Originally Posted by BlueAttitude
Enjoyed your video, Herb! Looks like a good time was had by all at those festivals! And yeah, many of my old bandmates from the 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone to the great gig in the sky too, part of getting older I guess.

Great song, would like to hear more about it.


Thanks.... I don't have the details on the tracks but I think aside from possibly an acoustic guitar track, everything was BB.

I met Wolf at a bluegrass festival that our band was hired to host. 3 days of banjos and fiddles. Wolf was there and introduced himself and hung with us the whole weekend. He started following the band around the state. It was in his home town of Wilson NC where he was a regular at the gigs. He introduced me to my future wife at that venue. It was after the band broke up that he ended up moving to the VA hills and bought the property. He started the Beano festival. It was named from a band that he was in at some point before he met us. In the video.... there's a few pics from the very first festival. I was there. I'm wearing a light blue shirt and facing away from the camera. There was no stage.... just set up in the corner of the field. He eventually had a covered stage and a covered pavilion built for the festivities. We camped out each year for quite a few of the early years. Once we had kids, it became harder to get there.... I think we might have made two or three during the years with kids. Wolf was diagnosed with cancer and long story short.... had to sell the property and move back closer to family. One of the forces behind helping organize the festivals, secured a couple of different places in the flatlands of Nash county where I'm currently living. It just wasn't the same as in the hills. No freezing creek to have to bathe in, no isolation from the neighbors, and way more mosquitos and gnats. The very last one was held at one of the old time supporters home. Nothing lasts forever.

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