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Here are the best shows I saw in 2019: Billy Strings - August - Four Corners Folk Festival - Pagosa Springs, CO Headlined this up and coming festival. Tore it up in every way. Amazing. DSO - 5/24 - Jubalee - Thornville, OH My favorite of the 3 shows - Marcus King sits in on a blues tune. The second set took off quickly and kept going, St Stephen into The 11 was great. Amy Helm - July - Santa Fe Plaza - Best of the free summer shows here. Soulful while paying fine tribute to her dad. Rarities like a song from the Hawks days, a nice choice from Big Pink, and a song Levon sang to her from his last days in the hospital. Great show. Grateful Ball - August - Rhythms on the Rio - Southfork -CO (my favorite new fest) A collaboration of several bands playing this fine fest; including The Traveling McCourys, Vince Herman, Larry Keel and folks from the Infinite String Band played a fine set of Dead tunes. Molly Tuttle - Four Corners Folk Festival - Pagosa Springs, CO First time seeing this flat picking shredder. Strong song writing and a very good band, except for the hired lead guitarist who posed a lot. Looking forward to seeing her again. Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives - May - The Liberty - Roswell, NM Fun roadhouse venue. Able to stand two feet away from Marty and Kenny and see the magic up close. A band worth seeing anywhere, any time. Not as wide ranging as the Lensic show last year. The Juice - April - Tin Roof - Memphis, TN Young band from Boston playing a wide range of sounds; Blues, Pop, Southern Rock, Rap.

I forgot to mention the fine opening set from these boys: Hot Tuna - September - Red Rocks - Morrison, CO

Have fun PG, MC and Saint Dilbert, and everyone else going. Enjoy the patties MC, I grew up eating those things, actually was pleasantly surprised to see them at 7-11 a few weeks ago, not too shabby of a snack. Thanks to the Saint for bringing the recording gear, may you get some killer tapes 😀