Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival from Nancy Talbott & More
1976 - The first year while we were still setting it up (Nancy Talbott was Founder & Producer of the Festival)
1977 (2nd Annual) - 4 PortaPotties! (Photo by Bill Forrest)
1977 - Performers Tent House across field not built yet (Photo by Bill Forrest)
1977 - Boone Creek - Baucom fiddle, Golding guitar, Skaggs mando, Douglas dobro, Bryant bass (Photo by Bill Forrest)
1977 Tex Logan, Wilma Lee Cooper, Butch Robins (joined Bill Monroe in 1977), Gene Wooten dobro (Photo by Bill Forrest)
1970s - Seldom Scene
Me with Don Stover
1976 - Red & Harley Allen
Don Stover & Me
1977 - Dry Branch Fire Squad
1977 (Photo by Terry McManus)
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Mary Jo Leet, Dry Branch Fire Squad
1977 or later - Monroe on that little stage, Buddy Merriam on mandolin
And I think this is the only photo I have of the Performer's Tent, that early one. Did you know that the Berkshire Festival was the first bluegrass festival to HAVE a performer's tent? Ernie Sykes (hand on chest)
Late 1970s - Harley & Greg Allen
Late 1970s - Ricky Skaggs
Late 1970s - Jerry Douglas (Photo by Steve Faccio)
1977 - Me watching the show
1979
1979 - Monroe, 4th Berkshire Mts. BG Festival (Photo by Brad Glass)
1980 - Setting up for show
1980 - Sonny Osborne, 5th Berkshire Mts. BG Festival (Photo by Marshall Freedland)
1980 - Water trucks cool off audience (Photo by Stephen Fuda)
1980 - Sun sets behind Performer's Tent (Photo by Patricia Gilligan)
(Nancy Talbott was Founder & Producer of the Festival)