LJT Texas Music Festival 2015

| May 13, 2015 | Reply

Allsup stage logoMany photos on links below.

The first three days at Melody Mountain Ranch and the Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival, I blogged each day’s activities and included a few photos. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were harder to do, because of the increased population. With everybody using cell phones and internet, it was next to impossible to get online to continue with the updates. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted.

But, as you know now, there was some nasty weather during those last few days; but that was only in hour-long spells, and no really lasting damage done anywhere. On the worse of those two days, the incredible sound and stage crew got the music going again with only a 45-minute delay. And definitely nothing like the weather, including tornadoes, that have hit Oklahoma again on the very day (Wednesday, May 6) that I write this. So, ‘nuf said about the weather.

Larry Joe Taylor

Larry Joe Taylor

There were considerably more performers than photographed here. This festival-goer changed one personal policy… when the beer-slingers started tossing beer toward the stage, I and the other photographers in the photog pit were challenged to keep our cameras dry. I’ve met that challenge in past years, but this time just left the pit. Won’t ruin a pricey camera for what amounts to vandalism. In fairness to the security staff at the festival, they did do what they could to prevent that from happening, and probably reduced it considerably, but it was an impossible task to completely eliminate the ‘fans festive fun’.  ‘nuf said about that, too.

The crews, the staff, and their combined efforts to make this photog’s stay a bit easier are so appreciated, and are the reason this photog will be returning. They are all so accommodating, and go out of their way to make it easier for me, and probably others

Zach Taylor

Zack Taylor

with some physical problems, to enjoy the festivities. Thank you, Larry Joe, Sherry, Martha, Zack, Joe, David, Keith, Aaron, Joseph, Houston, Elizabeth, Nathan, Willy, Cassandra, Ray, Kenneth, Curtis, and Scooter, and … countless others.

T-Birds Garage / Pub 

Many other photos

 Tuesday, 4.21.15

Casey Donahew Band

Clay McClinton

Delbert McClinton

Trio-LJT, DD, and Dave Perez

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Parker McCollum

McClure & Canada

Adam Hood

Dolly Shine

Cody Johnson Band

Richard Leigh

Thursday, April 23

Luke Wade

Chuck Pyle

Zane Williams

Shane Smith & the Saints

Shiny Ribs

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Mike Ryan Band

Brandon Rhyder

Kevin Fowler

Wade Bowen

Friday

Abbey Cone

Michael Hearne

Keith Sykes (one pic)

Max Stalling (one pic)

Prophets and Outlaws

Bart Crow

Corey Morrow

William Clark Green

Saturday

Deryl Dodd & The Lonesome Cowboys

Charla Corn

Mark McKinney

Sam Riggs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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