Friday photos from Wide Open Bluegrass

Posted on by Frank Baker

Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival – photo by Frank Baker

Here’s our first gallery of images from this past weekend’s Wide Open Bluegrass Festival. Frank Baker captured images at the Red Hat Amphitheater, inside the exhibit hall, and a chance street meeting with Bill Clifton showing him to be in fine fiddle after his recent hospitalization.

  • John Meyer with High Fidelity in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • A Scotsman in elevated boots in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Grundy Banjos booth in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Jenni Lyn Gardner and Tony Williamson jamming in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Stelling banjo booth in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Jim Lauderdale in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Jeanette and Johnny Williams in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Ryan Paisley in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Kenny Smith checks out a guitar in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Mark O'Connor, Ricky Skaggs, and Maggie O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Ricky Skaggs and Maggie O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Ricky Skaggs and Mark O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • David Harvey, Ricky Skaggs, Alan Tompkins, and Larry Gorley watch Mark and Maggie O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Ricky Skaggs in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Mark O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Maggie O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Mark O'Connor in the Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Exhibit hall at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Charlie Cushman, Mark Schatz, Jon Randall, Sam Bush, and Jerry Douglas in the Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Jon Randall in the Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Charlie Cushman, Mark Schatz, Jon Randall, Sam Bush, and Jerry Douglas in the Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Country Gentlemen tribute at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Tineke and Bill Clifton at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bill Clifton at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Sab Watanabe at Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Toshio Watanabe at Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Josh Otsuka at Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Kenka Lee at the Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Sab Watanabe at the Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Akira and Josh Otsuka at the Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker
  • Bluegrass 45 Reunion at the 2017 IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass festival - photo by Frank Baker

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