Kerrville Folk Festival
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Sep 23, 2026
Byron DuffinHOST
Wow.
Michael LillieGUEST
And, uh, he had heard me play in the Kerrville Folk Festival down in Texas.
Byron DuffinHOST
Right.
Michael LillieGUEST
And it was a good night for him to meet me, for, for me, because I had my own set, but I got called on stage by two or three people to come play guitar.
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Michael LillieGUEST
And they would all just go to each other's houses and play songs, and-
Byron DuffinHOST
Right
Michael LillieGUEST
... and I really felt that way about my time in Nashville, 'cause I, I got involved with a, a community of friends- ... really through the Kerrville Folk Festival in-
Byron DuffinHOST
Right
Steven McClintockGUEST
That is such a cool area.
Steven McClintockGUEST
Home of the Kerrville Folk Festival since 1972.
Steven McClintockGUEST
That's a big deal.
Byron DuffinHOST
That's a big deal.
AdrianHOST
Small Potatoes played over 2,000 shows.
AdrianHOST
They played the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival.
AdrianHOST
They released multiple albums.
AdrianHOST
You can look up the itinerary.
Casii StephanGUEST
Yeah, it's just a lot of talent.
Casii StephanGUEST
You know, I got to be a finalist at Kerrville Folk Festival for songwriting this year.
Casii StephanGUEST
Nice.
Casii StephanGUEST
I didn't win, and they were like, are you okay? And I said, I'm not even top six at Tulsa.
TriggerHOST
He's a great, great, long-time Austin songwriter, wild man.
TriggerHOST
one-man band uh amazing amazing we're gonna try to get him on on the hook at some point um yeah but the Kerrville Folk Festival so um my co-host regular co-host Rita uh not Rita Blue Caitlin Cannon she was one of the winners of the new folk contest this year oh yeah and so you know I tell people all the time like the Kerrville Folk Festival that's one of the main reasons there isn't a a scene here in Austin is because people came to that folk festival that's been going on for years.
TriggerHOST
That dovetails with Mason's inspiration from the hill country.
TriggerHOST
It's all tied in.
Byron DuffinHOST
But the first question is, what's your favorite festival or venue that you've ever played? My
Martin GilmoreGUEST
favorite festival that I've played, I have to say, is the Kerrville Folk Festival.
Martin GilmoreGUEST
It's really, in terms of songwriter festivals.
Martin GilmoreGUEST
In terms of bluegrass festivals, I love Rocky Grass and the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
speaker_0HOST
And here he was enthralling thousands and thousands at these big festivals, making a name for himself.
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LBJ actually attended the Kerrville Folk Festival where Mance was playing, complete with a brigade of Secret Service personnel.
speaker_0HOST
He really loved his music.
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R. Hooley went on to release half a dozen more Mance albums with a very simple, almost field recording production.