The drive to MusicFest in Steamboat Springs begins today for the Music Fog truck BBC (Big Blue Crew), coming from the east coast. I think the rendezvous point, to met up with those of us from Austin, is somewhere at an undisclosed location outside of Oklahoma City, OK. Denise, Sheila and I are eager to return to the state where I demanded sushi this past July, on the way to WoodyFest in Okemah. Now don't you say it too, sushi in Oklahoma! I beg to differ, I needed my raw fish fix, and it was just fine, thank you very much. Road food is hard to agree upon, though I do have a rule when we are traveling for production. When there is food, you should eat, because you just don't know when you will see it again. It could be hours and hours. The tug of war comes from those who want to dine, versus those who want to bag a burger, taco, or other fried thing and go. I will let you figure out who is who. Maybe we should start making a list of restaurant recommendations, and of course, if you have any along the route from OK City to Steamboat, please share!
I can't believe we saved one last MusicFest 2010 video for the trip to this year's celebration. In fact, the very first time I heard the song "Snake Farm" was at MusicFest in 2006. We were set up in the conference room of the Steamboat Ski & Resort office to broadcast the MusicFest on XM's X Country. Ray Wylie Hubbard played the song for us live on the air from our makeshift radio studio, which had a huge picture window overlooking the skiers coming down into the gondola area. Just magic. And I was blown away by the song, which wasn't set to come out until June of that year as the title track to the Gurf Morlix produced album. One play was all it took to light the phones up. But we waited, and didn't break the song out again until it was time for it to be released. When you get phone calls from just one play on the radio, now that's persuasive stuff.
Ray Wylie Hubbard's 3rd annual Grit n Groove Festival has been announced for April 2, 2011 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX, and that's persuasive stuff too! Artists announced so far include Chris Robinson (Black Crowes), The Trishas, The Gourds, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, Cody Canada & Seth James, and of course Ray Wylie with the full band. I have been sworn to secrecy as to the remaining lineup, but an overall WOW is all I can say! Tickets are on sale now...click here. We'll miss Ray Wylie at MusicFest this year, but can't wait to catch up with him sooner than later. Here is the last video we've been holding from 2010's MusicFest, "Snake Farm."
- Jessie Scott
