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Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Posted By Jeff Hahne on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Manchester, Tenn.
June 12, 2010
Hot is an understatement here in Manchester... I think at one point yesterday, I actually felt myself starting to melt. With a heat index of 100, water and Gatorade are flowing fast.
The day got started musically at noon with a funky New Orleans session from Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The second song of his set, a cover of "American Woman" used the trombone to substitute for lyrics — to give you an idea of his sound.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Photos / Live Reviews / Bonnaroo / News Live review: Bonnaroo Thursday
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:30 AM
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
June 10, 2010
Manchester, Tenn.
By the time I rolled into the campgrounds on Thursday for the first day of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, I had already heard about the "monsoon" the area got on Wednesday night — everyone was wearing boots and talking about mud.
Yep, it's no joke. There's plenty of mud to go around — hopefully between the sun yesterday and hopefully nice weather all weekend it will dry out.
So far, I've run into Ramseur Records founder and Avett Brothers manager Dolph Ramseur three times, and found out that Scott Swimmer has a booth set up to promote his DrumSTRONG foundation. Sometimes pieces of home are closer than you think...
After nearly melting while putting up my tent — which suffered a broken pole in the process (I'll see you on Tuesday, REI!) — it was time to head out and catch some music.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Live Reviews / Bonnaroo / News Bonnaroo report — Thursday preview
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Well, I've gotten my final experiences with indoor plumbing and hot showers for the next four days... I'm headed to Manchester, Tenn., and four days of heat, music and, hopefully, rain-free skies.
There are chances for scattered thunderstorms all weekend, but I'm sure that won't dampen the weekend's music. Meanwhile, local news reports say traffic headed to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is "already horrendous."
Once I get to the festival grounds and check in, my tent will get set up and I'll head out for the shortest day of the festival.
Events today kick off at noon, but the main three music tents won't get started until 4:15 p.m. I plan on checking out The Postelles in That Tent, followed by Diane Birch. Manchester Orchestra, Needtobreathe will get the night going, and Blitzen Trapper and The xx are going to close it out.
I'm also going to try and check out Ramseur Records artist Frontier Ruckus in the Troo Music Lounge earlier in the day.
Nothing too overwhelming, but it should be a solid warmup heading into what hopes to be a long, restless, yet fantastic, weekend.
Stay tuned...
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