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When he received his first guitar as a Christmas present at age 9, Max Graham found it too hard to play and let it sit in the corner of his room untouched for a year and a half, his family recalls. But then one day when he was bored, he picked it up again, and everything clicked. And he never put it down again, his sister Andrea Graham said.
The lead singer and mandolinist in Minnesota s jammy bluegrass band Kind Country and an earnest, multi-faceted performer with many other projects, Max Graham died last week after a long battle with borderline personality disorder, according to family.
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Typically one of the first festivals of summer for Minnesota and Wisconsin fans, the rootsy Blue Ox Music Fest could still retain that distinction in 2021 as it tests the return of live music in mid-August with a lineup featuring Jason Isbell, Shakey Graves, the Sam Bush Band, Infamous Stringdusters and homegrown hosts Pert Near Sandstone.
Organizers of the seventh annual three-day festival staged at a scenic campground overlooking the Chippewa River near Eau Claire, Wis. optimistically announced their lineup Wednesday along with the new dates, Aug. 19-21. The fest usually takes place in early June.
Tickets are on sale now via blueoxmusicfestival.com at $199 for a three-day pass or $180 for two days. Single day tickets are not yet available. Due to rollovers from this past year s COVID-spoiled festivals, organizers said tickets are already 50% sold out.