And so an exhausting weekend on Delmarva comes to a close. Between Pork in the Park and another event on Saturday I’ll write something on later in the week, I needed a nap!
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on perspective) I had the opportunity. My friend Dustin from the Andy Harris campaign decided to pull up stakes early today anticipating the rain so I didn’t have to work Andy’s booth this afternoon.
While I didn’t make it over to WinterPlace Park yesterday I found out that someone else connected to that campaign did:
But it didn’t rain, in fact I believed the weatherman too and didn’t put any sunscreen on so my arms and probably the back of my neck and ear are a little bit red. It actually turned out to be a pretty nice afternoon and there was a crowd comparable to that when I was there late Friday afternoon. Something tells me that Pork in the Park probably beat its attendance record they set last year because yesterday was so nice.
While the KCBS competitors had split the scene, the organizers were shrewd enough to take advantage of the open space and schedule a car show there as part of the draw. So I got my old car picture fix as there were some I hadn’t hitherto seen, particularly a cool 1968 ‘Cuda.
I also had my extra half rack, sort of. I must say that the 1/4 rack I had from the South Carolina BBQ place had probably as much or more meat on it than the bones I had from Skin ‘n Bones Friday night. The sauce was good, too, although it could have been just a little thicker. I also managed to have a pulled pork sandwich from Smoke ‘n Dudes that was a bit pricey at $6 but really damn good. So I had a filling lunch to be sure.
Because I didn’t need to work a booth anymore, I had the full two hours to enjoy these guys:
Since I happened to have a pen in my pocket, I wrote down most of their playlist as far as groups they covered was concerned. There were only two songs I didn’t know (more straight-up blues that I’m not familiar with) so I’m pretty proud of my rock ‘n roll knowledge. Crossroads did a great deal of Southern rock (Lynard Skynard, Molly Hatchet, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top) but also threw in more bluesy acts like Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. And then there were other classics from Bob Seger, Foghat, Uriah Heep, and Led Zeppelin. If you’re into that sort of stuff, check them out because I link to their site.
I also caught a bit of Jon Bolin’s acoustic guitar playing beforehand and he did the blues quite nicely too. It sounds like he’s a bit of a scholar on the subject as well. Didn’t stick around to catch the last act, which was probably my loss but sitting out in the sun was really sapping me today. So it was time to go home and look back on a fun weekend.
As I noted up top, I’ll probably do something on the other event I attended last night but it’ll be over at my Myspace page because I decided just to do large-format pictures there. One of these days I’m going to have to find some sort of editing program that can take the wide-format stuff I like shooting and compress it down to 640×480 without cropping. However, that’s for another time.
This week I’ll be looking a lot at Earth Day stuff so you’ve been warned.
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