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Bluegrass, country, gospel, it's all at the Old Settlers Music Festival 2008

Coming up April 17 - 20 is the popular Old Settler's Music Festival in Driftwood, Tx. (just outside of Austin). This year is promising a wide range of bluegrass and country music talents, sure to please. The headliners for the weekend will include Delbert McClinton on Friday, Marty Stuart on Saturday, and a wide range of amazing musical talents.

Southpoint.com will be there again this year for the Saturday events, which will include Marty Stuart, who I share Mississippi roots with. Here is what Marty had to say recently about his music, “I’ve followed the sound of music all around the world and it led me right back where I started from home in Mississippi,” says Stuart. “From the perspective of the Delta land it’s not just about country music, the blues, gospel, or rock & roll. It’s about all of it. Mississippi is the home of roots music and its royalty. It’s a place where words and music drip from the trees. It feels good to create in an atmosphere where all things are possible.”
Speaking of music and Mississippi, look for my upcoming post on an exciting new museum opening September 13, 2008 in Indianola, Mississippi to commemmorate the blues legend, B.B. King.

Make your plans now to attend the Old Settler's Music Festival April 17 - 20, 2008. Here is an updated schedule of events:

Thursday 4/17:

Campground Stage:

4:30-5:45pm Cadillac Sky

6:00-7:15pm Green Mountain Grass

7:45-9:00pm Brave Combo

9:15-10:30pm The Waybacks

10:45-Midnight(+) Slim Richey’s Monster JazzGrass

Friday 4/18:

Campground Stage:

10 am Yoga class

Noon-4:00pm The Flyin’ $ Bunkhouse Band

iZon! Stage:

4:15-5:15pm Jitterbug Vipers

5:30-6:30pm Eliza Gilkyson

6:45-8:00pm The Waybacks

8:30-9:45pm Bettye LaVette

10:15-Midnight (+) Flounders without Eyes

Hill Country Stage:

4:00-4:45pm Belleville Outfit

5:00-5:45pm Green Mountain Grass

6:00-7:00pm Cadillac Sky

7:15-8:30pm David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

9:00-10:15pm Martin Sexton

10:45-Midnight (+) Delbert McClinton

Saturday 4/19:

Campground Stage:

10 am Yoga class

iZon! Stage:

11:00am-1:15pm Youth Talent Competition

1:30-2:30pm Beatlegras

2:45-3:30pm Sarah Jarosz

3:45-4:30pm Peter Rowan & Friends

4:30-5:00pm 2008 Youth Talent Winner

5:00-6:00pm Pieta Brown

6:15-7:15pm Blackie & the Rodeo Kings

7:30-8:15pm JD Crowe & The New South

8:30-9:30pm Terri Hendrix

9:45-10:30pm Peter Rowan & Friends

10:45-Midnight (+) Todd Snider

Hill Country Stage:

11:00-12:00 pm Bearfoot

12:15 pm -1:00pm JD Crowe & The New South

1:15-2:00pm Emily Elbert

2:15-3:15pm The Jones Family Singers

3:30-4:45pm The Infamous Stringdusters

5:00-6:15pm Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

6:45-8:00pm Charlie Musselwhite

8:30-10:00pm Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives

10:30-Midnight (+) New Monsoon

Sunday 4/20:

Campground Stage:

10:00am Sunday Sermon (Pickin’ and Prayin’)

11:00 - 12:15pm The Rockin’ Gospel Project

12:30-1:45pm Bearfoot

2 – 3:15pm Blackie & the Rodeo Kings

3:30- 4:45pm The Infamous Stringdusters

Schedule, artists subject to change.