SteelBridge Songfest 2013 Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Well my decision to let it fly and go to the Steel Bridge Songfest sure was a good one...

It was one of the best times I ever had, bar none...  I ended up meeting up with

two very good friends and we had such a great time hanging out, laughing our heads off, and

just enjoying the music, food, and the entire event.   I didn't know what to expect, how the thing was

run, where to go , who to see, but it didn't matter cause everything we did was fun...

I got there early and went to the Holiday Music hotel to get my lanyard which

allowed me into some 15 different bars, coffee houses, an old movie theatre and

other various venues scattered thought out this little town...all pretty much within walking

distance of each other...I was lucky I  got there early cause all the participating musicians were

gathering for this years photo....little did I know, the talent that was assembled here.

Here is the view out of my motel room...not the Holiday Music Hotel,

as that was for the musicians...I stayed at this funky joint outside of town right on the lake...

The red building in the back ended up being one of the venues, so when I got in at 2am.  I  could still catch some more music right in my own backyard with the car safely parked ...

Such a pretty spot and fun place to stay in.

So here is the headliner, Jackson Browne along with Pat MacDonald who is one of the founders of the festival and one of the owners of the Holiday Music hotel.  Yeah I know my position here at the show really sucked....You may remember Pat from the band Timbuk 3, which had this really cool song and even better video the was heavily rotated in the early days of MTV, The future's So Bright I Have to Wear Shades...

There was only like a few hundred people here and this part of the show was held in the hotel parking lot... they had a few VIP chairs in the front which were empty so in my usual fashion I said well why not and sat my self down...thank you vips that didn't show.

Jackson with my friend Tony Menzer, bass player extraordinaire

and the guy who turned me on to the festival via a facebook post...

My photo of Jackson Browne which I thought turned out rather well...

This man is unreal...still super cute and his voice is the same...not wrecked but

perfect and the songs....well you know...I don't have to tell you about those classic tunes...

pretty much part of the soundtrack of many of our lives...

Will I go next year?  phht...you betcha kiddos...this festival is mellow,

the talent just off the charts awesome and I'll say it again, one of the best things I ever did...

The musicians of the 2013 Steel Bridge Songfest in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin..

Here is the webpage ...check it out...

Steel Bridge Songfest

And I am outta Here

   Well Kids...I am finally ready to hit the road..

I am off on the old red-eye on Thurs/Friday midnight

to go to Wisconsin....First, six nights with my big brother.   He of the best Fish Fry possibly in the world...made with the fish he caught himself....then many frozen custards....Wisconsin is about eating so eat I must...

Then on Thursday, I head up to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for The SteelBridge Songfest.  I have never attended this festival, but I heard about it on facebook and it sounded so cool, I just had to go...I almost said no to myself, but one thing about getting older, you start to say yes to a lot more things....I have my own rental car, my own room....apparently you just go from pub to pub with different music going on for four days...I am excited....and happy I said yes....

Beatnheart on etsy will be open for shopping but I am not listing or making ....I am truly going on a real vacation....It will do me good to get away for awhile on my own....thank you Mr. Beatnheart for letting me be who I am...