David Amador of Floater
Another photo today from last weekend’s Jefferson State Music Festival in Provolt, Oregon (near Grants Pass).

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Another photo today from last weekend’s Jefferson State Music Festival in Provolt, Oregon (near Grants Pass).
Friday was the first day of the annual, three-day music and hemp festival outside of Grants Pass. Floater was the headliner. Last night the headliner was Curtis Salgado, and for the final night (tonight), Les Claypool (Primus) will have the honors.
I wasn’t planning on taking any photos, but a friend came up to me during 100 Watt Mind (who were outstanding opening for Floater) and said that I could go backstage and in front of the barrier if I wanted so I went back to the car for the camera before Floater went on.
Brandi has now played Britt six times. I think I have been at five of those shows, missing the other because I was in Japan at the time. The last couple times I took a photo of her indicating how many times she had been there. Now that she has been there more than five times it takes two hands to hold up that many fingers, and she usually has a guitar to hold. So I don’t have a photo of her holding up six fingers because she never did on this evening.
Opening for Brandi Carlile at the Britt Festivals in Jacksonville, Oregon on Wednesday night (August 21, 2013) was another Seattle band, Ivan & Alyosha.
Stoneburner will make their triumphant return to Ashland (Club 66) on August 18. This time they are bringing more friends, including Usnea, Bastard Feast, and Worthless Eaters. Things should kick off at 8 p.m. Arrive a bit early and Uzi will make you dinner.
On July 2, Spellcaster will be playing at Musichead in Medford. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend as I will be about 6,000 miles away in South Korea. Today’s photo is from the last time I saw them. Tyler Loney played guitar at the time. Now he does the lead vocals.
Also performing at this show will be the debut of Sylent Storm.
The night Michale Graves played at Musichead was a strange one for me. I was really getting into his music, especially his new CD, Vagabond, during the prior month. My mom was dying, and his tunes helped to get me through that time period.
My mom died a few days before the show. The day after the show we were going to be driving to Eugene for the funeral. It was also my daughter’s birthday (4/18/13) so it didn’t look like I would be going to the show after all. My daughter ended up having volleyball the same night in Medford so I did end up catching just the first few songs before I had to leave.
I didn’t have my concert, camera lenses with me so these didn’t come out the best. The night was still a welcome change of mind for me. I really hope Graves comes back to Southern Oregon so I can see his full show someday.