“Always Late”

“Oh, Mona (Nona)”

Mercantile segment

Wendell weeps during waltz

“Buffalo Gals”

“Honky Tonk,” with Lynn Loretta

“Freeway”

Dance Tent encore

“Lonesome Side of Town”

Main stage

Jam

“Can You Run”

“To Be With You Again”

“Blue Side of the Mountain”

“Hey Little Darlin’”

Wilders and Crazy Jam

Just got home from Grey Fox. I was lax in writing anything from the past couple of days — I was a tad busy catching all the music and more!

Stay tuned … we’ll be working soon on posting festival photos, and I have a bunch more videos to put up once I actually get some sleep!

Steve

steve@thirstylizards.com

IIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCEEEEEEE!

Grey Fox was a hopping place on Thursday. What started as haze and clouds in the morning eventually turned to sun. Though it got a bit toasty in the sun (and the Ice Man was busy), it was very hot on the main stage, the workshops and in the midway, as well.

From a lesson in dining under the tarps to the kick-off by the Dry Branch Fire Squad, the day was a marvel of activity. I must have seen at least a half-dozen bands. Topping the main stagers were the primary acts, from the Dailey & Vincent Band, The Steeldrivers and The Greencards.

My buddy, Lee adds: It’s not often that a band that follows the opening act gets an ovation, but such was the case with Swedish band Gravity. You could tell they were genuinely excited, taking pictures of the appreciative audience and pointing out that in Sweden there are only 5 bluegrass festivals, none of them nearly as large as Grey Fox. Annsofie Lindström, their lead singer, knocked over the Grey Fox crowd with a wonderful version of Me and Bobby McGee in their encore.

Meanwhile, enjoy the Greencards!

So, after 2 days at the Liner’s Picking Party at the beautiful Allen Farm in Durham, N.Y., we’ve finally settled in at the spacious Walsh Farm.

Good friends, camp is all set up, with plenty of shade. Thousands of others are joining us, spreading across the field with tons of tents, tarps, canopies, you name it. It’s a sea of campers.

It’s a bit toasty here, but good shade makes it bearable, and our 20-foot canopy makes all the difference.

The music starts tomorrow — can’t wait!