Midway through the super set by The Wood Brothers at Beak and Skiff, an alarming amount of smoke began billowing over the left corner of the stage. Dark, ugly smoke. I had to go down and ask the security guards about it. It appears the neighbor with adjoining property was burning something in his fire…

My dear wife Karen gobbled up the tickets to see Lake Street Dive and Beak and Skiff months ago. The band from Boston has been one of the mainstays on her playlist since we discovered them a half-decade ago at the Syracuse Jazz Fest. This was our first trip to the apple orchard in Lafayette…