Bangor Folk Festival

["alciere" <alciere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just got back from a weekend of massive live music in Bangor, Maine. Tons 
of live acts from almost every genre of world music. Very little harp. There 
was Jay Summerour, harp player for the Starland Vocal Band playing what they 
called Piedmont Blues. It didn't sound Piedmont to me but it was okay. 
Still, the festival was phenomenal. So many different rhythms, scales, 
harmonies. It was great. All free. Seeing Gatemouth Brown up on stage with 
his Gibson Firebird electric, jamming with an acoustic blues guitarist, a 
blue grass guy, a honky tonk guy, and two Congolese guitarists was 
priceless. Gave me some fresh ideas on music. 

We camped out. I jammed with some mandolin players at the campground on 
Sunday morning but I couldn't stay long-only had one harp. Bluegrass guys 
don't seem to play in E much. 

Anyway, there's more to life than Chicago blues. I'm hoping to jam with the 
bass balalaika guy someday. 

Rainbow Jimmy