Talented Bluegrass Musicians Performed On Blakeley Park Outdoor Stage Oct.3

TALENTED MUSICIANS: Several members of the Kracker Dan band display musical talent on some of the bluegrass instruments featured at the Blakeley Bluegrass Festival Oct. 2. Other bands were Delta Reign, Alabama Gentlemen and Lock, Stock & Barrel.

Some of the most talented bluegrass bands and individual musicians performed continuously Saturday, Oct. 3 at the annual Blakeley Bluegrass Festival at Blakeley State Park.

Music started at 10 a.m. and continued non-stop until nearly dusk as four of the best known bands in Southwest Alabama performed on the outdoor stage to spectators lounging under the shade of 300-year-old oak trees at the park's Washington Square. The Square dates from the 1820s when a thriving riverfront town once stood here.

All proceeds go to the operation of Blakeley State Park.

The bands played acoustically in front of microphones with the music broadcast throughout the square by speakers. Ken Morgan operated the sound system. Returning as mistress of ceremonies was Gayle Decker, a talented musician herself.

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