John Fullbright "Fat Man"

Saturday night in Steamboat was epic. So much love in the big tent that it was palpable, especially during the MusicFest Jam. Stoney LaRue started it out and was joined by Cody Canada, Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen, Uncle Lucius, Band Of Heathens, Jason Eady, Midnight River Choir, Jonathan Tyler and a slew of others. I hope you were able to tune in to the webcast on The MusicFest.com page.

Today's shows:

5:20 to 6:40 for Turnpike Troubadours

7:10 to 8:30 it’s Cory Morrow

9:00 to 10:30 the Randy Rogers Band will tear it up, all Mountain Time of course.

I wouldn’t trade this for the world, the opportunity to be part of this community. We get to have extraordinary times with remarkable people; whether I am soloing, like this time (not totally…Sheila Francis, Dave Newman, and photographer Christopher Durst are with me) or whether I am out with my Music Fog compadres at the other events we cover. I am eternally grateful. We bring you a song today from Music Fog’s sessions back in May at Cherokee Creek Music Festival. John Fullbright (you know, he has to take the ride to Steamboat one of these years!) And next year, may the Music Fog Production Crew - Aaron, Beans, Denise and Chris make it back out here too! I am thrilled to report there is a new album coming out with John Fullbright’s name on it. Huzzah! 

Here is a short about it with a snippet of info and a bit of song.

-Jessie Scott

Jude Johnstone "Wounded Heart"

I heard that a friend of mine is getting remarried. He turned 80 last year. I am entranced by the idea that he has fallen in love again, even more so, that he is looking forward. What a wonderful thing to want a new chapter in your life, especially at that age. It just goes to show that you can’t keep the human spirit down. It can fly free, no matter when, and no matter what the odds are against it doing so. Not that it is always so. There is a curse on many folks that I know; those that have previously given their hearts and souls only to have them crashed on the rocks along the shore. Turbulent seas make for gun shy singles.

Jude Johnstone came to see us during the filming Music Fog did back in May at the Cherokee Creek Music Festival outside Llano, TX. Jude dug in for a song that was originally released on her debut album Coming Of Age, in 2002, “Wounded Heart.” She played this most heartbreaking song, of damage impossible to repair. Sometimes the wall is just too hard to scale. If it sounds familiar, it is because it was featured in the Lifetime/ABC television series Army Wives, but the sentiment is not relegated to just one sector by any means. If there is one thing I wish you as we approach the holidays, it is this. Let your heart be light. Allow for the possibility of love in your life. It will thaw you, it will make you feel like anything is possible, it will make you whole. Let love in.

- Jessie Scott

Bob Schneider "Everything You Love"

I can’t believe there are more fires going on in the already ravaged community of Bastrop, Texas. I was on a plane recently, talking with a woman from the Bastrop Fire Department, who had lost her house and worked through the crises alongside exhausted firefighters to save other’s houses, though many of them had no home themselves. Then she talked about the rebuilding, and even for those that had insurance, not everything is recoverable. Starting over. We can help. There have been benefits springing up in clubs and restaurants and VFW Halls. We lend a hand, we help a neighbor.

Bob Schneider has heeded the call, and will be doing a Texas Wildfire Relief Fund benefit concert at The Backyard in Bee Cave, TX on October 28th. He will be joined by Nakia, Mother Falcon, Quiet Company, Danny Malone, Johnny Cooper, and Deadman. A word about The Backyard, the iconic location of many a Willie Nelson show, as well as shows from other luminaries through the years. It was just far enough out of town to feel the freedom of the wide open spaces, unencumbered. The city of Austin has been developed to the west, and The Backyard moved to a new location up the road a piece from the original location.

Bob Schneider came to visit us during the Cherokee Creek Music Festival in May outside of Llano, Texas. We bring you the Music Fog version of “Everything You Love,” especially poignant under the circumstances. Savor the moments, be happy for what you have. Shed the sorrow, keep moving forward.

- Jessie Scott