Saluting Fleet Week in SF, the Steve Earle way:

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This weekend was the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest in SF, which is an annual free weekend of bluegrass, country and other music in Golden Gate Park.

This weekend happened to coincide with Navy Fleet Week, so when Steve played (once with his wife Allison Moorer, then with the Songwriter's Circle with Billy Bragg, Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson, and with his own Bluegrass Dukes), he reminded the crowd that if the Blue Angels were to fly over and interrupt the acoustic music, we should raise a one-finger salute. Which we did, of course, every time they flew over.

Other highlights were chatting with Steve after the Songwriters Circle; he liked my "Worst President Ever" shirt. Also in the Songwriters Circle Billy Bragg performed an updated version of Leadbelly's "Bourgeois Blues", rewritten as "Bush War Blues." Great song, search for the free MP3 online.

Overall it was a great weekend of music, though as this war drags on and on, it gets sadder every year --

Enjoy the pics:
http://beachdog.smugmug.com/gallery/1983050/