covington blues fest

I'd always heard what a great guitarist Sonny Moorman was. Now, I know. Saw him last night at the blues festival in Covington. What a deal: $5 got you into a dozen bars/restaurants up and down Main Street. Each had a blues band waiting. This might be old news for some of you, but it was a revelation for me. Great music, great atmosphere -- I never knew how many cool corner bars there were in Covington -- great time. I don't know if they do this sort of thing in the summer, but they should. As for Moorman: You don't often see such effortless virtuosity. He coaxed an amazing amount of quality sound from his guitar... played a flawless Little Wing and followed it up with a couple Stevie Ray Vaughn standards. That, after a set filled with ZZ Top. I'd have paid $20 just to see him. Anyway, as someone down there said to me, there's a lot of music talent locally, that not enough people know about. After last night, count me among the fortunate.