If there’s anything to be said about the inaugural Whizzbanger’s Ball at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, West Virginia, it’s that it served as a long-awaited point of intersection for many.

During William Matheny’s Saturday afternoon set, the guitarist, songwriter and frontman cracked a joke with a similar observation.

“Finally, a family reunion I don’t have to be anxious about,” Matheny, a native of Mannington, West Virginia, who now lives in Morgantown when…