When me and the little lady attended the National Folk Festival in Richmond this weekend, while watching the inimitable Campbell family band―featuring Mary Washington’s own Molly Campbell on mandolin (and a studio art major no less)―…
…we had a rare Jim Groom sighting. (Always the consummate professional, he was wearing a Wordpress shirt to keep UMWblogs close to his heart even while recreating):
Other highlights of the festivities include:
Bluesman Phil Wiggins of the piedmont blues band Cephas and Wiggins leads a children’s harmonica workshop.
Linda Lay on the autoharp for a bluegrass rendition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
More photos:
Until next time,
Roblog
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(While it is true that this post is of questionable academic value to my art/poetry blog, it does feature Guatemalan folk art, piedmont blues, and of course, Jim Groom.)
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UMW Blogs » Blog Archive » The UMW Blogs Twilight Zone // Oct 15th 2007 at 10:30 pm
[...] brought the UMW Blogs experiment full circle for me. A blog from a student on UMW Blogs was titled “Where in the world is Jim Groom?: National Folk Festival.” Say what? I was, indeed, at the National Folk Festival in Richmond yesterday, and I had the good [...]
D'Arcy Norman // Oct 15th 2007 at 10:47 pm
man, the Good Reverend sure is a fanboy
@D’Arcy: please! Don;t start this on other people’s blogs.
@Rob: Thanks for the awesome post, I am truly honored and freaked out
Whitney // Oct 22nd 2007 at 10:35 am
The national folk festival is a blast. i went last year, and met a couple of toddler blue grass fans, received an offer to have a grommeted jean jacket tailor-made for me, and witnessed a memorably lovely sunset on the james…
And, Robert, this sighting of (all hail) JIM GROOM is hilarious.
KC // Oct 29th 2007 at 9:59 pm
The “little lady” looks so happy and content here.
It pains me how bereft she is now. I hope you are taking care of yourself. What benefit fame if you are too debilitated to enjoy it? Please don’t end up a dead poet or artist. Thought you’d be with us forever.
» The UMW Blogs Twilight Zone WPMu Ed // Nov 18th 2007 at 7:03 am
[...] that brought the UMW Blogs experiment full circle for me. A blog from a student was titled “Where in the world is Jim Groom?: National Folk Festival.” Say what? I was, indeed, at the National Folk Festival in Richmond yesterday, and I had the good [...]
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