I Got the Blues in Atlanta

Well my updates have been quite infrequent… which I attribute to going to bed late… getting up early (sort of)… and questionable consumption of happy beverages… Our main haunt has been the Northside Tavern… which is THE place around here...

Getting to Atlanta

Well we are in Atlanta… left Lexington on Tuesday morning and made our way through Kentucky to Knoxville… the weather looked like it could get wet when we started out so Knoxville was the point at which we would assess the sit’chiation and decide whether...

The ʻBlues Tripʼ Begins…

Headed out at 5:45am… it′s almost 8:30pm and we are chilling in our hotel… the Microtel in Lexington Kentucky… watching bad tv after having a fine dinner… takeout from the Bob Evans retaurant. Sipping on a Kentucky ale… brewed at a local mico-brewery… and purchased at...

Bragg-ing

So – Billy Bragg is coming to the Mariposa Folk Festival this year… a festival I have attended faithfully for the last number of years. When I read the announcement about Billy Bragg being added to the lineup I was launched on a wave of nostalgia. The...