I was expecting a big night at Pies and Pints. Martin Luther King Jr weekend was big due to the Monday holiday and I was expecting the same. When I showed up for setup, there were not a lot of people and it was looking like a slow one. However, as the sun went down and the music started, people started steadily rolling in until the place eventually filled up. Nettle Honey started things out with about an hour of tunes. I thought they sounded great and caught myself singing along (after hearing the tunes from their latest record about 150 times each). They may have been tired from a long weekend of busking at Folklife, but it didn’t show. Ken Nottingham came down with his upright bass and him, Tom,and myself played a Creeping Time-esque second set, sharing Ken and my tunes and wrangling Matt Heron and Johnny Fitzpatrick along for the ride. Ended the night with some ‘hot bluegrass’ with the standard lineup. Overall a really great night, even though Tom was admittedly drunk before playing a note ;)

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