Faith, Folklore, and Friends

We first attended Uncle Dave Macon Days in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 2000, on a day trip with our friends, Willy and Carolyn May.  We really enjoyed it, and have been back many times since then.  The festival is always the second weekend in July, and it is always hot. Some years, it storms and pours down on the beautiful people at this beautiful outdoor festival. This is Russell Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out, my favorite bluegrass band (this week).  They are the best! About 30,000 of us are drawn here to historic Cannonsburgh Village, which is part of Murfreesboro's Parks and Recreation system.  The Southest Tourism Society recently named this music festival as on of the top 20 events in the Southeast. There is always plenty of food for sale, but it is okay to bring your own. Go ahead and put it on your calendar for next year. I'm pretty sure it will be hot, so come prepared!

The weather was almost perfect; just a little bit hot, but no rain like last year. There were several redbone puppies for sale.  They seems bored with all of us. There were lots of folks sitting around, visiting, and listening to some good music.  We were so glad to see our friend, Jake Landers, playing with the Southern Strangers. The Kerry Gilbert band was wonderful, as usual. There was an amazing number of fine hats.  These unique hats are only seen on very special days. There was also an amazing number of politicians, totally expected with an election coming up in November. The couple sitting beside us bought one of the puppies, and named it Blaze.  Blaze is just a few weeks old, but that baby knows how to howl. Barbecue plates for lunch.  Hub had to stand in line a long time to get one for us. There was a buck dancing contest.  People were crowded around the stage and it was hard to ...