You really know it’s festival season when work becomes play, and you get a chance to spend time with fellow musicians just enjoying the sounds you can make together.  Yesterday the Detour gang descended on Salt River Acres for a rousing good time at the 31st annual Salt River Acres Bluegrass Festival.  A great roster of local and regional bands entertained a crowd that occasionally had to scurry for cover from the raindrops that made it through the magnificent canopy of trees in front of the stage.  We arrived in time to find out that because of cancellations by other acts we had the opportunity to play three rather than two sets, so we teamed up with our good friends in Hardline Drive and Missy Kay of the Missy K Band to do a few numbers that really stirred up the audience.  One of the great things about this music is how easy and enjoyable it is to share — to blend voices, instruments, ideas in an impromptu setting!  Missy, Toni Erskine, and Danielle Smith sang some great harmonies together.  Awesome!  Maybe there’s a tour in the making here somewhere?

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