Loose Leaf Notes

Floydfest Friday was family day with my sons and grandsons on the scene. It all went by fast and I didn’t get my yearly family group shot. This was the closest I came. We’re being photo-bombed by the two little boys on the left. I took several pictures and couldn’t get them to get out of the frame, so we went with it. It’s all one big family at Floydfest anyway.

Joe’s sister was part of this year’s family mix. It’s the second year she’s volunteered her nursing skills during the festival set-up in trade for weekend tickets.

The reason we picked Friday for family day was because it was Morgan Wade’s Floydfest homecoming. Morgan is Floyd’s own rising star who made a connection with Sadler Vaden (Jason Isbell’s guitarist who produced her first album) while playing Floydfest in 2018.

HERE is the story from a Floyd Press interview I did with my friend Morgan in 2019 as she was about to blow up.

But if you put her name in my blog search bar (on the right), you will see I’ve been covering her since her first show at Floyd’s Dogtown Roadhouse.

Of course, the whole county of Floyd is fans of Morgan’s including my daughter-in-law.

What fun it was to sing-along and hang out next to a group of her old school friends who could barely contain themselves.

And look who showed up just in time!

There was some cross talk with the audience, including with her grandma of course, and some donuts delivered on stage after Morgan mentioned hearing about them.

We checked in with our other favorite local talent, Music Road Co. in the Libations Tent.

And checked out a new-at-Floydfest band we got a few recommendations on, The Kitchen Dwellers, self-described as “A Journey to Outer Bluegrass…”

Also, we couldn’t resist stopping for a few songs from Melissa Etheridge. All this and it was only the second day for me. Two more to go!