Friday, July 21, 2023

Highway 421 Revisited

 

So Doc said to Frederick, "You want to honor my son?"

Fred says “If you’ll do a benefit with your songs.”

And Doc says, “Where do you want this singing done?”

Fred says, “Out near Highway 421.”


 Well Mack the singer said to Louie The Strings

“We got a thousand speakers that don’t zing.

Can you tell me how to make them ring?”

Louie The Strings says, “let me think for a minute son.”

And he said, “Yes I think it can be easily done.

Just take them all down to Highway 421.”

 

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren't right.

“My Hillside seats,” she said, “ have too much height., “

He said, “Come here and let me to fix your plight.

Let me tell the second mother this has been done.”

But the second mother was with the seventh son

And they were both out on Highway 421.

 

College  professor  was stressed to the core

Lacked the funding to finish his chores.

So he became a promoter and nearly fell off the floor.

He said I’ve never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yes, “ I think it can be very easily done.

We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun

And have it near Highway 421.”

 

 

 

 


Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Hillside at Rest.


 Ever wondered what is "normal" for  Wilkes Community College, as compared to the week most of us see the campus as it is set up for MerleFest?





Near the main stage.



On the mainstage.





Backstage, a wonderful portrait of Doc Watson, that the musicans and crew "see."



Looking out from the mainstage.




The center of campus, site of the dance, traditional and Americana stages.



Above and below, Hillside off duty.






Sunday, July 2, 2023

Roadside Glance













 Driving on U.S. 89 to The Blue Ridge Museum near Galax, VA, just before crossing the border from North Carolina, a traveler passes thru Low Gap.


When I saw the subject of this post, I turned around.


Seems the enterprise leaned a bit heavier on fire than rescue.