at the bluegrass jam in Wimberley that Mike Bond started 25 years ago. Thirty-five years ago, with mom, baby me and sister in tow, my father left his job at the attorney general�s office in Austin, heading back to the corporate law world in Houston, and, as my mother tells it, she cried when she had to leave this lovely town. It was touching to be able to walk down the Drag with my mom, almost 40 years after her graduation from the University of Texas, to attend her first �Austin City Limits� taping. In the time since our family left town, we returned often to Central Texas, visiting Austin for work and play and spending time each spring in idyllic Wimberley.

About 10 years ago, my folks finallybought a little place in the town that sits along the Blanco River. My mother (who herself has the voice of an angel) and my Elvis-impersonating father would go to the Friday night jams on the edge of town and a few times I tagged along. It was touching to see the young lady who was raised in a community and family bound by the unique bond created by the sharing of music come of age on the stage of �Austin City Limits.� It was a night of goosebumps � likely for Jarosz and definitely for the audience.

April 24, 2012

Jarosz comes home to Old Settler�s�Festival in Driftwood

By Peter Mongillo

�Overwhelming and amazing� was how Sarah Jarosz described the crowd gathered for her performance Saturday night at the Old Settler�s