The Kruger Brothers, above, summed it up best when they said "Just be yourself, everyone else is taken". That's is probably what I like best about festivals, especially bluegrass festivals. Everyone is just themselves.
The Palisade Festival grounds was better than expected. Right on the banks of the swiftly moving river with loads of camping and loads of picking. We had a group of about 25 of our friends from Crested Butte there which was very special. Strong winds took away some EZ-ups, but aside from that, it was prime festival weather.
Of note during the festival was of course, the Kruger Brothers, who I could never get tired of seeing. Jens is a banjo player to be reckoned with and the when they all 3 play together, it's magical music.
Cadillac Sky was also the act I was most excited to see and they did not let down. They have a new guitarist and I was a bit nervous that this would not work out because the previous guitarist's high harmony singing was so critical to their sound. But this new guy was off the hook. Not only can he hit the notes, he can flat out singlehandedly get the crowd into a frenzy . How you say, well, here's an example: After saying to the crowd that it was OK to dance if they wanted, the said guitarist leaps off the stage and does a commando roll in the grass, he then proceeds to pluck audience members up from their sedated stupors and pull them up to the stage. Three, five, ten, people, drug up to the stage, soon after the mass of all humanity followed and before you know it we had a bluegrass-style mosh pit happening. It was quite an event. He actually reminded me a lot of vintage John Belushi, just doing crazy stuff that left your mouth agape.
If you have a chance to see either the Kruger Bros. or Cadillac Sky, I say take it.
Hat's off to George and Judy for putting on a stellar event and I look forward to pedalling to it in the years to come.
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