It was such a beautiful day and evening to be sharing music, friends and fun at the beautiful Jim Mitchell Community Park in Warner. A night of the music of the Last Waltz which all of the bands and the attendees love so much. A great tribute to The Band and great performances by the mainly local musicians and bands showing their fervor for it all in the photo above. It is pretty powerful to be on that stage with all the energy, vocals and players.
The viewing area as you can see is a natural kind-of amphitheater (makes walking around interesting, but viewing fabulous!). This was the crowd at the beginning of the show. Ben Dobrowski with MainStreetWarner and the Dobros said by the end of the show it was the largest crowd for a musical event at the park yet! Thanks to all our friends that tried to pass the word on and shared posts.
Dusty Gray with Will Hatch, the Complete Unknowns - Who Do You Love and Mystery Train
Soundchecks and the dynamic drummer from the supergroup Lichen (private joke), Bill McLaughlin and his lovely wife and my photographer helper, Cindy.
John Zevos smiling..."taking my picture?"
The show began, after a slight delay, with Dusty Gray and Will Hatch of the Complete Unknowns. But as you can see, relaxing on the hill was so pleasant, no one really noticed.
I tried to get a photo of each performer, but I did miss a few unfortunately; the Punch Box Hobos and Holly Furlon. I apologize. Some of them did play on stage for the group songs.
Beechwood - Caravan and Ophelia
The Dobros - Acadian Driftwood, Don't Do It and Further On Up The Road.....look at the beautiful sky!
Lichen (with Wayne Hughes filling in for our bass player, Charlie) - Stagefright, Up On Cripple Creek and The Shape I'm In
What a great time! Great people! Great songs! Rob Azevedo, you do such an incredible job getting these talented people together and pulling off the show seemingly perfectly. I hope I got all the information correct because I want to give everyone their kudos. Thanks to everyone!
Walker Smith - Georgia On My Mind and with Holly Furlon - Evangeline and I Shall Be Released
Jasmine Mann - Hazel and It Makes No Difference
The Other'ns - Forever Young and Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Group ending songs - Helpless, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and The Weight