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Fate? Karma? Purgatory? Help me put a good spin on this.

My wife and I are heading out to Clarksdale, Mississippi for the Juke Joint Festival which is primarily a blues festival for local delta and hill country blues acts. It is a ton of fun.

We are staying with some old friends in a nearby town. They have graciously invited us to a music series hosted by local country music singer and songwriter Steve Azar. The event occurs every couple of months and features a meal by a prominent local chef (featured in Southern Living, Garden and Gun, etc) as well as cocktails and a casual performance and interview with other songwriters and musicians. It is a small group and the guests interact with the guest musicians. The tickets are fairly pricey and our friends have insisted on buying our tickets.

Other than their love of country music our musical tastes are similar to our friend's. They are going with us to the blues festival. They are also into Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, etc.

The guest musician/songwriter is named Anthony Smith. I'd never heard of him. Apparently he has written songs for some big names in the country music world as has the host, Steve Azar.

Now, I don't hate country music per se. But I have a hard time with contemporary pop country. Here is a video of Anthony Smith's:

https://youtu.be/sbNVTh2QA7k

It is going to be a long night. Fortunately the music will be acoustic. Just the guest with his guitar. I suspect the food will be great and there will be plenty of booze. And I guess it will be interesting to get some insight into the singer/songwriter world even if it is pop country.

I just think it is funny that the one type of music I can hardly stand is what is being featured. I'd prefer hip-hop or rap to pop country ;-)
n80
bigkidz
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You are going about this in the wrong way!  First off, welcome the opportunity to spend time with your friends.  Probably does not happen that much.  Then head right over to the liquor store and purchase some chap wine or what ever floats your boat.  Just make sure you are buying in quantity not as much quality.  Start drinking as soon as possible in mass quantity and then you are at least prepared for the music festival. Even if you puke on your shoes, you will wake up the next day probably not knowing what the hell happened.  Go out for a breakfast with lots of fat, and bread to soak up the remainder of what is left over in your stomach.  Try some good old chocolate milk to line the edges of your stomach.  Trust me, you won't care what music was playing!  Plus your friends probably won't invite you back for another Country Music festival!

Happy Listening.  
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slaw
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If I had this opportunity, I surely wouldn't go public. In addition, I wouldn't ask others how I should conduct myself. Another wasted thread,
n80 OP
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@slaw : "If I had this opportunity, I surely wouldn't go public. In addition, I wouldn't ask others how I should conduct myself. Another wasted thread,"

I've actually enjoyed most of the responses, including this one:

"I'd look at this as opportunity to expand my musical horizons. You just might find much to like. Hope you have a great time!"

:-)
orpheus10
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Albert King played every juke joint between St. Louis and where he was from in Mississippi. When he was in St. Louis, he lived in Eagle Park Acres, a place where at night, it was so dark that your headlights had a hard time penetrating it, just like in Mississippi; he was my favorite, I saw him a lot, I was a "juke joint" specialist.
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bdp24
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I am lucky enough to have seen and heard Albert King live, but it wasn't in a juke joint. Bill Graham put together great bills at the Fillmore Auditorium (the original, in the Fillmore district---a "negro" neighborhood of San Francisco), and that is where I saw him (as well as Cream, and many others). You would not believe how much Albert sweated! He played his Gibson Flying V, and hearing him I realized immediately from whom Clapton copped a lot of his guitar style.
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