I am starting to get excited, because MusicFest at Steamboat Springs starts three weeks from today! Music Fog will be heading out to start 2011 in style, to which we have become accustomed. Friends, music, fun. We are making a list, checking it twice, and I don't think we care too much about the naughty or nice part. Life is equal measure. We can't wait to see the winter wonderland of the 'Champagne Powder' that is the Colorado snow at Steamboat. We can't wait to be back in the big MusicFest tent, and the other venues, The Steamboat Grand, The Bear River, Thunderhead up the Gondola, and promoter John Dickson added some new venues; The Dung Beetle Saloon, and the Ghost Ranch Saloon in downtown Steamboat Springs. More to come.

We recorded Doug Moreland last year at Steamboat in our condo/studio. He brought the spirit that is the hallmark of the event, such a joyous celebration of music and being together. For the uninitiated, Doug is a musician and a humorist, also a mighty fine chainsaw artist and party thrower extraordinaire. Music Fogger Sheila Francis attended his Cattlelacs Calfry, and had a blast. Doug is a recipient of the Will Rogers Cowboy Award for Western Music Male Performer of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists. He was also honored with an Entertainer of the Year award from the Texas Music Awards. Here he is doing "Windmill," with Randy Roberts, from MusicFest 2010 at Steamboat. Music Fog is counting the days!

- Jessie Scott