Last big festival of the season (and a good one its been). This weekend (Oct. 2/3/4) is the HardlyStrictlyBluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. A huge lineup of artists and somewhere between 100,000 and 500,000 people are expected to show up for this free festival sponsored by one man as a gift to the music he loves. Warren Hellman (of Hellman & Friedman who recently raised a 8+ billion dollar private equity fund). Bless the man...this gift brings a lot of joy to the area and is now one of the largest music festivals in the country.
That and its fall season - cool crisp breeze...sunshine with the few clouds and listening to Steve Earle, EmmyLou Harris, Earl Scruggs and some wonderful old-timey bands (Roan Mountain Hilltoppers last time) some new discoveries (Chris Smithers) in that setting...bliss.
This year, I'm hoping to catch John Prine, Guy Clark, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Abalone Dots and Doc Watson among others and if Emmy Lou Harris closes out with John the Baptist, I'll be just as riveted and rocked as I was last year.
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