The Grateful Web's Sam Holloway trekked up to Jackson Hole last weekend to cover the inaugural Jackson Hole Music Festival.  Sam is working on his write-up now, but in the interim we invite you to check out his photos from the weekend.  Jackson Hole is one of the loveliest places in the lower 48 and we cannot think of a more pretty setting for a music festival.  Thanks to the folks who put on the even

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It's no secret that some of the best music, or at least the most outspoken, comes out of times of turmoil. The 60's and 70's were a heyday for such music, much of it politically righteous and fervently anti-establishment. But there was a lot to be righteous about back then, and in times when there is so much to be upset about, people find that they have much to say.