Outer Banks

Driving along in the bus this morning , watching the fog burn off the cotton fields. Little farmhouse yards full of old tractors and chicken sheds look like they’re from another time. Maybe the outer banks and coastal Carolina are in a different kind of time. All those vacationers hours of enjoying life to its fullest have made the locals love what they have in a deeper way . They hold onto the old ways. Fishing, farming, music, good food. There’s evidence of these things all around. Last night salmon played the bluegrass island festival in Manteo. Had some good lobster and got to catch 3 acts of good trad bluegrass on Roanoke island. In the 1500’s some brits made a go of trying to settle onto this ”new” continent. I guess it didn’t work out so well , because in a couple years they all disappeared. The lost colony remains a mystery but i’m pretty sure it’s a case of alien abduction . Well that’s the morning report from bear grass North Carolina . Starting off on almost a month of shows with the Vince band on Monday in Tulsa. Playing with my old bud Randy crouch and the red dirt rangers. Life is good. Hope you’re grinning.