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The Deep Blues Festival in Lake Elmo. This event was the kernel for the popped corn of the tour. We shared the stage with heroes and legends. I am not exagerating. I won’t spend the whole blog laying out the details. But we need to thank some folks before we get to the photos. Chris Johnson put the festival on. Rick Saunders “curated” it. (His own words) Both of these gentleman and the rest of the staff deserve a huge round of applause and mad respect. Their love of the form called blues, and their support of the evolution of it has no end. Not only have they promoted the music, but the family of musicians and artists that participate. It was very much a family reunion. We have all been circling around one another, being performers and spectators, fans and friends, for years now. So you can imagine the party that happens when you bring all of this to one muddy field. See the photos here———————————————————->

 

Lets try this.
1. Never saw any horses. 2. The van looks very relaxed. 3. The main entrance for festival go-ers. 4. Check in table for the musicians. 5. Pull your own beer. 6. The mud pit. 7. Deep Blues Spirit. 8. Daniyel and DJ HWY 7. 9. Dave and Dave (DJ Hill Funk) 10. Stefan and Kirby (2/3 of Gravel Road.) 11. Barry and Nick (American Relay.) 12. Henry and Desire’ (Hillstomp.) 13. John (Black Diamond Heavies) pulls in his Econoline. 14. Barry with Hillstomp. 15. Austin, the coolest person at the fest. 16. Candice, photographer and friend from the NW. 17. Every band got their photos taken. There were quite a few photogs there. 18. Van (Black Diamond Heavies.) 19. right, David Brent, left Brent David (Reverend Dead Eye.) 20. Barry and Scott H. Biram. 21. The merch table. 22. Set up area for drummers. 23. Henry and Patrick compare home-made instruments. 24. Barry with Bob Log III. 25. Stefan and Candice. 26. Black Diamond Heavies get their picture taken. 27. Conrad (Posessed by Paul James.) 28. Daniyel and Dave. 29. Nick and klsajdfb, a film maker. 30. Alex (American Relay.) 31. Nick (American Relay.) 32. Nick right after playing. 33. Daniyel, Dave, Kirby, Dave. 34. John (Hillstomp.) 35. Henry (Hillstomp.) 36. It seems the whole thing was recorded… 37. This guy was yelling, “Please! Please! Please!” 38. The food cart. 39. Sunday was sunnier. 40. Amy Jo’s prints for sale. She did the poster for the Deep Blues Festival. And her other work is amazing too. 41. Stacy Dehart (From Cottage Grove, Curator of the film festival.) 42. Barry. 43. Festival spirit. 44. Sun. 45. Chris Johnson watches Bob Log III prepare to play. 46. Bob Log III. 47. Bob Log III. 48. Rock and Roll all night.