Ain't Life Grand In North Cackalacky

nice to get a little missive the other day from hoddy body reporting in that the Bojon wrightsville chapter is still out there disturbing the peace.

the word from the field...

T, some grist for the mill from the homeland.

Panic and the Allman Brothers on a perfect Sunday afternoon in Cackalacky? Let's play through.

The usual suspects join the melee...





date night?





recently single (according to facebook)...





John Bell and the boys ripped it up... usual style... did somebody say tall boy? Yep, got that one covered.




widespread panic set list:

Pigeons
1 x 1
Proving Ground
Down
Holden Oversoul
Little Lilly
Tie Your Shoes
City of Dreams
B of D
Barstools and Dreamers
Ribs And Whiskey*
Stop Breakin' Down Blues*
Ribs And Whiskey*
Tall Boy
Ain't Life Grand

* with Warren Haynes on guitar
[with The Allman Brothers]

and the crowd at the walnut creek amphitheater in raleigh was pleased...





And then Greg Allman and the boys got to it...

1. Don't Want You No More
2. It's Not My Cross To Bear
3. Done Somebody Wrong
4. Don't Keep Me Wonderin'>
5. Only You Know And I Know with James van de Bogert, drums
6. Can't Find My Way Home with John Bell, guitar & vocals; James van de Bogert, drums
7. No One To Run With
8. Who's Been Talking
9. You Don't Love Me
10. The Same Thing
11. Melissa
12. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed with Jimmy Herring, guitar
Encore
13. Southbound
with Jimmy Herring, guitar; Jojo Hermann, piano; David Schools, bass



By the time we got to Can't Find My Way Home, well, we couldn't... so Southbound we were.

No one left to run with? Hardly.

refreshing to see the Bojon wrightsville chapter stretching it's legs. a rolling stone gathers no moss, my friends...

Just Fur Fun

shaka to brother alcorn for throwing an old school house party where everybody crowds into the kitchen, talks a bunch of smack, and tears one off. that's really how it used to be. every weekend. back in the day. nice to get there again.

so really, when was the last time we did flight plans around the horn? that might date back to digby after the Mad Tea Party. well... ok, not quite that extreme. but definitely around the horn. twice.

random "fur" theme was a nice twist and just enough to give the gig a purpose. without giving it too much of a purpose. if you know what i mean.

good times...

Hardly Strictly A Tiny Good Time

the hardly strictly bluegrass festivalrocks the house. and again. the hardly strictly bluegrass festival rocks the house...

VIP visit from TA got this particular installation off to a grand start... and we layered the weekend with a kick-off at JD's wine bar (District), an excursion to the fillmore to catch the Dark Star Orchestra, and three days in the park catching jams ranging from Lyle Lovett to the Chieftains to Galactic. even got a guest visit from sir david lontz.

check out photo gallery from the weekend.

and here are a few video clips captured along the way:

- Dark Star at the Fillmore [VIDEO]
- Hula girls [VIDEO]
- "Bojon" [VIDEO]

mark the calendars again for next year. i'm in. like flynn. and rin tin tin. with a bottle of gin. and my friend, tiny tim.