Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Snakebeard in a Small Town
What does it mean it rock a little town? This last weekend we played in a place only eight blocks long and six blocks wide. There are shows we play that have more people, then the population of this entire town of Summit, South Dakota.
To play a great little town like this makes me feel like I'm part of the old weekend dance tradition. Like I'm back in the days when bands traveled dirt roads to play fiddle tunes in some mans barn so the local folks could come out a dance. There we were at the County Line were all were welcome. The young, the middle aged, the retired. All together under one roof to listen and have fun. It's a thing older then the bar gigs and late nights of smoke. It's a family member looking for a way to connect with another. It's grandma buying a CD for the grandkid. To play a place so remote and small is to be a part of those bands of yesterday. When there weren't rock stars and recored contracts. When music heard for only moment then faded into the walls.
Snakebeard Jackson's Mandolin Man
To play a great little town like this makes me feel like I'm part of the old weekend dance tradition. Like I'm back in the days when bands traveled dirt roads to play fiddle tunes in some mans barn so the local folks could come out a dance. There we were at the County Line were all were welcome. The young, the middle aged, the retired. All together under one roof to listen and have fun. It's a thing older then the bar gigs and late nights of smoke. It's a family member looking for a way to connect with another. It's grandma buying a CD for the grandkid. To play a place so remote and small is to be a part of those bands of yesterday. When there weren't rock stars and recored contracts. When music heard for only moment then faded into the walls.
Snakebeard Jackson's Mandolin Man
