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2/17/79 filler Mr Charlie

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.

2/17/79 Oakland Coliseum #1 GSET Don't Ease Mama Tried> Mexicali FOTD Passenger High Time LL Rain Jack A Roe Lazy> Supp #2 Might as Well Miracle> Bertha Good Lovin From the Heart of Me Big RR blues Terrapin> Playing> D/S> Wheel> Shakedown Street> Playing> Sugar Magnolia Encore: OMSN

Billy Strings tour closer at the Vogue June 29 where he dropped a meet me at the creek as a second encore (unfortunately I missed DSO in cincy that night) The Who at Deercreek, noticeably better than the 2017 Louisville show. Emmylou Harris at the symphony hall in Atlanta on a beautiful sunny Sunday in November, we got a "home sweet home" Del Mccoury Band at the Dayton art Institute November 22nd Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker opening night The Comet Bluegrass Allstars, also in November when Ed Cunningham pulled off a stunning rendition of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald (if you've ever tried to memorize this song, you can appreciate the magic)

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 😀