A night of folk music in a log cabin surrounded by a bamboo forest was just the thing to spend a summer’s evening. The cozy atmosphere of the cabin’s front porch made it feel like summer camp when you had no cares in the world and were just focused on having a good time.

The evening started with a performance by Josh Small, whose energy and exuberance could barely be contained in the small space of the cabin. He tuned his way through songs and offered up humorous pieces of wisdom along the way.

“Move Your Hips”

Next up was the five-piece Sons of An Illustrious Father, who drove their bight blue bus all the way from New York. The combination of the light drums, mandolin and accordion filled the cabin with gypsy flavored Americana music. The group traded instruments and vocal duties with ease and were very impressed that the audience was silent during the songs and enthusiastic after them (which is the way it should be).

“Moonshiner”

“The Unrest That Keeps Us True”

To end the evening, Jonathan Vassar played a solo set. He played a lot of his early material, joked about how young people thought he was and how he hated using curse words in slow songs. He admitted to not wanting to play certain songs since he was not accompanied by the Speckled Bird, but the audience wouldn’t have it and demanded he play “Flesh and Bone.” The slowed down version he performed was nothing short of amazing.

And I wish I had a music file of it for you.

The audience yelled for one more song and almost immediately, the skies opened up and rain began to downpour, signaling the end of a perfect evening.