The opener - Hackensack Boys: Pretty good bluegrass from Virginia. Their "drummer" wacked an odd assortment of cans strapped together and then to his chest. Their fiddle player was out with a death in the family. Word has it that he adds a lot. I look forward to seeing them again at HSF with fiddle. They tromped down off of the stage after playing an acoustic number to do a couple songs from the center of the room. It was very difficult for this yankee to understand the words the said and sang, but I still had fun.

The main event - Descent into the valley of the full moon with the Drew Emmitt Band. A recurring theme for the day. I passed the winery while wine tasting with the family earlier, it was the last song we heard in the car before entering the venue and it was the final encore song.

They opened with Lonesome Road (Drew on mandolin) and immediately seemed a bit tighter than the last time I saw them (not that they were sloppy then). Tyler is really starting to get into synch with Drew. Not only did Drew not step in and play fiddle with the Hackensack boys as I had hoped, but it was conspicuously absent from DEB show. He finally pulled it out for the encore so we did not miss out.

They reworked and slowed down "Sailing Shoes". Probably the highlight of the show for me as the song kicked and included a killer jam.
Other highlights included "Highway Song" and "Tangled up in blue". There was more, but my brain is a little scrambled from a Sunday night show, and this cat has to get into the office.