A Look Back at 2013 (1) - Florida

For several years, as cold reaches its icy hand into New England, the nights turn dark earlier and earlier, and an entire region, minus a few winter sports nuts (including all four of our grandchildren) and besotted ice fisherman, slides into seasonal affective disorder, Florida begins to look like an increasingly delightful place to spend a couple of months in early winter. Last year, we started south on January 10th, luckily before much snow had fallen, stopped for a night in Berryville, VA, where Frank Jurney promotes several winter concerts, to see a show, which turned into a surprise. Afterwards, we drove to Shelby, NC to visit our friend Marta Jones and on to Myrtle Beach, where we store our trailer to avoid having to shovel snow off it between November and January. After one more stop near the Georgia/Florida border and a brief visit with the Wilson family, we head south into Florida for a couple of months of sunshine and bluegrass music. Here are some highlights as 2013 draws to a close.

Berryville, VA

Lynn Morris in the Audience

Chris West - Blue Moon Rising

Sav Sankaran - Blue Moon Rising

Brandon Rickman Backstage - Lonesome River Band

Sammy Shelor - Lonesome River Band

YeeHaw Junction 

Elaine Roy - The Roys

Clint White - The Roys

Lee Roy - The Roys

 Mike Andes - Nothin' Fancy

 Chris Sexton - Nothin' Fancy

Sami Butler - Jerry Butler & the Blu-J's

Chris Harris - Still House

Jamie Harper

Keith Bass - Co-Promoter

Florida Bluegrass Exress 

Junior Sisk - Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice

Jason Tomlin

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice 

Terry Baucom

JR Davis

Highway 41 South 

Seminole Wind Bluegrass Festival 

 Mark Horn 

Highway 41 South

Irene Shooting Video

Dustin Benson - Special Consensus

 Greg Cahill - Special Consensus

 Sue Schellhass, Irene Lehmann, Dottie Joyce

Michael Cleveland

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper 

Josh Richards

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper

 

 Lizzy Long

The Little Roy & Lizzy Show

 Little Roy Lewis

Darlene Bass - Co-Promoter

Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long

Don Rigsby

Don Rigsby & Midnight Call 

Mike & Mary Robinson

Palatka Bluegrass Festival - Rodeheaver Boys Ranch

Mike Andes - Nothin' Fancy

John Marquess - The James King Band

Barry Crabtree - The James King Band

James King 

Sherry Boyd - Emcee

Josh Crowe

The Crowe Brothers 

Steve Sutton - The Crowe Brothers

Robert & Victor Dowdy

The Bluegrass Brothers 

Kristin Scott Benson - The Grascals

Mike Andes & Tony Shorter

Nothin' Fancy 

 Jesse Baker - Dailey & Vincent

Jeff Parker - Dailey & Vincent 

Darin Vincent

Jamie Dailey

 Johnnie Daniell & Shelley Huckabee

Alecia Nixon

Todd Goodwill

Ben Eldridge - Seldom Scene

Dudley Connell - Seldom Scene

Danny Russell 

Dry Branch Fire Squad 

Ron Thomason

Dry Branch Fire Squad 

Aubrey Holt

Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys 

Little Roy Lewis

  

Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda Vincent & the Rage 

Two Old Pros

Little Roy Lewis & Ron Thomason 

Rhonda Vincent & Gene Watson

Roscoe Canaday Memorial Bluegrass Festival

Dixieland Park - Waldo, FL

 Bobby Martin - Swinging Bridge

LeRon & April Rogers

Generations Bluegrass 

Sissy Stevens 

The Stevens Family Band 

Ben Stevens

Luke Stevens

 Gary Waldrep - The Garry Waldrep Band

Elaine Roy

Lee Roy

More to come from now until New Years