Hump day in St Petersburg, FL brought in Umphreys McGee for night 1 of their 4 night FL excursion. The FL concerts will drive them full throttle into the summer festival season. The scene was a tad more mellow this year since the concert in St Pete was on a Wed. and not a weekend like years prior. The intense light show dazzled many as it flickered off the large oak tree that grows inside the venue. The VIP lounge and balcony were open to all this year and people were able to escape the crowd for a bit. Another great UM show in St Pete and they should keep coming back for more jams and god times. ...

The Infamous Stringdusters joined Chicago on this St. Patrick’s day of 2017 and made the day merrier than it already was with their bluegrass tunes, while people sported their St. Patrick’s Day Hats, beads, stickers and colors of green. They played songs of old and new, with a fantastic light show to back them up, while toasting to their fans in Chicago with shots of Jameson, the classic Irish whiskey. At the closing of the night, Infamous Stringdusters even played some great bluegrass Grateful Dead covers like “Jack Straw” and then during the encore with opening band The Way Down Wanderers they played “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad”. In all it was a very satisfying of bluegrass, jigging and friends and I can’t wait to see them again....

Rolling through the south on the final weekend of their 2017 Winter Tour, Yonder Mountain String Band and G. Love & Special Sauce pulled into Austin Friday to bring two amazing sets of music along with some great moments of collaboration.  With perfect weather, the mood in the crowd was up and everyone seemed was ready to get down. 

Up first to the stage and ready to throw down, G. Love & Special Sauce opened up with Come Up Man off their album, Sugar.  With Jim “Jimi Jazz” Prescott laying it down on the stand up bass and Jeffrey “The Houseman” Clemens keeping time on the drums, G. Love & Special Sauce knew how to get the crowd going.  After giving the crowd their own rendition of Back to Boston where G. Love changed the lyrics to be Back To Austin, he invited Allie Kral from Yonder Mountain to sit in on Rainbow.  Allie’s angelic voice and her fiddle playing made that a moment to not be forgotten. ...