Carrboro Music Festival 2024

Sunday, Sept 29. Skies were clear blue and beautiful in the early afternoon...but it was hot and humid. I wish they would schedule this festival later in the year. It's always so hot in September. But, nevertheless, the Blusterfields played a great set. I would have liked to hang around a little while, but I needed to retreat into an air-conditioned room.

They played on this nice stage behind Twin House Music. Much better than the set-up last year. But still, they played first, before a lot of people had even arrived and they were a little bit too far from the center of the action. None of the musicians get to decide when or where they play and since 300 bands apply for the available 100 slots, its a "take it or leave it" situation.

Hurricane Helene

Helene came up through the Gulf, landed in the big bend area of Florida then tracked nothwest though Georgia and the NC mountains. Areas west of us, around Asheville, were absolutely devasted. They had catastrophic flooding. Roads and bridges washed out. Homes destroyed. We were very lucky here. Just some rain. Those poor people in the mountains are without power, WiFi, food, water, gas, transportation...it's really bad. How in the world do you recover from something like this?

Blusterfields LIVE!

The guys played a gig at the City Tap in Pittsboro Sunday afternoon. They were scheduled to play at Southern Village, but it was cancelled because of threat of rain. It was "First Sunday" in town, so there was a lot of foot traffic and craft vendors. Good gig, except during the last song, Mike's amp overheated and died. I totally sympathize. I was a bit overheated myself. Looking forward to Fall!