Today was intended to be a nice relaxing day, but instead I went to the local community festival, where I found the usual mix of expensive food, poor drink and mediocre clothing. There were however a number of really good local bands playing (more of them to come sometime in the week), however one group stood out to me as worthy of their own post so ladies and gentlemen I give you the snowdroppers:

I am a big fan of my folk music and have a certain soft spot for American old time, which is a good thing as the Snowdroppers are very firmly in that genre. With a setlist which raced through a number of songs both traditional and original this four piece were ably lead by the always animated Johnny Wishbone, whose banjo playing and gravelly vocals set the tone...

When you get to see these guys play definitely keep an ear out for their version of the standard "Tell it To Me" (made famous by the Lost City Ramblers and the Old Crow Medicine Show) , today's first encore as they played it with as much energy and verve as I've ever seen, definitely got me to move my dancing feet...

The Snowdroppers next play in Sydney at club 77 of November 21st, I'll be there, will you?

"Can I geeeeet an AMEN!!!"