Archive for August, 2006

Sweet Home Chicago, 70 times over

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

On Saturday morning, I went to see Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. She was a charismatic performer with a great Janice Joplin-esque voice.  My one complaint was that sometimes it seemed like she was working a little hard on the stage presence thing. I guess my lukewarm response to their performance was…well…either due to the fact that the coffee hadn’t taken effect yet…or reflected in the fact that I only took about 5 photos of their set. And they were all blurry. Argh.

This is the best of the pack:

After this, shuffled over one of the main stages for Buddy Guy’s show. Waited for what seemed like hours in the 90+ degree sun…but the wait (and the cooking) were well worth it.

Here is the legend himself, stepping onto the stage for the first time:

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Is There A Rock Star in the House??

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Taking a break from our regularly scheduled Bonnaroo programming, I wanted to take a post here and let you in on a little secret.

Survivor (yes, *that* Survivor) is alive and well, still soldiering on and rocking out festival crowds all over the country this summer. Because I am a lucky bastard and was in the right place at the right time, I got to relive some of my middle-school, Rocky-related fandom for a few hours a couple of Friday nights ago.

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