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URL icon « Reply #285 on: January 06, 2009, 02:51:32 PM »

Thats pretty amazing, Music causes miracles I think, maybe it's the magic of the festival or the town or a combination of it all, but that is pretty epic

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URL icon « Reply #286 on: January 11, 2009, 08:59:00 AM »

the spotlight and the moon with Bobby Mcferrin and Alison Kraus.
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URL icon « Reply #287 on: January 23, 2009, 05:03:20 PM »

07 Telluride.  Running around town park late night with Vince Herman, a bunch of instruments, a bottle of whiskey and 50 other folks surrounding tents and waking people up.  Kept singing some song I don't know the name of.  Personal favorite occurred in Warner Field.  Surround tent, dead silent, here a couple of my friends doing the horizontal polka, Vince crouches down un-zips the tent and everybody starts jamming.  Never laughed so hard in my life.  I will never forget that night. 

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URL icon « Reply #288 on: January 24, 2009, 12:33:43 AM »

Favorite Pre-Fest moment from 2008...

Adam and I each flew into Denver from our respective homes, then met up in the airport and waited for Dave to arrive so we could carpool up to Telluride. 3 minutes out from the airport Dave called my cell, realizing he didn't know what we looked like. "Just drive to the end of the arrivals area, you'll know it's us" I promised.

Adam stood at the curb and played his Banjo until we saw this guy we'd never met before cracking up as he pulled to the curb.

Gear loaded, we headed for the open road. The guys were kind enough to stop every time I needed to pee and the last stop for gas Adam traded seats so I could be up front to finally see the Valley Floor during the day. Dave was messing with radio and happened upon The Dead 10/77 jam of "Fire on the Mountain"..... just as the sun was going down and lighting up the red rocks of The San Juans. What an amazing jam to match the amazing secenery and it all promptly ended at the Telluride Town Line.

As amazing as it all was...... nothing will ever beat Friday night before Land Rush 2007 and Auntie Anne doing 70 mph... on mountain roads.... at night.... trying to beat a reported road closure from construction on the only road into Telluride. I burst into tears when I realized those weren't lights from the houses on the side of the mountian.... they were stars, like I had never seen before. We slept next to the river so the first thing I would see in the morning would be the water fall at the end of the box canyon.

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URL icon « Reply #289 on: January 24, 2009, 03:22:18 PM »

Hope, Sunshine     those stars are still here and waiting for you so they can shine even brighter.  I miss you too! 
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URL icon « Reply #290 on: January 26, 2009, 08:49:36 PM »

Favorite Pre-Fest moment from 2008...

Adam and I each flew into Denver from our respective homes, then met up in the airport and waited for Dave to arrive so we could carpool up to Telluride. 3 minutes out from the airport Dave called my cell, realizing he didn't know what we looked like. "Just drive to the end of the arrivals area, you'll know it's us" I promised.

Adam stood at the curb and played his Banjo until we saw this guy we'd never met before cracking up as he pulled to the curb.



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URL icon « Reply #291 on: January 28, 2009, 07:44:52 PM »

Favorite Pre-Fest moment from 2008...

Adam and I each flew into Denver from our respective homes, then met up in the airport and waited for Dave to arrive so we could carpool up to Telluride. 3 minutes out from the airport Dave called my cell, realizing he didn't know what we looked like. "Just drive to the end of the arrivals area, you'll know it's us" I promised.

Adam stood at the curb and played his Banjo until we saw this guy we'd never met before cracking up as he pulled to the curb.

Gear loaded, we headed for the open road. The guys were kind enough to stop every time I needed to pee and the last stop for gas Adam traded seats so I could be up front to finally see the Valley Floor during the day. Dave was messing with radio and happened upon The Dead 10/77 jam of "Fire on the Mountain"..... just as the sun was going down and lighting up the red rocks of The San Juans. What an amazing jam to match the amazing secenery and it all promptly ended at the Telluride Town Line.

As amazing as it all was...... nothing will ever beat Friday night before Land Rush 2007 and Auntie Anne doing 70 mph... on mountain roads.... at night.... trying to beat a reported road closure from construction on the only road into Telluride. I burst into tears when I realized those weren't lights from the houses on the side of the mountian.... they were stars, like I had never seen before. We slept next to the river so the first thing I would see in the morning would be the water fall at the end of the box canyon.

Gosh, I miss you folks.  Flower

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I had a blast with both Adam and yourself during that trip.   Yes, we did pull over frequently and each stop was great.   FOTM was appropriate for the colors that day bouncing off the canyon walls!     Wave


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URL icon « Reply #292 on: February 04, 2009, 01:52:12 PM »

Right now,,, I can feel Telluride Bluegrass creepin in and it makes me smile. Soon. Very sooon...
 The day is warm,, even up here. The bluegrass tunes are hummin and my paper work is flyin off my desk...

PBG you make things all better. I think it would be safe to say,,, TBF is a state of mind... All memories combined ,
 now it's a feelin. Flower
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URL icon « Reply #293 on: February 07, 2009, 10:15:38 AM »

I can't remember the best times I had at TBF, but I do remember David Bromberg making everybody cry with "Mr. Bojangles".  I saw Peter Rowan glow.  New Grass Revival...what can I say?  I do remember being told by the spirits to stand near the soundbooth and be an anchor, how is that for a memory!  It seems that now I can go and soak in that Karmic energy that we have been exuding for decades on the solstice, the anniversary of our wedding, although that did not occur at TBF.  We sang "You ain't goin' nowhere" and when I hear that song on the solstice, I feel the connection.  The wind, rain, sun and moon, the clouds, the crowds, another June, the sublime, time, rhythms and rhymes, and three ravens looking for an easy meal.
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URL icon « Reply #294 on: February 11, 2009, 02:16:54 PM »

Oh my god reading through this thread is just making me desperate... to get to Telluride!!!
I'm almost sick with envy at all the amazing moments you've all experienced over the years, it's truly magical: when you describe them there's so much feeling in you words It's almost like I was there...
I just can't wait to be there and become a part of the big Telluride Bluegrass Family  :)

You can't imagine, being stranded in a Bluegrass desert for most of my life and knowing there's people out there who feel the same way I do about music...I'm yearning for these moments...

That's also what I love about music, especially bluegrass: no matter where you're from or who you are, you can be touched by music and ultimately connect with others, there's no barrier, between you, the musicians, the rest of the audience: you're all connected by this flow of music, and you're all feeling this intense pleasure that musical appreciation brings...
Well, that's how I feel anyway  :)

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URL icon « Reply #295 on: February 28, 2009, 06:06:56 PM »

Year five for me, and WAY too many memories to list, but here are the highlights:

1.  My first year, I camped at Illium by myself because I was invited to the festival late and didn't have friends to stay with.  A family from Utah took me under their wing, invited me into their camp, fed me, gave me drinks, and shared stories about how great the festival is.  I knew right then and there that I belonged.

2.  Jewel singing acapella while Bobby McFerrin accompanied her by using his mouth to make instrument noises.  (I'm sure there's a name for what that's called but I don't know what it is.)

3.  Sam Bush playing "Howling At The Moon" one night last year while there was a full moon out and we were all howling at it. 

4.  Nightgrass with Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon where the temperature was at least 100 degrees and nobody cared.  Their thid acoustic encore in the audience called "Milwaukee" brought tears to my eyes. 

5.  Having someone tell me that I'M an icon at the festival for them because I wear tie-dye from head to toe, year after year and they always stand behind me in line. 

6.  Listening to James Buchanan's "Packin'" for Telluride" every day, all day, in the weeks before the festival and bawling my eyes out because it's like he wrote it just for me.

7.  Getting so excited for the tarp run that I have to do it every day even though I stay out late every night and am so hung over I can't believe I can still run and then when I finally hand my number to the guy and take off running as fast as I can as he tells me to walk and the bagpipes play and I'm crying and hyperventilating as I realize that it's moments like this that make life worth living. 


#7 just gave me chills all over!  I cannot wait for what is in store for my family and I this year.

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URL icon « Reply #296 on: March 02, 2009, 09:30:43 AM »

I think it was '89 where my buddy and I were stumbling down main street after numerous shots of Jack we walked past this guy sitting on the steps to an old victorian playing mandolin. 20 steps later I was like "that was David Grisman". So we stumbled back and asked him "Are You David Grisman?". He said "uh - no I'm not him".  So we asked if we could take a picture of him and his lady friend. He said sure. So I've got great picture and sure enough it was him... Stumbling down main street. It seems that everytime I've gone to Telluride I always end up stumbling around somewhere which is really wierd cause it never happens anywhere else.  Cheers
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URL icon « Reply #297 on: March 05, 2009, 05:58:45 PM »

I think there were about twenty people staying in a condo, coming back after the music was over.  Rum but no mixer, just a can of corn.  Corn daiquiris. Cheers
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URL icon « Reply #298 on: March 05, 2009, 06:11:40 PM »

I think there were about twenty people staying in a condo, coming back after the music was over.  Rum but no mixer, just a can of corn.  Corn daiquiris. Cheers

Hah oh man... I can't decide exactly how bad that might taste  Cheers
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URL icon « Reply #299 on: March 14, 2009, 07:24:50 PM »

My absolute favorite is the very first time I ever layed eyes on that beautiful valley from heaven. I never saw pictures before my first festival, so I had no idea what to expect. Coming around the bend right at Lawson Hill and seeing Bridal Falls for the first time was one of the most inspirational sights I have ever seen. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!
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