‘Feeling Groovy’ troubadour entertains in Blacksburg

By Lynn R. Mitchell

As we pulled into the parking lot of the Food Lion on North Main Street in Blacksburg Wednesday afternoon, the musical sounds of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s 1967 “Feelin’ Groovy” wafted across the parked cars:

“Slow down, you move too fast, you got to make the morning last, just kicking down the cobblestones, looking for fun and feelin’ groovy, Ba da da da da da da, feelin’ groovy.”

It was this musical troubadour, a hippie-looking throwback to the 1960s in a colorful Dr. Seuss-type hat — entertaining to watch and actually he sounded pretty good.

Will marijuana, drug concerns sideline Nelson County’s 2014 Lockn’ Music Festival?

By Lynn R. Mitchell

My reaction this morning when reading the Buzz Kill headline in Cville, “ABC claims illegal drugs abounded at Lockn’ Music Festival,” held last year in Nelson County was, “Duh!”