I played a bunch of cool shows on this tour, but one of my favorites was the Bluechair Chronicles at Awesometown MVP in Fulton, Illinois. I joked that it’s a mashup of a bunch of wonderful things about America:
- It’s run by Charlie, a retired Marine
- One of its main goals is to engage children in the arts
- It’s run out of an old church
- The current congregation is open to all
- It’s a community center in a small town
- It runs an annual bluegrass festival
One really cool thing is that when you play a house concert with them, they film a couple songs and make a video of the show. Here’s mine, in which I play “Boulder” and “Little Spoon”