A Rookie's Story (continued)

I can't fail to mention two performance artists that took my breath away, each in different ways. Chris Chandler and his partner Anne Feeney had an absolutely brilliant act that appeared in several guerrilla settings, and Tom Prasada-Rao also had Chris up for a beautiful number in his show. ("What if there were a great awakening of atoms, where they all remembered their vast and intricate histories? An atomic explosion of memory"...wow.)

And then Billy Jonas, from Asheville. Like an enlightened one man band, he took a croquet mallet and shattered a glass globe of the earth and reassembled it in hilarious rhythmic fashion with a song story about protein, eggs vs. bee pollen, Monica Lewinsky, and several other things, called "Primordial Ooze." We'll surely be covering the mindblowing work of Billy Jonas and Chris Chandler in upcoming issues.

The stars also came into alignment between myself and a great woman I'd been waiting on for a long time. I'd heard about ranch romances, and hoped the Texas moon would work a little magic for me, and it did. Good things really do come to those who wait, sometimes.

I'd like to thank Rod Kennedy and Vaughn Hafner for their fabulous festival and their gracious welcome, the warm and enthusiastic audiences that would gather around Camp Nashville by morning and night, and especially the fantastic musicians and friends that welcomed me so deeply into their hearts and their song circle. I look forward to seeing you all next year.   continue

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