3:15 pm
Boise's own Rebecca Scott is performing on the Village Stage to a rather large and energetic audience. It's a great turn out considering that the Village Stage is set up fairly isolated from the rest of the Village. Every time Rebecca sings the chorus, "I'm just trying to find my own voice," the crowd cheers wildly and Rebecca and the rest of her band can hardly sing over their own smiles.

4:00 pm
We just finished an interview with Jennifer Schossow. She has just about the neatest story of anyone I've met so far. Jennifer originally worked at the Starbuck's booth and had played a few mini-shows at the Tower Records tent. Well, she decided she wanted to sing up on the Big Stage, so she gathered her courage and nerves and asked Sarah if she could sing during the finale--and Sarah said yes!!!! So Jennifer's career has worked totally backwards so far--she's already made it to the Big Stage without actually having a Lilith Fair gig. But today, and hopefully for the rest of the tour, she will have a spot on the Village Stage, to which she is totally grateful for. "Oh, you guys are so nice to cheer for me," she said to the crowd after every song, "I love Idaho!"

6:30 pm
We also got to meet with another inspiring performer, Blair of Lucie Gamelon. Though her set sounds like she has played music her entire life, it turns out she has only been playing bass and singing for less than five years--this means there is hope for me too!!

She decided on the bass several years ago and started to take lessons when her mother and band members suggested she take some singing lessons as well. She didn't take that advice too seriously, but after a few lessons realized she had talent, and has worked diligently ever since.

The other cool thing is that even though she was a B Stage performer (I say was because this is their last day.) she only has a small development deal with a label--which is pretty darn impressive that she is where she is, as there has only been one or two other acts on the B Stage without record deals. There really is hope.

6:50 pm
The Cowboy Junkies just finished another amazing set. I sat in the barricades during the entire performance and tried to find the differences and the similarities between the three family members. Only Michael and Margo really look like they're related, while their youngest brother, Pete looks distantly related. The chemistry though, between all the band members is so apparent as they play off each other's energy and look to each other for direction. They have been playing many of their songs with three band members from Over the Rhine, and their addition of keys and two back-up singers helps to take the Cowboy Junkies sound to amphitheater sound. The normal five-piece group's sound level works well in smaller, more intimate venues and this switch to a larger stage in an outdoor setting definitely required some assistance. But overall, for this Junkies fan, it works.

9:20 pm
We are waiting outside the Production Office to talk with Joan Osborne since this is her last day at Lilith, which totally stinks, as I have loved listening to her live show. I have a feeling she has a lot of other things going on and that we may not speak with her, call me crazy or intuitive, but I just have that special feeling. . . .

11:00 pm
We got to have a finale tonight and no, we didn't get to talk with Joan. The finale included everybody--even Margo--and they all had a great time. The good news is that we will be using the dressing rooms to shower in, which is normally a real treat--you feel like a real person when there is a real bathroom, a sitting area and leftover food. It's just nicer than a typical venue bathroom where you can't stand too close to the door while changing for fear of people seeing you!

We have what is called a Travel Day tomorrow in Montana, which means we get day rooms at a hotel, but at night get back on the bus and keep driving. It happens when venues are really far apart, we drove about 650 miles last night and we have 500 more to go to get to Calgary. I'm interested to see how they will deal with crossing the Canadian border late at night with a bus full of people. I've crossed over in a car before, which is no big deal, but a bus, whoa. I am excited to have some time off in Montana, as I've never been there before--and, as it turns out, our veteran bus driver, Dave, in all his years of driving a truck and then tour buses, has never been there either!

See you in Canada!