MusicFest 'n Sugar Grove 2008

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See links to article references at the end of the article.

July, 2008

The Music Fest 'n Sugar Grove carried on this year without Doc Watson. It was reported that he had just had surgery and his recovery was taking a bit longer than planned.

However, the crowd was large, the weather beautiful and the music superb. The Carolina Chocolate Drops wowed the audience with its African-American Stringband music and the Kruger Brothers played favorites and led the jam session each night.

Cadillac Sky performed on Friday night and local favorites Lisa Baldwin and Dave Haney plus Amantha Mill performed on Saturday. A second stage, the Solar Stage, was sponsored by the High Country Press and was fully solar-powered. For the first time, a gospel session was held on Sunday and the tent was full in spite of some rain.

Links to references in this article and to sites related to the MusicFest in Sugar Grove:

• Historic Cove Creek School
• Acoustic Guitar Magazine article about Doc Watson
• The Carolina Chocolate Drops
• The Kruger Brothers
• Lisa Baldwin and Dave Haney website
• Doc and Merle Watson Folk Art Museum
• Doc Watson biography
• Andy Owens and 1-800 Bluegrass
• Amantha Mill
• Bald Guy Brew