Hardly Strictly... Oh My!

I will try a few words, it is now 11PM on Sunday Evening of what was a beautiful Fall weekend.

'The Long Shadows of October' thank you Jon Miller as he described the scene on the field ye old baseball Diamond as the great San Francisco Giants. The great San Francisco Giants of 2010 won the west coast Division and made the playoffs. Yes I know about the Red Sox.. shhh .. I'm with the Giants!

I wrapped up the season with Jon Miller on the radio of the 72' VW Bug on the way to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass for the second day in a row though I actually slept in after Saturday Night till ..3:13 PM. That's right - can we add that to the American Bill of Rights? a Man gets to sleep in as long as he wants or needs in the morning(afternoon). You got the right boy. You just may never find a woman to put up with my lazy arse.... Whoops...! Who said that! Sleep is medicine! I say...

Sunday 4 PM arrival time stopped to soak in some Wow! Cool Surprise Patti Smith. I lingered on the footpath highway. Soaked in some great Stones, Don't Play With me Cause You're Playing With Fire !' F***! she said I ruined the ending.. heck.. know every great song performance has a moment... anyways she resang that ending the band never paused.. Perfect! The tune was preceded as I walked up very strong powerful sounds sweet chorus something about 'we all come round again' or something. Country Spirit type thing from this Punk Rock young rebel soul of the 70's. It was great but I had too move on and probably waited too long to get to the Banjo stage and maybe meet some friends like the Shook Twins (fat chance) or my new friends from Canada who did say make your way back tomorrow to that place under the trees where the comfortable stumps where maybe we'll see you...

I would have liked to have made it back there again.

Anyways I got delayed at the Rooster Stage where the aging young rock idol Nick Lowe, a Power Pop kinda thing and a man whose Rock Music I loved back during his heyday midlate 70's and 80's. I always loved Nick Lowe's music. It was his moment and he was setting up and I said to myself go get a picture of this Man. See what he looks like. You never even new when he was a young man maybe only saw his face once or twice in Rolling Stone maybe never on the cover of Rolling Stone.
The music... great... smooth as.. and what do I remember? I'd actually forgotten what his hits from days gone by as I stood there..
But how about "You Got to be Cruel to be Kind'

You Got to be Cruel to be Kind
in the right measure.
Cruel to be kind it's a very, very fine line.
But ba a a by you Got to be Cruel to be Kind
How does it go? .... to take care of love ...

Nick says... after the audience roused and gave him a strong ovation for the tune. 'What... You only came for the Hits?'

Anyways too late to go on about the Great Nick Lowe or the great Trombone Shorty and Hot Tuna from yesterday early
and the bit of ethereal Joan Baez and the strong music flavor of Conor Oberst, David Grisman, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris
Sharon Jones - From Augusta, Georgia y'all and the Dap Kings.. ripped the place apart.. (maybe they glued it together Guy)... a funk version of 'This Land is Your Land'. I met this dude with these two beautiful Twins, no they were just sisters! They looked like twins and anyways after interrupting this patient man to barge in to conversation with these two almost twins with the great smiles. I felt some community moral obligation
to say hello to this Guy who didn't mind me crashing his party. BTW What a great outpouring of Fantastic Cool and Beautiful People. For the first time in a Long Time I really to myself ...said what a Great Community this Bay Area! Me always grinding my teeth about the whole scene. Arggghh! California Disaster.. yes but there are so many great People!

Anyways so the lovely sisters and this humble dude named Binky. Yes.


.....Binky is flying out tonight after the show. Binky great, great Band! Awesome playing I need a lesson or two,
hate to admit it but Funk Soul is not where I have much knowledge on guitar, I wouldn't mind some next time email me up
in the Bay Area. Bink Master guitarist for the Dap Kings I invite you over and will introduce you to some of my favorite
players in the North Bay there is a cool scene up here!

Cheers everyone! 5 rolls of film shot over 2 Days look for a slideshow real soon (I hope).

That whole Woodstock thing never kind of ended.... it is what it is and it's kind of a friendly... experience. The party goes on.
I Mean What is So funny about Peace Love and Understanding? Soul Wind ... something about a Soul Wind ... as Nick said in one of his songs.