Three days of inspiration and humility

This past extended weekend I was at Floydfest, which is a music festival in southern Virginia near the town of Floyd. It featured diverse styles of music; bluegrass, folk, jazz, latin, African, rock, and blues. Although it was hot, it was a truly fun and remarkable experience and I heard so much incredible music and watched so many incredible musicians. If you have a chance, you should go to this festival.

I have no illusions that I'm a good musician, I'm decent and I enjoy playing but I'm a pale comparison to the professionals out there. Listening and watching the musical talent at Floydfest, however, brought a whole new level of humility to this musician. There was so much talent there even in the smaller, less known acts. Two bands in particular served me a big slice of humble pie. The first was a band called The Wave. This band was made-up of four young musicians that played like they had been together for decades. So much talent. The second was Lefty Williams, which is a blues band that is fronted by a guitarist that was born with only half of his right arm (hence his nickname). Despite his handicap, his guitar playing was amazing and easily better than most of the other guitar players at Floydfest. All I could say was WOW.

Here are links to Floydfest and the bands I discussed

Floydfest
The Wave
Lefty Williams Band

Well, I'm back home and back on the grid so I will be catching up on my posts. I also have several new songs that I am working on so you will here about them as I decide which old song I want to cover next.

Enjoy,

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