It was 1987 and after a full 4 days and nights of off the charts music I catch the last shuttle to my camp. While I’m on the bus I see these two guys at the back of the bus with big Mexican Ponchos and Sumbreros. Both sleeping sitting up heads down and :droolaway…
I kept thinking, man those guys look familiar…Turned out they were good friends of mine who we had not seen in years.
We all got off the bus, laughed and started yet another party… You just never know who you will run into at Tride. Nothin like 10,000 best friends. :medal
Couldn’t help but notice how fit some of our favorites got. Wow, an insperation to me thats for sure.
The last set, The House Band,wow the pickin that goes on up on that stage is unforgetable… I have splinters on my chin. WO*********W!!!
Hands movin so fast and all on time. Just joy in motion… :medal Really UNFORGETABLE!
Thank you Telluride Bluegrass Festivarians
Thank you for sleeping in line, tarps out and organized, I loved wandering on fest-days to pop in for visits on your tarp
Fishbone, Run A Muck, Tiki Bars, Wander’ In, Totally (semi) lit, Mash and Billy’s Arizona Mesa Collaboration
You make festivating so much fun.
2010 Telluride
Soak in a hot spring, drive to camp, Unload the trailer,
set the kitchen and pitch your tent
Sleep with the sounds of water
Hoist the sun shade, enjoy the kitchen, feed your friends
Breath
Walk about to sing along, pickin’ circles
Watch as your friends come in and do the same
Give them a snack or a hand of support
Celebrate coming back together to appreciate amidst life’s chaos
There’s no avoiding talk of oil and catastrophe
But still, there is love
Watch generations share their love and teach the youngin’s how to jump a bike or play a uke
More celebrations, gathering of flocks, goddesses on parade
Beer near, tropical punch, rum balls, crunchy frog
Music, music in camp, music in tents, music in circles, music in the air
Wristbands, festival near
Tarp run, set for the day,
Tarp-about to see your friends and listen as people play
Seek shade, sun sets, seek music
Dance, dance, dance – repeat
Four days, music plays
Pack the camp, don’t say goodbye
Dream of the next trip back to Telluride
Still reliving last week and I have so many great memories… Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, Tim, Sam, Jerry… the pickin on the last set just about floored me…
Just have to say I love the way the house band really kicked it into high gear…I still have goosebumps. :medal
Oh, Oh, Oh !!! Yet another best TBF memory, all those beautiful MANDOLINS!!! All at once on stage!!! That is the only time I wish I had a camera… Did anyone get a good shot of that… Big bright beautiful smiles and those Mandolins singing all together, clear and clean.
Excuse the late night post, but I’m still on Colorado time here in GA. I’m going to bed at 1 a.m. and sleeping in till 10 a.m. EST
:thumbsup
Well, this was my first festival experience and I had a blast. I’ll try to remember my absolute favorite top 10 great memories.
My brother, Hooch, taking me around the first night introducing me to everyone while proudly saying, “this is my sister!” tear Then, getting hugs from everyone.
A fun night with Anne finding items to secretly put outside Hot Mess’ tent and laughing hysterically during and after.
A fantastic late night concert dancing like crazy along with Billy B and Doug. Dancing back to the port-a-lets at the end of the night.
The rush of seeing my husband, lil’ Wayne, run the tarp each morning.
Seeing Hooch come out of his tent on the last day with 2 bottles of whip cream and other random items. *I have the pic!
Any random time Hot Mess couldn’t find something or borrowed something. That kept me laughing the whole time.
The Moonbeam pie that Cindy Lou made us. I snuck two pieces because it was oh soooo good!
Taking pictures of random eccentric people as well as amazing hula hoopers/jugglers.
Laying in my tent and waking up to Alison Krauss and realizing that I should not be in my tent ever again during her concert.
Getting my picture taken with my brother and a Monk. It’s not every day that happens.
definitely the stand-out memory was re-meeting gillian and dave and having them remember me and my band (Fruition) from their show in portland four months prior.
when asking dave how he liked the cd, his answer was, ‘i’ve listened to the first three songs. i like the first song.’
My husband and I got married on June 21st, 1998, the 25th Anniversary Festival. It was our first year there. We didn’t know what to expect when we showed up on Thursday at about noon. We had our tarp and our lawn chairs, but the festival grounds were full already. We stood there, looking forelorn at all the tarps in all the best places. Finally, I spotted two young ladies who were dancing on their tarp and looking out toward the dirt path where we stood. Soon, I got the courage to approach them and ask if we could please sit on their tarp for just a minute. They said “Sure” and believe it or not, we’ve been camping and sharing tarp space with them and the rest of their tarp ever since, even though not all of the originals are back every year anymore and we’ve added a few newbies since then. This June will be our 13th consecutive year at Telluride Bluegrass Festival. We celebrate every wedding anniversary for a week with the best friends in the world! Can’t beat that! Now then, I have to say there was a special night one year when Sam was playing at the end of the night, and the lights came on, and he spoke to all of us, and it was a mystical experience. Yes, the NickleCreek set at The Sheridan was incredible! Too many more…