Red County Jail
I remember the press conference for Stadtmusik 2017. I had this vision of standing by numerous stages, cold beer in one hand and Nikon in the other. Meandering down Sternstrasse from the Marktplatz to the stages at Bottlerplatz and Friesenplatz in blazing sunshine, worrying that my sun lotion supply would be inadequate for a whole day in the open air. God though took pity on my concern and sent me… rain. Not the quick shower, wet and gone, variety either but the drizzles all day down your neck kind. Some twenty bands between 2pm and 10pm. Only good music could save me. It did.
The Blues Brothers had it right “Can’t play the Blues in an air-conditioned room” they proclaimed. Does the same hold for a a sunny Summer day? Local hero Bill Baum put it to the test on Sunday. Blue skies with white fluffy clouds and sunshine threatening to turn white skin intoblack toast. Over in the corner there’s a table with champaigne bottles cooling in an ice bucket. On The Bundeskunsthalle Roof this morning the Blues never had it so good it seems. Over to you Baum’s Bluesbenders…
