A LITTLE WINDY, BUT A GREAT WEEKEND
The Reno Tradition started up the ole tour bus and headed out this past weekend for our shows in Kentucky (the third weekend of May). I always tell everyone which weekend of the month it was because all the festival promoters advertise there festivals that way. Each year they hold there shows the same weekend and so it doesn’t make any difference what the date is because it is always on that weekend.
Our first stop, Renfro Valley, about 200 miles from Nashville, has been having Bluegrass Festivals for about 40 years now and I even played it when they called it Mac Wiseman’s BG Fest back in 1969. The first show had a lot of wind blowing thru the PA system but the music sounded good and the banjos were ringing in the valley. There was a great lineup of talent on the show and I got to spend some time with Doyle Lawson and the Lonesome River Band on Friday.
We got out of the park at about 10 o’clock and headed for Greenup, KY for the next day. We were able to stop in Richmond, KY and eat a bite at the Waffle House (you can always count on Waffle House when you’re on the road) when I was elected to drive the next couple of hours to Cannonsburg, KY where we pulled over at a Flying J Truck stop for the rest of the night. It seems I’m always being elected to drive the late shift, but the benefit of having a tour bus, when you need too you just pull over and go to sleep.
The next day we played a festival called Springtime in Kentucky at the Greenup County Fairgrounds. We had a great day of music and fellowship with the fans and our friends in the Bluegrass State. Ralph Stanley had played the night before and had left the fans in a great mood and they were ready for a big lineup for the Saturday show. We finished our last show at 9 o’clock Saturday night and headed back to Nashville. Before leaving Greenup our buddy Pete was nice enough to haul our equipment back to the bus on his golf cart, but I am sad to say the weight of the gear stripped his clutch going up a hill, but not to worry, our banjo player Mike Scott is a jack-of-all-trades so he was volunteered to get it fixed.
I always say a prayer and ask our Lord for a safe journey and he answered my prayer. Welcome Home
Take Care and stay tuned for our next trip picking and grinning
Ronnie
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