songwriter festival

Andy participated in the songwriter festival on saturday sept 2 at Olivers in Marietta. 24 song writers participated. About half were people I had seen at some live local music scene around. Todd Burge was the host. Of course we were disappointed andy didn't win, but I think (hope) he was philosophical about it. He did "El Dinero" (i need money, lots and lots of money) and got a good response from the audience- the voting system might have been to his disadvantage- and only one song makes it hard- he is definitely more impressive regarding a wider body of work. he headed back to morgantown by the end of the "contest" part. We stayed to watch Diana Jones at washington state college in the evening- she was a good performer- and has a full page article in No Depression magazine this month, too- creating an interesting story/ background.
Good to see Don Baker at the festival- and he committed to his fourth year at the John Prine benefit.