Of all people in this festival, that make music their livelihood and do this on a full time basis, (all of them top of the line musicians and national re-known performers), it was a leap of faith that fiddle player Janine Newfield and myself, made the front page of the Sunday Newspaper, the St. Augustine Record. To all you musicians that performed at the festival, you should all have been on the front page.
I went to the Gamble Rogers Festival 2008 at the St. Johns Fairgrounds, so I could listen all the music I could hear, watch every performer that I could play their songs and instruments, and gather all the positive feelings and magic that the festival goers like myself crave so that we can muster until the next one comes along.
I do fine arts for a living, music is a beautiful part of it. So when a good Music festival comes long, I set up my face paint vendor's booth, so I can work a little and take time to go see as many talented musicians as possible. As a side, I bring along with me, my acoustic guitar and a micro pink Ukulele that I got last years from Grampa's Music, which stopped Steve Coyle on his tracks when he was strolling by. He came by the booth and played us a tune with the small pink uke, as I was painting a pirate face on a small buccaneer.
If you ever heard Steve performing with his acoustic guitar (and making you laugh at the same time) you would agree, this was quite appropriate.
I saw and heard Mary Flower masterfully finger picking and Sam Pacetti playing like he has a couple of extra fingers on each hand (He said he is an alien from another planet and I believe him).
I danced many times when I went to enjoy the music performances. To me, The best complement you can give to any musician who is playing good music - besides listening - is to dance to their tune and move some dirt under your feet.
I never met Gamble Rogers. I made a point on taking a break from my face paint booth to go see the videos and find out who this man was. It was a small peek at this big-hearted person with a sense of humor that matched his tremendous skill as a musician. I hope that, - wherever he is -, he is laughing out loud with me on this one after watching my expression while I was singing this traditional Spanish song with Janine in the photo published on the cover page of the newsletter.
As for Janine, now, those who have heard her play the fiddle, know she can play it. She's a veteran festival performer and a beautiful and powerful violin virtuoso, both with classic and folk music. I could not let it pass when she wanted to play with me. It was just a leap of faith...
Marianne Lerbs
www.lerbs.com
I went to the Gamble Rogers Festival 2008 at the St. Johns Fairgrounds, so I could listen all the music I could hear, watch every performer that I could play their songs and instruments, and gather all the positive feelings and magic that the festival goers like myself crave so that we can muster until the next one comes along.
I do fine arts for a living, music is a beautiful part of it. So when a good Music festival comes long, I set up my face paint vendor's booth, so I can work a little and take time to go see as many talented musicians as possible. As a side, I bring along with me, my acoustic guitar and a micro pink Ukulele that I got last years from Grampa's Music, which stopped Steve Coyle on his tracks when he was strolling by. He came by the booth and played us a tune with the small pink uke, as I was painting a pirate face on a small buccaneer.
If you ever heard Steve performing with his acoustic guitar (and making you laugh at the same time) you would agree, this was quite appropriate.
I saw and heard Mary Flower masterfully finger picking and Sam Pacetti playing like he has a couple of extra fingers on each hand (He said he is an alien from another planet and I believe him).
I danced many times when I went to enjoy the music performances. To me, The best complement you can give to any musician who is playing good music - besides listening - is to dance to their tune and move some dirt under your feet.
I never met Gamble Rogers. I made a point on taking a break from my face paint booth to go see the videos and find out who this man was. It was a small peek at this big-hearted person with a sense of humor that matched his tremendous skill as a musician. I hope that, - wherever he is -, he is laughing out loud with me on this one after watching my expression while I was singing this traditional Spanish song with Janine in the photo published on the cover page of the newsletter.
As for Janine, now, those who have heard her play the fiddle, know she can play it. She's a veteran festival performer and a beautiful and powerful violin virtuoso, both with classic and folk music. I could not let it pass when she wanted to play with me. It was just a leap of faith...
Marianne Lerbs
www.lerbs.com
Photo by Daron Dean
