I swear everywhere I
turn I'm hearing acoustic guitars, dulcimers, auto harps...
I just returned from
the wonderful circus that is the Folk Alliance Conference. I can't believe I
didn't go to one of these before now, but I'm so glad that Tom Neff insisted I
finally make it. Went to Jacksonville,
Florida, which might as well have been Jersey for the weather. But the rain and
40 degree weather didn't really matter, since the only time I stepped foot
oustide of the Adam's Mark Hotel was Thursday night when Walter Parks took a
bunch of us out to a Fish Fry (ahhh!! THAT'S why my skin is breaking out
now!). I walked into the hotel with 3
hours sleep, since my CD Release party in NYC was the night before and I was
out celebrating with my best friends from high school who drove into see the
show (which was soooooooo much fun!!!). So, basically delirious, I enter the
madness: every single place you turned was music, music, music. Showcasing in
hotel rooms, conference centers, bathrooms, elevators (I kid you not! Some guy
was playing accordian in the elevator...just riding up and down...). From morning to early early morning. I think
one night I lasted until 3am and the party was just getting started. Now I
know. Next time I train for this like the marathon...
Highlights:
Meeting Tom Paxton.
Cool.
Felix McTeigue. My
new favorite person on earth. Find his music. Buy it. Make him famous. HE
should be. He's one of the most kindhearted, generous, beautiful spirits I have
ever met. And a killer songwriter. I cannot get "Magician's Assitant"
out of my head. Love him.
Saw & sang with
Troy Campbell, my dancing buddy from North Carolina. "You you you you you
you you"...man, he's a rockstar waiting to happen.
Cliff Eberhardt.
Ellis Paul. Richard Julian. Cathy Braaten. Hillary Epstein. Julia Macklin.
Arthur Godfrey. Jenn Adams. Rachael Davis. Buddy M....?. Darryl Purpose. Harry
Manx. Phil Roy. Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem. Groovelily.
What a weekend. It's
Thursday and I'm still recovering. Kinda nuts. Kinda crazy. But I dug it and,
like summer camp, I kind of miss it but I'm also happy to be back in my own bed
getting 8 hours of sleep.
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