Dallas International Guitar Festival

Tex
Tex Posts: 189
edited April 2009 in The Clubhouse
My son forced me to go with him to the Dallas International Guitar Festival this Saturday but what a treat it was. Anybody in the Dallas area should make a point to visit this next year if you enjoy good rock/blues guitar bands. This was my first time to go but I am already looking forward to next year and plan to visit all 3 days of it. There were 4 or 5 stages with different people performing all day long. Some of the top names were Eric Johnson, Johnny A, Rhett Butler, Bugs Henderson, Johnny Hiland,and Rick Derringer. There are also tons of new and vintage guitars for sale, many of them available for testing out. My son, who is 16, was able to play guitars costing as much as $6000. The best part for me was sitting back listening to tons of live music. Anyone been to this before?
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited April 2009
    Never heard of it but sounds like something to make next year. ALways good to spend quality time with the kids espcially when they are that at age want to hang with you.

    Tex, next year post something here to remind us locals.
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  • Tex
    Tex Posts: 189
    edited April 2009
    I'm surprised that you did not hear it in Plano. It was extremely loud. They have it at Market Hall and this was the 32nd year I believe. It is supposed to be the largest and oldest in the world. There were actually over 50 performers over the 3 day period, several perform on multiple days. I will post something next year to let you know.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    Johnny Hiland is pretty amazing isn't he? :cool:
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  • Tex
    Tex Posts: 189
    edited April 2009
    Big guy with big fingers but he can sure play the guitar.
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited April 2009
    Music in Texas is always the best. By the way, we miss Sir Doug.
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