So last Friday was the Pickathon, an event that B has been looking forward to for weeks. The Pickathon is a three-day bluegrass festival out on a farm in the hills near Mt. Hood. We only went on Friday night (B was shooting a wedding on Saturday and I worked on Sunday) but we saw the bands we wanted to see (the everybodyfields, Jolie Holland, Sean Hayes) and had a really good time.
Since the theme of the day was pickin', we started out the morning pickin' blueberries at a farm near our house. 7 pounds for $9. Oregon is the best.
Pickin' Stop #2: Pickathon X, Pendarvis Farm.
This group is called Chatham County Line and if you like bluegrass, you will l-o-v-e these guys. They are really traditional-- no electric guitars, lots of harmony, all gather around one microphone. The jaunty guy on the left also played a mean fiddle.
This band is called the everybodyfields (yes, lowercase) and really was the whole reason B wanted to go to the Pickathon. They were playing on the Woods Stage, this crazy little stage they had built back in the woods on the property, complete with hay bale benches. It started to rain during their set so in order to save electrocution from the mics and amps and all, they decided to go unplugged and acoustic right in the middle of the audience. The guy in the middle kept joking about how he'd always wanted to play the Forest Moon of Endor. Apparently, we heard their Ewok set.
The stage lights up the canopies over the crowd during Jolie Holland. Great music, great hubby, great night.
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