Video Scores and More at Friday’s Floydfest ‘24
It didn’t rain once on my two days so far at Floydfest, but there were signs of past rains on Thursday, and I had a hard time keeping my head up for want of finding a four-leaf clover in the grass.
On Friday, I got lucky walking through the site when I heard Jaime Wyatt on the main stage and remembered I had starred her on my “music to see” list. The first song I heard sounded like Bonnie Raitt.
She was all in pink, but hardly a Barbie girl, more a bad ass with a west coast touch of country, maybe like a Chrissie Hynde cowboy with a smooth Amie Winehouse attitude, a touch of Miranda Lambert and a voice to rival any of those.
She played electric bass, acoustic guitar and piano.
Her cover of Jerry Garcia’s Althea gave me goosebumps all over.
Oh Susanna, my Floydfest touchstone every year, who I first met when she was my son (pictured left) Dylan’s teacher at Blue Mountain School some 30 years ago.
It was family day, and not only did my son Dylan (we missed you, Kerri) and my grandsons come but my eldest son Josh made it from near Asheville NC, making it an old home week.
There was good food.
And friends to see at every turn.
I call this my wedding present to Wenonna and Scott.
They met at Floydfest and are getting married this September. They’re dancing to Floyd’s own Appalachian Space Train at the Canopy Grove Stage.
Sierra Ferrell in flowers was a treat to see. Her Floydfest bio reads: “With her spellbinding voice and time-bending sensibilities, Sierra Ferrell makes music that’s as fantastically vagabond as the artist herself…
“Growing up in small-town West Virginia, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist left home in her early 20s to journey across the country with a troupe of nomadic musicians, playing everywhere from truck stops to alleyways to freight-train boxcars speeding down the railroad tracks. After years of living in her van and busking on the streets of New Orleans and Seattle, she moved to Nashville and soon landed a deal with Rounder Records on the strength of her magnetic live show.”
This morning, I’m thinking about all the pictures and videos I didn’t get and thinking I miss more than I see. Anyone that knows me knows I have to pace myself. Two more days of festing to go and the sun is shinning.
You never know what you’re going to see at Floydfest. Hula hoop crossing?
Floydfest 2024 day one is HERE. Check out my sidebar category Floyd festing HERE for 22 years of past posts on Floydfest and other Floyd festivals.
July 27th, 2024 3:10 pm
I don’t feel you missed a thing! This looks like a great Floyd fest! Lots of talent, friends & family 🥰
I totally LOVE your description of Jamie Wyatt – you certainly can tell you are a poet & a journalist! Loved all the videos too! Thanks for sharing your FUN!
July 27th, 2024 4:00 pm
Thanks, Sherry. It’s a view in with a focus on what I experience and am interested in that gives a taste of the overall festival. I miss a lot. There’s a lot of ground to cover!