Red Wing Roots Music

Yesterday kicked off the third Red Wing Roots Music Festival at lovely Natural Chimneys park and it was a fine day of music and friends. Robert Earl Keen wound down the evening with his story telling and songs that we mostly knew by heart and…what a backup band. The McCoury brothers and their band dazzled, Elephant Revival was a surprising treat, Matuto brought out the dancers with Brazilian Bluegrass and the weather, with a little rain thrown in, was mostly cool and pleasant. Day two has started a little on the damp side but hints of sun are beginning to peak through, 80 and a little muggy will make for another fine day of music.
After several cloudy evenings, a break last night gave me a peak at the continuing planet show, Venus and Jupiter are still close and brilliant in the west at dusk but the king of the planets has now moved several degrees west of Venus and will continue to do so as July rolls on. Hope you get a clear enough sky to check it out tonight, I'll be on the lookout.
The typhoon smashed into the Chinese coast and the Pacific is again showing signs of being far from passive this hurricane season with a couple of storms brewing not far from Hawaii. The stalled weather in the US is the cause of the clouds and rain and storm chances across much of the country. Still, it's a lovely little world we have here, get out and enjoy today on Earth.

Elephant Revival

 Robert Earl Keen