I have been cruising the halls of MusicFest at Steamboat Springs, and hitting venues around town, from The Old Town Pub and The Slopeside to the Steamboat Grand to the MusicFest Tent to the Tugboat, and I can tell you that the music is alive and well at this amazing event. I talked to someone at the bar at the Slopeside who said he had come for the last three years, and wouldn't miss it ever again. This music nourishes you, you have to have it, we are like moths to this flame of honest to goodness stuff that touches your soul.

Today the MusicFest stream from the really big tent is:

2:30 to 3:35 Sons of Bill.

6:15 to 7:40 Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights.

8:10 to 9:30 Stoney LaRue & The Arsenals.

9:30 to 10:30 The MusicFest Jam. It’s all good. 

There is a feeling of warmth that comes from the bonding that occurs here.  It keeps you wrapped in the arms of each other.  It feels safe. It feels like home. Savor the sweet times, for they are often too short. The Waco Brothers express some positives amongst the chaos, “Walking On Hell’s Roof Looking At The Flowers.” Why not, I say. We had the pleasure of catching up with them at the 2011 Music Fog Marathon at Threadgill’s during SXSW this past March. Their next release will be this spring, The Great Chicago Fire, done in conjunction with Paul Burch. We can hardly wait!

- Jessie Scott