The complete, unabridged view of Rockslide pics from this year's Old Settler's:Warning! This link leads to a boatload of images.
So you heard about the rain...it really wasn't that bad unless you stayed out at Camp Ben McCulloch Thursday night and Friday during the day. It rained two or three inches starting sometime early Friday morning. When I rolled in on Friday evening, Rob Teter of the Belleville Outfit said' "If you had been here this afternoon, you would have lost all hope."
The rain had been relentless. The tarp attached to their van filled with rain water and was more floating blue lagoon than shelter from the rain. It took some fancy engineering to get a dry patch of ground under the tarp again.
Footing was treacherous in the mud, even with the OSMF staff covering the worst areas with truck loads of hay. Still, somehow with the threat of severe weather looming over each act, it never let loose Friday night--the air was just a thick wet cloud which made for interesting photos and slippery fretboards.
That was it--no more down pours during the festival except for a brief one that woke me up around 7:30 Saturday morning. Mid-day Satruday the sun broke through, and Sunday was spectacular.
My favorite shows:
Slim Richey with Katie Holmes, Jon Doyle, Red Young, Meaux Jeaux, and Masumi Jones
The Green Cards in the mist
Hayes Carll
Sarah Jarosz with Alex Hargreaves and Sam Grisman
The Traveling McCourys
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
The Traveling McCourys with the Lee Boys
Fred Eaglesmith closing the festival on Sunday was pretty fine except that I was a rambling wreck by that point.
