Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: Huron Ridge

Pam Johnson, who's clearly spent time at bluegrass festivals, has been wondering about jam sessions. Many bluegrass fans are quite competent musicians, and small gatherings in campsites, the parking lot, or hotel lobbies (depends on the venue, of course) are usually part of the show. Except there were only a handful of folks at this festival, and the program only lasted one afternoon, so the jam possibilities were scarce. I'm pretty sure this was the only jam--by the members of the Huron Ridge band, back behind the pavilion. In more usual times there'd be a small crowd surrounding them, watching and perhaps playing along. Turns out they recorded part of the session .

As I said: My best pictures at the little festival were of Huron Ridge.

Guitarist with Huron Ridge.

Mandolin and Bass players with Huron Ridge.

Dobro and Banjo player with Huron Ridge.

And I got my best band photographs while they were on stage. They're a new band , evidently based in Ann Arbor. That's Chris Dawson on mandolin, Hampton Cope on bass, Willie Carter on guitar, and Chip Cope (Hampton's dad) on banjo. Poking around on the web, I discovered that Chris and Willie did a free concert in the lobby of the University of Michigan Hospitals last January 9. That lobby doubles as a waiting room for friends and family of folks having surgery, and I've spent more time sitting there than I'd really like. A noon-time distraction would certainly have been welcome on the days I was there. Glad they provided one on someone else's long day.

That's Willie Carter holding the iPad; he's a member of Huron Ridge, a band I'll introduce you to tomorrow. There was a new team on the sound board, they're Mike Curtis and his son, whose name I've not learned. They did well.