Bob Nelson In Concert!

The Wahkiakum Acoustic Guitar Society hosted a concert by Bob Nelson, a balladeer with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest folk music scene.

What a great concert...between the practiced stylin's of Bob's light-fingered renditions and the complementary elocution of Bob's background stories wooing the crowd (and providing context for each song and presentation), the concert was a delight to all in attendance.

Following the concert, the potluck dinner provided quite a range of scrumptious fixins' -- a deep-fried turkey served in large handblown glass bowl ( from Collupy Glass ), rosemary dijon chicken, scalloped potatoes, bluecheese cheesecake with blueberry habanero chutney, homemade baguette bread, and a treasure trove of deserts (apple pie, pear cake, pumpkin pudding, and much more...)

Once our bellies were full (!) the hoot was kicked off in style with Sunrise Fletcher's rousing rendition of the Wild Life of Lucky Mud. Stewart and Betty Hendrickson enchanted the audience with a range of vocal stylings and fiddling (Stewart) as well as hammered dulcimer (Betty). Andrew Emlem added depth and dimension to a number of songs with his skilled fingering on cello, and joined with Sunrise and Jessica Fletcher and Fern Fey (all of whom are part of the Willapa Hills group) in a number of songs backed by 12-string and 6-string guitars and Jessica's autoharp. Bob continued to delight the group, pulling songs from the annals of American folk music, providing illuminating stories and marvelous performances for another dozen or two songs throughout the hoot. While the entire range of songs and participants were too numerous to list, to hoot was an wonderful event that will remain in the hearts and minds of those in attendance for a long time to come.

Bob, thank you so much for providing the concert and the excuse to have a hoot -- also thanks to Stewart, Betty, Andrew, Sunrise, Jessica, Candice, Fern, and other who sang or played. ALSO, many thanks to all that prepared the great food for the event--special thanks to Beth, Treasure and Michelle Collupy, Jessica Fletcher, Joyce, and everyone else that provided the delectable dinner and dessert.

And extra special thanks to the innkeepers, Sunrise and Jessica Fletcher, that hosted the event at the Inn at Lucky Mud.