Kristen Kelly & Modern Day Drifters "Lost In Yourself"

We kept running into musicians in Steamboat and would usually slide them into a recording session the next day. Kristen Kelly & Modern Day Drifters gave us a call at the prompting of an artist friend of theirs, "You should call Music Fog." So they did. We invited. They jammed. We filmed. Don't you wish life was that easy?! That's the power and magic that is bottled up in Steamboat during the MusicFest. In fact, Kristen became engaged to be married the very next evening! And the hills are alive with the sound of music. Easy now...don't get "Lost in Yourself."

-Aaron

Dustin Welch "Sparrows"

From the Music Fog perspective, this is Dustin Welch and his banjo up close. Very close.

It always amazes me how Americana musicians and performers don't mind it (up close). It's because they are comfortable in their own skin. It also helps when each and every one of them are accomplished musicians. So we all get a treat and, if you look at the tape over and over again, you can get a lesson or two.

Thankx Dustin for letting us violate your personal space. In the process you have opened up your world to every one of your fans. And I certainly hope that you gain new ones here with Music Fog.

-Beans

Chris Knight "North Dakota"

This is the kind of guy who you would probably ask to open the top of that pickle jar that you can't twist off. Oh, he'd open it just fine. But then you might get "that look" as he sets it back down on the counter. You would never be able to claim that you helped him open it. That would be bad.

Chris Knight has a way of convincing you that it might be a good idea to just sit down and listen. I know that's the way we felt when he came to perform at the Music Fog condo in Steamboat. Once he started to play, you found yourself listening to the words - closely. Every song was a story. And this story left you wondering.

Very powerful stuff. Here is "North Dakota," featuring Chris Clark on mandolin.

-Beans

Update on 2011-11-05 02:50 by Music Fog

The Music Fog version of this song is now available to download at either of the stores below: