. We'll be seeing a mess of great bands this weekend at Austin's Old Settlers Festival, our boy Samson Grisman debuts with Bearfoot, still in transition after the departure of two members.

The sandals are on, the sun's out and the road is unfurling on the way to a Festival. Life is good.

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