The Steel Wheels Presents the Red Wing Roots Music Festival - A Phenomenal Lineup

For the past few years, MyJoogTV alum The Steel Wheels have hosted the Red Wing Roots Music Festival and this year the event is being held July 10th-12th at Natural Chimneys Park in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley Virginia. Each year the lineup rivals many of other local festivals such as Floydfest and 2015 is no exception. The headliners are outstanding, but its the local talent that elevates this lineup and should encourage your participation. First, there's The Steel Wheels, an extremely talented source of roots music and generally great guys. Then there's fellow Virginians or Appalachians Scott Miller, Bryan Elijah Smith & The Wild Hearts, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Sunliner (Travis Book and Sarah Siskind), Missy Raines & The New Hip, Chatham County Line, and Jon Stickley Trio. Then there are the imports such as Eric Lindell, The Brothers Comatose, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Billy Strings & Don Julin, Spirit Family Reunion, and Nikki Lane. Oh yea, the headliners. How about Robert Earl Keen featuring his bluegrass band, the Punch Brothers, The Wood Brothers, Elephant Revival, The Travelin’ McCourys, and Sara – Sarah – Aoife (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan). Pretty impressive. Tickets are reasonable at $129 for three days of great music. The area is also an outdoors man paradise with bike trails, hiking, fishing caverns and local wineries and breweries.

A Plethora of New Music in the Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine's Trail Mix

Last month we stumbled upon Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine's Trail Mix series where they feature musicians tailored for the great outdoors. We have recently reviewed many of these songs or they are waiting in our cue for a later review. (Annie Ford Band, Chase Gassaway - Certain Circles, The Farewell Drifters - Tomorrow Forever, Levi Lowrey, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Charlie Parr, The Steel Wheels, and Travis Book) Put them in your cue now - we guarantee you will enjoy it. Click the images to download the entire month's songs or each link for single mp3. Cheers.

1. Odessa – I Will Be There
2. Adrian Krygowski – Roam
3. Cahalen Morrison and Eli West – James is Out
4. Charlie Parr – Clearlake
5. Chase Gassaway – Feeling Good
6. Dirk Powell – Rollin’ Round This Town
7. Drive-By Truckers – Pauline Hawkins
8. Hurray For The Riff Raff – I Know It’s Wrong
9. Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition – White Angel
10. Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits
11. Levi Lowrey – Picket Fences
12. Lydia Loveless – To Love Somebody
13. Naomi Wachira – Burn Me
14. Nate Jones – Another Night, Another Town
15. Nicole Atkins – Girl You Look Amazing
16. Peggy Sue – Idle
17. Robert Ellis – Only Lies
18. Scott Biram – When I Die.mp3
19. St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Call Me
20. The Deer Run Drifters – Burn
21. The Far West – On The Road
22. Farewell Drifters – Modern Age

1. Railroad Earth – When the Sun Gets in Your Blood
2. Annie Ford Band – Buick 1966
3. Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – South
4. Elizabeth & The Catapult – Like It Never Happened
5. Iain Matthews – Ghost Changes
6. Leo Welch – Praise His Name
7. Lone Justice – Nothing Can Stop My Loving You
8. Los Lonely Boys – Blame It On Love
9. Mode Moderne – Baby Bunny
10. Sleepy Sun – Galaxy Punk
11. The Blushin’ Roulettes – Purple Clouds
12. The Pixies – Blue Eyed Hexe
13. The Railsplitters – Jackson Town
14. The Sacred Shakers – All Day, All Night
15. The Steel Wheels – Winters Coming
16. Travis Book – 50 Miles of Elbow Room

Beer Review: Blue Mountain Brewery Steel Wheels ESB

It's been over a year since our MyJoogTV episode featuring The Steel Wheels and the Blue Mountain Brewery Steel Wheels ESB. Time flies. And while browsing the beer section at Trader Joes, what do I come across? None other than the bottle form of the Steel Wheels ESB - $9 for a pint. The bottle itself is pretty cool, with a sketching of the band surrounding a single microphone. Old time style. The beer is sweeter than I remembered, plenty of caramel malt flavors - and a rich creaminess. The tail provides some hop balance (30 IBUs), perhaps a little more needed for my palette - but a solid beer nevertheless. Pair this one with Red Wing.

MyJoogTV Artists Descend on Ocracoke Island

On June 2nd, four acts which we recorded through MyJoogTV will be performing at the 2012 Ocrafolk Festival, held in our favorite Outer Banks island - Ocracoke. Our very first MyJoogTV video featured Ocracoke natives Martin Garrish and Lou Castro of Molasses Creek live in concert here. Our friends at
The Steel Wheels have played the festival a couple times and here is the band discussing the festival and their signature brews. Finally, this year marks the first appearance by the Holy Ghost Tent Revival - and in our 2nd episode here, the band discusses touring while drinking some Flying Dog beer.  Here is the schedule for June 2nd. And below are the videos we've mentioned.

Bernie Petteway Trio 9:30 AM	Lizzy Ross Band 11:00 AM
Jacob Johnson 11:30 AM	Beleza Brasil 1:00 PM
Shana Tucker 1:30 PM	Holy Ghost Tent Revival 2:00 PM
Carolina Lightnin' 2:30 PM	The Steel Wheels 3:00 PM
Molasses Creek 5:00 PM	Aaron Caswell Band 9:00 PM
Martin Garrish 10:00 PM

Martin Garrish & Lou Castro in Ocracoke, NC


Episode 2: Holy Ghost Tent Revival at Flying Dog Brewery from MyJoogTV on Vimeo.


Episode 11: The Steel Wheels with Blue Mountain Brewery

MyJoogTV Update: The Steel Wheels New CD "Lay Down, Lay Low"

We promised when the The Steel Wheels appeared on MyJoogTV, that we would send out a notice when the band's upcoming CD, Lay Down, Lay Low, is available. Now's the time. See why this is one of our favorite bands - perfect old time string music. And here's the MyJoogTV episode in case you missed it.

MyJoog Events for November 2011

Here is our MyJoog calendar for November 2011 - which includes at least one MyJoogTV filming at IOTA Club on November 3rd with The Steel Wheels and possibly a second at Jammin' Java on November 30th with Peyton Tochterman.

Dex Romweber Duo - Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Meat Puppets / Dex Romweber Duo - Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC: Tuesday, November 01, 2011

The Steel Wheels - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Thursday, November 03, 2011

NO SECOND TROY THE DREAMSCAPES PROJECT THE RESERVES - Black Cat Washington, DC: Friday, November 04, 2011

Kristy Lee - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Sunday, November 06, 2011

HAYES CARLL w/ CAITLIN ROSE - The Birchmere Alexandria, VA: Monday, November 07, 2011

Shelby Lynne - The Birchmere Alexandria, VA: Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Up the Chain - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Truth & Salvage Co. - Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC: Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Thursday, November 10, 2011

Charlie Mars + Nate Ihara (solo acoustic) - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Friday, November 11, 2011

Bobby Long + Rayland Baxter - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Saturday, November 12, 2011

Jake Shimabukuro - Rams Head Onstage Annapolis, MD: Saturday, November 12, 2011

Katie Herzig - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Saturday, November 12, 2011

Ellis Paul w/Peyton Tochterman - New Hope Winery New Hope, PA: Saturday, November 12, 2011

Will Hoge CD Release + Locksley - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Sunday, November 13, 2011

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe - Rams Head Onstage Annapolis, MD: Monday, November 14, 2011

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones with CHATHAM COUNTY LINE - The Birchmere Alexandria, VA: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Ryan Montbleau Band + Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter & The Sadies - IOTA Club Arlington, VA: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - The Birchmere Alexandria, VA: Friday, November 18, 2011

AA Bondy - Rock & Roll Hotel Washington, DC: Saturday, November 19, 2011

Nothin' Fancy - Lucketts Community Center Leesburg, VA: Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Nighthawks w/Skip Castro - The State Theatre Falls Church, VA: Friday, November 25, 2011

Donna the Buffalo - City Winery New York, NY: Friday, November 25, 2011

Pieta Brown + Peyton Tochterman - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

FloydFest9 Day3 - Sunday

The last day of any festival starts with a little anxiety. For campers, the gear has to be packed; and then there's the ride home. We had to return early for sitter reasons, so we were determined to see as much music as possible in a shortened day. Luckily Floydfest obliged. We started off with husband and wife team The Honey Dewdrops on the Front Porch. Loved their version of Prine's "In Spite of Ourselves". We were remaining on the porch for Mountain Heart so in the break we rolled down the hill to see a few songs from the Jason Spooner Trio. The trio had traveled down from Maine and they exude a more west coast sound than the folk tunes usually composed in the northeast. We really liked this sound and the trio is a tight little outfit. As soon as we heard Mountain Heart finish their sound check we raced up the hill to grab a seat. This was an extremely informal performance with the band playing requests, responding to questions, and wondering where Aaron Ramsey was - he was actually back at the hotel waiting for a shuttle that never arrived. This was an entertaining set as the band interacted with Jon Lohman and the crowd. Another version of Whipping Post ensued - this time with telephone sounds from the keyboards. There was also a train song and a gospel a Capella. Very nice.

The rest of the afternoon was a blur - we started with the final set of the weekend for the Hackensaw Boys. Another tight performance by the band and the first where Ward didn't have to change a string while singing harmony. They also brought aboard a special guest who jammed right along. Afterward we headed to the VIP Tent for more craft beer and our first look at Town Mountain. Unfortunately we spent more time talking to newly made friends that we could concentrate on the set - maybe next time. Then it was off to hear a few songs from Tift Merritt, Rose's Pawn Shop, and then Bearfoot. I feel for the later, they are trying to find a flat picker and Jake Stargel filled in finely. And a typical great performance by Jason, Odessa, and Angela. We finally found ourselves back at the Beer Garden in order to see The Steel Wheels. We had missed Trent and the boys at Ocrafest and in our last stop at Harrisonburg - so we really made an effort to fit them in. Love their sound. Finally, we had a decision to make, stay and listen to William Walter, stick around for Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, or start the trip to relieve the sitter. Sadly we picked the latter - next year we will stay through Sunday night. But for now, thanks to the volunteers and Across-the-Way Productions for a fabulous weekend. And once again more photos are available at the MyJoog Gallery.