Last Monday I flew down to Houston, Texas to visit with the Wrights and participate as one of the headliners at the Bayou City Old-Time Music & Dulcimer Festival. On Tuesday, the 19th the Wrights, Steve Heiser, Ken Ryan, and I headed into the recording studio to work on the next volume of the East Texas Jam. We recorded from 9-12 and then from 1-4:30, and in that time, we laid down THIRTY-SIX tunes! That’s enough for East Texas Jam Volumes 2 AND 3! We had a great time playing together in the studio, and I’m very excited to hear the finished product. Stay posted for more information about when the recordings are released and where/for how much they will be sold.

The Bayou City Old-Time Music & Dulcimer Festival began on the afternoon of Thursday, July 21 and concluded Saturday evening. It was a wonderful event! I taught both hammered dulcimer and fiddle workshops, and there was a rather nice turnout for a festival in its first year. There were classes for autoharp, bass, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and shape-note singing. The festival had a wonderful staff including Laura Boosinger, Steve Kilby, Lloyd Wright, Maureen Sellers, Bill Taylor, Amanda Luther, and many more! There was a very large emphasis on the jam sessions — a lot of wonderful music was played throughout those three days! This was definitely a wonderful festival, and it’s expected to get even bigger as word spreads throughout the year. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in attending!

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