Is it possible to get TOO much inspiration? Last weekend was a double shot of bay area favorites: On Friday, we caught Blah Blah Woof Woof (Chuck McCabe, Jay Howlett, and Steve Kritzer) at The Barn in Gilroy. Then on Saturday, we headed over to my pal Marky’s Canyon Acoustic Society house concert series to see Houston Jones play in her living room. Back to back nights of incredible singing, writing, and playing.

Houston Jones at The Canyon Acoustic Society
These are the kind of shows that normally get me thinking (out loud) “Should I be inspired, or just sell my guitar?” I’ll go with the first one, though when you’re watching that many folks play at that level of their game, it *is* incredibly humbling seeing how high the bar can be set. At the same time, yeah, it is pretty inspiring.

I think learning about your craft (whether it’s music, quilting, carpentry, whatever) is a matter of “you’re never done, and you’re never quite there”. (Kind of like maintaining a web site. Heh. Heh.) It’s a constant uphill climb, but it’s a great hike.

So onto more inspiration. This weekend is the Strawberry Music Festival. The main stage features (to name a handful) Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Tim O’brien and John Cowan), and the weekend promises several late-night picking sessions in our own Camp All Ya’ll.

But it just couldn’t stop there. On Saturday 5/31 we have our own gig at The Barn, and on both that Saturday and Sunday, we’ll be at Roudon-Smith Winery during the day, playing their annual Vintner’s Festival.

Then, on Monday 6/2, I collapse.

But I’ll still be inspired.
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