Clay Helms

stories by Clay Helms

The Music Never Stopped: Lockn Festival 2014

The Music Never Stopped: Lockn Festival 2014

Bob Weir’s lyrics in “The Music Never Stopped” sounded fresh and symbolic as I sat in the Oak Ridge forest darkness at the 2014 edition of Lockn’ Festival early Saturday morning. It was 3:30 a.m. in the farm’s southeast pocket of woods, yet we looked up on slender...

The 5 Bands to Catch at Interlocken 2014

The 5 Bands to Catch at Interlocken 2014

From September 4-7, music-lovers from across the country will swarm at the rustic expanse of grass and forest that is Oak Ridge Farm for the second Interlocken Music Festival. They will flock to Arrington to watch rock n' roll hall of famers, jam band icons, and music...