Lockn' Music Festival - Best Lineup in 2015?

The lineup for the 2015 Lockn' Music Festival is hard to ignore. Held September 10-13 at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington,Virginia; this camping festival has perhaps the best lineup of 2015. Just look at the opening night with The Doobie Brothers joining The String Cheese Incident as The Doobie Incident, Little Feat, Galactic, and Deer Tick. The rest of the weekend continues with a who's who of jam band and classic bands: Widespread Panic, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Robert Plant, Phil Lesh & friends (Warren Haynes, Carlos Santana) , The North Mississippi Allstars,  Anders Osborne, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Umphrey's McGee, Hot Tuna, Melvin Seals, and soon and so on. You get the picture. A four day pass is $285 with various camping options.  There will be plenty of beer food venders as well along with activities such as mountain biking courtesy of CAMBC (Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club) and swimming through Water Lockn'. Hope to see you there.

2011 New Years Shows in DC

Still looking for a good music spot on New Years? Here's a few we have found in the MyJoog directory. which includes some heavy hitters such as Little Feat, The Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the MG's, and The Seldom Scene.

Ocean Street - The Bayou DC Washington, DC:

Mercury Rising - Dogfish Head Alehouse Fairfax, VA:

The Rebels - JV's Restaurant Falls Church, VA:

The Blackjacks - The Light Horse Alexandria, VA:

Flow in the Dark - Tortoise & Hare Bar and Grille Arlington, VA:

5th Annual Rocknoceros New Years Eve Party - Jammin' Java Vienna, VA:

Ted Garber - Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Dickerson, MD:

First Night Leesburg - Tally Ho Theatre Leesburg, VA:

The Seldom Scene - New Years Eve! - The Birchmere Alexandria, VA:

Little Feat - The Fillmore Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD:

The Drive-By Truckers / Booker T - Nightclub 9:30 Washington, DC:

RPM - IOTA Club Arlington, VA:

New Years Eve with Jammboxx - Lion & Bull Haymarket, VA:

Unruly Blues Band - New Deal Cafe Greenbelt, MD:

Shane Gamble - The Old Brogue Great Falls, VA:

Big Boy Little - The Zoo Bar Washington, DC:

The Blues Buckets - 219 Basin Street Lounge Alexandria, VA:

The Nameless Few - Ri Ra Arlington Arlington, VA:

Juniper Lane - McGinty’s Public House Silver Spring, MD:

Back to Zero - Whitlow's On Wilson Arlington, VA:

Little Feat & Delbert McClinton

The 2010 Loudoun Summer Music Fest got off with a very chilly start - great music - just strong winds on an unseasonably cold evening. The concert series is held at The Belmont Country Club in Ashburn Virginia and the series started with Delbert McClinton. It was a surprise that McClinton performed since his trumpet player, Quentin Ware, suffered a heart attack two days previous. Fortunately, after quadruple-bypass heart surgery he is expected to fully recover. Even with its problems, our medical system is amazing. So its no wonder that McClinton was a little off his game this evening. Still, he still has that blues-soulful sound and I love his material - particularly those off Room to Breathe.

Little Feat followed shortly afterward and they also have an ailing band member, drummer Richie Hayward. This original member of Little Feat is suffering from severe liver disease, please remember to purchase a Wrist band for Richie at any of their shows. In any case, the band still has it; Bill Payne and Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett, Sam Clayton, and Kenny Gradney. They were joined onstage by local sax man Ron Holloway and at times by John Kadlecik of Dark Star Orchestra. Ironically, they started with Fat Man In The Bathtub; a song I just taught my son and we were singing during the drive over. Soon followed a medley of Willin', Don't Bogart That Joint, and The Weight. I particularly loved the solos, plenty of bass, keyboards, even some Holloway Sax throughout the show. The performance ended with Dixie Chicken and an Oh Atlanta encore. Just like old times.