Column: The joys of live music, especially closer to home

A couple of weeks ago, on a Thursday, I had forgotten that it was the opening day of Headwaters Country Jam and made the mistake of traveling down Montana Highway 2 in the late afternoon.

It was chaos as I tried to patiently wait for the long line of RVs to enter the site. While it was the opening day, there was already quite a crowd setting up their campsites, and numerous games of cornhole were already underway.

Sitting in the line reminded me of the absolute joy of listening to live music and gave me the itch to get out and attend a concert. When I was about 16, I started to attend shows re...