Andy Owens of Deep Gap is on a mission — a mission to spread bluegrass throughout the country and throughout the world.
For the fifth year, Owens is bringing his bluegrass theme-camp, “Rootpile,” to Burning Man, an annual gathering in which tens of thousands of people create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
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