From Steve Earle's bluesy Terraplane album. Makes me smile and think of you every time I hear it. You may not recall, but this song was in heavy rotation on our road trip to Franklin, Tennessee last year for Pilgrimage Festival.
Absolutely one of my top live music highlights of 2015, seeing the amazing Christone "Kingfish" Ingram launch the inaugural Pilgrimage Fest with a sizzling set of electric blues. It may have been Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in a Franklin, Tennessee horse farm field, but for those of us in the crowd, it felt like 2 a.m. in a southside Chicago blues club.
Up, at 'em and on the road to the first Pilgrimage Fest. Some tough decisions about which acts to see. I predict some stage hopping in our future.
Excited to see Christone "Kingfish" Ingram open up the fest.
From there our plan is:
Holly Williams at noon;
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear at 1:15 p.m.;
Hopefully, we'll catch some of Neko Case's set starting at 2 p.m.;
Iron and Wine or Will Hoge around the three-o'clock hour;
Really looking forward to Cage the Elephant at 3:30 p.m.;
Sheryl Crow at 4:30 p.m.;
The legend who is Dr. John at 5:45 p.m.;
And the end of Wilco's set wrapping up around 7:45 p.m.
That leaves out Punch Brothers, Nikki Lane and a whole lot of other great acts. But so far, right now, that's the plan and you know what's said about plans. Stay tuned for what really happens. And if you're at @PilgrimageFest this weekend shout at me @RadioBarz on Twitter.
