It was another great week of amazing music, great company, whacky goings on, a medieval wedding, endless jam sessions, fabulous weather, top shelf home brew, making new friends and renewing bonds with old ones. I was stoked to take delivery of my new Gretsch 6120TM and give it an inaugural play with the Tahora Blues Band.
All my photos here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTyFfLL3PdQS2m299
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Once again, Karon and Larry provided a fabulous feast for us at their lovely home in Waimate North. It was a great day with great food, great wine and great company. Life is good.
I made a cameo appearance on stage with The Pipi Pickers at the official launch of their CD "As Is Where Is" in the rustic Sawmill Cafe in Leigh. This is an album that I engineered and co-produced with the band. If you like bluegrass then you will like this.
Wires & Wood traveled to Australia to perform at Mountaingrass in the beautiful alpine village of Harrietville. It was the first time in decades that i had been to a strictly bluegrass festival and my first time ever to visit Australia. The standard of musicianship, especially in the jam sessions, was very high which was humbling and inspiring and very enjoyable. It was great to catch up with some old friends and make a few new ones. As always, it was a pleasure to perform on stage with Wires & Wood.
It was yet another lovely weekend at the Oparau Acoustic Festival. Highlights were the gumboot swim competition, the Saturday night concert, the bonfire and the jamming. I was happy to be performing with Rainberry Pie in the concert, along with The New Millennium Beatniks and Hard Candy.
The few photos i took are here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/o2uEiTEgGBpWKBjA6
Gerard Hudson took some great photos of the event which he shared here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/musogerard/sets/72157637566143476/
