As a follow up to yesterday’s letter to the Newport Folk Festival,
another thought came to me last night while I was falling asleep and wishing I
was going to wake up to the Newport sunshine and stonewalls of Fort Adams…seeing
friends and colleagues perform at this festival is another thing that makes it
so great.
Both the open mic in the museum and the Martin guitar tent
open mic provided TONS of aspiring folkies to sing a tune for a captive
audience in the great acoustics of the museum stage or for who knows how many
folks walking past the Martin guitars tent. I was able to catch three of my
good friends and favorite musicians, Dan Blakeslee and the duo of Ian
Fitzgerald and Courtney Gallagher. Not only does it give me hope to maybe grace
one of the Newport stages someday, but seeing the banner hanging behind people
whose music I truly love and respect makes me very proud to call these folks
friends.
Off around the corner at the Fort stage, another local act
was making me proud…
To be continued.
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