Oh the state fair. Only my best time of the year. Its the only time of the year that brings out my favorite type of people. I’m of course talking about the Kentucky girls in boots, daisy dukes, and ripped flannels. You’re never too far away from men wearing Winston Cup tshirts either. Its also the only time you can successfully clog an artery or two, plan in advance for your own triple bypass surgery and get a fried oreo for 5 bucks.

The Kentucky Fairgrounds are so massive I spent 30 minutes just looking for the carnies. The rides were much more expensive then I remembered as a kid so I didn’t indulge too much. But we did literally spend an hour just walking from one side to another. There is so much stuff to do I honestly don’t think you can take it all in in one day.

We eventually found the freak show tent, which will leave me nightmares for months to come but it was also a well spent 2 dollars.

After stumbling around we did find the Ear-X-Tacy tent where this local band, Cougar Express, was kicking ass and taking names. I will save my Ear-X-Tacy article for a later day for those of you Kentuckians who aren’t also Louis~Villians.

I must say though, this band reminded me of a mix between the Black Crowes and the Black Keys, but this isn’t a music review so I’ll spare you the details.

After roaming around for a few hours it was finally time for the main reason we came, the free concerts. And on this particular night we were so fortunate enough to have our presence graced by the one and only Nuge. His show rocked. And rolled. He’s in his 60’s but Stranglehold never sounded so beautiful. There’s not a bad seat in the retired Cardinal Stadium and everyone there is ready to have a rockin time.