When I pulled into my Air BnB, I noticed a band setting up and since I'm a curious cat, I asked the coolest looking dude standing outside what was going down inside. The dude gave me one of the most hilarious and excellent sales pitches about the funk I was about to experience, that I couldn't not check it out.

The next day I ran into the same cat in the Gospel Tent, and we talked about the show the night before and how much we loved this style of music. We talked about some other bands on the line-up that day, and I told him about this band called Hiss Golden Messenger that I'd started really getting into, so much so that I stopped my bike to play their song 'Heart Like a Levee' on my headphones while I rode through the bayou.

Turns out I was talking to the guitar player for this band, Phil Cook. Nice guy, his latest solo album rocks and remember that you read it here first that Hiss Golden Messenger are one of the best bands you can catch live going right now. Seriously, just look them up and give them a listen and know that their records do not do their live show justice.

I hope I can run into Phil again, buy him a beer and talk music with him.