Dimon Kendrick-Holmes

Sometimes you just need to go listen to some music.

I’d planned to spend last Sunday afternoon catching up on some paperwork and mowing my lawn for hopefully the last time this year.

But while Bess and I were eating lunch, she said, “Why don’t we just spend the whole afternoon at the Folk Fest?”

Yes, the NC Folk Festival was in downtown Greensboro.

We headed straight to LeBauer Park, where we listened to Tyler Ramsey, the former guitarist for Band of Horses. Ramsey left the band about eight years ago to raise a family in Asheville and be his own boss, which means writing and performing his own music and touring when he wants to. While he played and sang, a silver-haired couple danced near the stage.

Ramsey thanked them for dancing. He said he wished he’d written

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