Mixing It Up Day 2

So today was fun! To start out, the food rocked today. For lunch I had Chicken Marsala, Salad and Fruit. For dinner I had, Beef Stroganoff, Baked Potato, Salad and for dessert...Tiramisu. Awesome. The main act tonight was Phil Vasser with opening act Josh Gracin(the American Idol dude). The crew had a great day with these artists and their staff. A lot different than last night's chaos with the Lynard Skynard crew.

There was a strange event today though. Behind the main stage area is a small pond. My boss(this week), brings his houseboat during the fair and just sleeps on it, because of his need to be around 24 hrs a day. He was sitting on the boat and heard someone screaming that a lady was drowning. Sure enough a lady was in the water behind his boat. He headed out to her, just in time to grab her as she was going under and pulled her to shore. The lady was blue and not breathing. The EMT's showed up and eventually she was doing well. Turns out she was high on Meth and she and her boyfriend were trying to cross to the other side of the pond and it was too cold and she almost drowned. Talking to my boss was interesting. He is still pretty shaken up, but really felt(because of a bunch of things leading up to the event) that God had placed him there today just to save that ladies life. Pretty cool.

So, I mixed a solo acoustic act today. He was actually one of our weathermen a couple years back. Nice guy, strong personality, I'll leave it at that. After that, we had a group of about 25 senior citizens called "The Old Time Fiddlers". I was warned that mixing this group would be the equivalent of "herding cats". Great analogy...dead on! There were a couple in the group that were very talented, but, only a couple. I get to open with them again tomorrow. The next band was called "The Screaming Gulch". These guys were a scream. They are a rockabilly band with an emphasis on crazy. Very funny guys and great musicians. Kind of a treat was that Dave Maddox of the original Maddox Brothers sat in for a couple of songs. This guys is a legend. Johnny Cash once opened for the Maddox Brothers. Check them out.We had a great country band today. Nice mix of modern and traditional country. The vocalists were great and the band was tight. Next to last were the "Rhythm Kings". These guys are amazing. They are a blues band. they are tight, loud, and Dave, the lead singer has got a great deep rich blues voice. Very fun. I have to say now that as the day went on, the PA got a little louder as each band got up and as each band got better. At the end of the blues set, I thought I couldn't go louder, but the last band was amazing! It was a solo act with a great band. Her name is Debra Arlyn. I would say she is a cross between Maroon 5 and Alysha Keys. If you haven't heard of Debra, I really believe you will. She has an amazing voice, she's a great keyboard player and I can't say enough about her band. I would expect to hear her on the radio at anytime. I hope they make, it, cause there is a niche for them. They sounded great!

So tomorrow brings some new bands and new adventures. I will try and get more pics up tomorrow. We've got a bunch.