also a music festival, for a few days now, but it's not until [Geno] Delafose's set that I realise what is unusual about this week. Unlike most cultural festivals, this isn't a tourist attraction: my foreign accent has been a source of continuous excited curiosity. This is a festival actually for the people it's meant to be for, a point Delafose makes much better from the stage.
"I guess," he says, "that like us, you might not make a lot of money. But it's a way of life, and we wouldn't have it any other way."
from The Guardian: Nevada's cult of the cowboy
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