LOCATION: Mountain Stage, Athens, OH
LINEUP: Karin, Linford, Devon Ashley, Byron House
REVIEW BY:
last night kylie and i roadtripped it up to athens, oh for OtR's appearance
on the acclaimed americana/roots radio show "the mountain stage". this
show is usually based and recorded in west virginia but, is currently doing
a few shows across the border in ohio at a beautiful, old theatre on the
campus of ohio university. the show was excellent. on the bill for last
night's show was charlie sexton, a great singer/songwriter/guitarist (and
current "leader" of bob dylan's touring band), adrienne young & little
sadie (we'll just skip them and move on), over the rhine, eric bibb and
son volt. each act played about a 30 minute set and the show closed out
with everyone on stage singing woody guthrie. the highlights for me, besides
the obvious choice of OtR were eric bibb, an absolutely amazing guitarist
and nice singer, who, as he put it "loves his job" (and it showed) and
son volt. i have enjoyed jay ferrar's music for a while, it was great to
finally get an opportunity to see him/them play. last night they actually
recorded two shows for future broadcast w/OtR closing out the first and
son volt closing the second (1st: sexton, little sadie & OtR | 2nd:
eric bibb & son volt). there were no details other than "check our
website (mountainstage.org) for info on when these shows will be broadcast".
it was a great night of fun and great music...