Del McCoury Band

The signature concert series of PBS takes a trip outside Austin’s city limits this February with a special presentation of a unique San Francisco music festival. Co-produced by KQED Public Television and LickonaVision, producers of Austin City Limits, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is a one-hour production that captures the music, spirit and community of this treasured annual event.

I had the pleasure of attending All Good Music Festival at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, West Virginia in July of 2004. It was a weekend I will remember forever. I got the opportunity to watch as Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon jammed backstage to and with anyone that would play or listen. I also sat and enjoyed my coffee the next morning as Jon Fishman of Phish and Jazz Mandolin Project recounted a trip to Hawaii in which he peered through a healing fountain’s waters giving him momentary 20/20 vision. Needless to say, when I found a copy of the All Good DVD in my mailbox this past fall I was more than anxious to relive moments from one of my favorite festivals of the year.