bouche Posted July 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 THE BLACKSHEEP STAGE ROCKS AS USUAL!! hurry up Trevor. Don't miss JAKE SHIMABUKURO! Here's one shot of Calexico at the Blacksheep stage. I don't know how I'm going to keep up with all of the great bands this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I never thought I would report the following:The only chair I saw last night had RubberDinghy in it!!!Got to admit it's getting better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Where was that? I only saw the main stage and it must have had at least a thousand chairs in front of it but haven't been able to make it to the other stages yet (work). It'd be wicked if chair people kept away from the other stages so that folks can dance to the music as they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I never thought I would report the following:The only chair I saw last night had RubberDinghy in it!!! Got to admit it's getting better! on WHEELS! styling! I gotta get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Unfortunately playing at the same time as Junior Brown, Martin Sexton is opening for Rosanne Cash on the Main Stage next Saturday. He used to pass through then Valley quite a bit a few years back. He has a beautiful voice (you should hear the man yodell)and writes great songs.Well worth checking out. That said, I will probably go see Junior, but I will be torn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I am sure to see Junior Brown wail on that pedal steel thingy or whatever guitar machine he invented.Come to think of it, I need to find some Junior Brown music to wail out in the house to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Awesome first night at the Bluesfest! Calexico were great, Broken Social Scene not so much. Also caught a bit of Malajube (decent young band from Montreal) and Seu Jorge (not exactly what I was expecting and shit sound).Lawnchairs took up a lot of space at the Black Sheep Stage but there was a healthy amount of people standing up front to balance things out.The new MBNA stage is great. Can't wait to see Dickey Betts there on Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Another favorite of mine Velvet didn't mention: Chris Smither. I saw him way back when Bluesfest had an acoustic nights stage at the Westin Hotel. Mellow but excellent. If you are on the grounds early tomorrow then go see him. I will make a special trip down just to see him bfore catching the World Cup, then back for Ani, later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I had a great time at Broken Social Scene, setlist was standard, Amy Millan sounded like crap though. I thought it was pretty good overall.Malajube kicked my ass, I thought they were the best band there yesterday. It's my 3rd time seeing them and still I'm suprised at how good they are. Pity I don't speak French, I kinda want to know what they're singing about. Their song Casse-cou has the best guitar riff I've heard in years. I bought their newest CD last night "Trompe-l'oeil" and it's not nearly as good as the live show, but it sounds reallllll good cranked up in the living room.Anathallo were not as great as the first time I saw them at Zaphods. Their show didn't translate too well to a large outdoor stage at all.Looking forward to today if I can shake this hangover.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I liked BSS plenty, maybe because it was my first time seeing them but I loved it ... anyone know where I can download BSS shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Don't miss JAKE SHIMABUKURO!Wow. I have had that as part of my YouTube favorites for a little while now. Awesome. Cant wait for tomorrow (hitting Brazillian Girls today instead). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I'm gonna try and hit both shows as wellAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Speaking of Jake, I'm off to check him out for 3:15. Just finishing up a nooner cocktail I enjoyed what I caught of the BSS, and was VERY impressed with that new venue for the MDMA stage. However, concidering that they were clashing with an act that I've never scene, Calexico, I didn't stick around for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahdawg Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 DOWN WITH LAWN CHAIRS AND THE NEWSPAPER REAING YUKS!! GET UP AND DANCE! can't wait for Wed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Why doesn't everyone dance? Are the folks here chronicly out of shape?Echo the statement above, down with lawn chairs!!! If there's anything such as lawn chairs stopping me from dancing to ani or spearhead tonight they're going down. What happened to those shirts someone mentioned? Edited July 9, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Why does everyone dictate how others should enjoy music? Us getting at annoyed at people because they're not dancing is as obnixous as people getting annoyed at us because we are dancing.Note that I'm not excusing some of the bad lawn chair behaviour (e.g., leaving a chair in place to reserve space while its occupant is wandering around); instead, I'm asking that the tolerance we demand of others should be reciprocated by us towards them.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Actually, I was kind of kidding about the dancing. It's that there is a large portion of what should be a general admitance area that I cannot access that bothers me. It's hard to explain but I like general admittance because I can walk anywhere but with the chairs (as opposed to folks sitting on Mother Earth with blankets) there is a huge area that is just not accessible.If there were more ailses (as in a seated venue) I wouldn't really have a problem with it.On another note, though, I've always been poor and that means that at seated venues my spot in the crowd is not regulated by how much I like the music as it is my financial situation. General admittance trancends that boudary in that no matter how poor or rich I am, i can still make it up to the stage or anywhere else in the crowd. That's always been sacred to me since it takes out the idea of tiers but with all the chairs I am once again relegated to certain areas, not because of finances but for other reasons.Not to mention from a band standpoint, I heard yesterday there's one artist (forget his name) that won't play here anymore because he couldn't get any energy form the crowd (he could barely see the dancers since most folk were sitting and for all intents and purposes indifferent to his music).Picture a show at mavericks where everyone sits on the ground and then picture one where people are up and dancing. As a member of a band, what gives you the most energy and will to put more into the music? Edited July 9, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 You folks owe it to yourself to catch Jake Shimabukuro at the Blacksheep Stage today at 4:45 ... amazing musician, got to his set yesterday in time to hear him do a beautiful rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps on ukulele, followed by Ave Maria. I know I'm not going to miss a minute of his set today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 yeah the lawnchair fascists were getting quite annoying at bonnie raitt last night however the most vocal of them seemed to be wearing day passes so they may not choose to have fun for the remainder of the weeki did inform them that yelling sit down at the the top of thier lungs is at least as annoying as the standing peopleas for me i don't care if you stand sit or walk on your hands just don't ruin it for the rest of us.we will be there with our baby again for some soul and r&b on a beautiful sunday...if you recognize us or if you don't please say hi as we haven't been out too much since Carla had the baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 we will be there with our baby again for some soul and r&b on a beautiful sunday...if you recognize us or if you don't please say hi as we haven't been out too much since Carla had the baby Feel free to say howdy to me, I will be wandering around in my hemp hat, sleeveless Far Side t-shirt and rapidly coming apart denim Deadhead jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 yeah the lawnchair fascists were getting quite annoying at bonnie raitt last night however the most vocal of them seemed to be wearing day passes so they may not choose to have fun for the remainder of the weeki did inform them that yelling sit down at the the top of thier lungs is at least as annoying as the standing peopleas for me i don't care if you stand sit or walk on your hands just don't ruin it for the rest of us.we will be there with our baby again for some soul and r&b on a beautiful sunday...if you recognize us or if you don't please say hi as we haven't been out too much since Carla had the babymy theory this year just may be this. if you are at a venue that doesn't supply seating, you have no right to make someone sit down. sit in your own shit.That probably should go on the back of my t-shirt with my sharpie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 You folks owe it to yourself to catch Jake Shimabukuro at the Blacksheep Stage today at 4:45 ... amazing musician, got to his set yesterday in time to hear him do a beautiful rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps on ukulele, followed by Ave Maria. I know I'm not going to miss a minute of his set today. here here. I'll be there again for today's set. I didn't see you yesterday Rob. I ended up hanging with Jakis at the front for the last quarter portion or so. If you are going to catch Jake play, don't be any further away than the first few feet of the stage. It is AMAZING to watch him play aside from the beautiful sounds. BTW, I learned a new trick in the great sunlight yesterday during his uber-fast hand strumming and set the camera just right to get blur on the hands and a decent sharpish capture of the rest of him. I am so happy with how it turned out. Setlist from yesterday: 1. Over the Rainbow 2. Let's Dance 3. Spain 4. DrAgON 5. Me & SHirley T. 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 7. Avé Maria 8. Orange World 9. 3rd Stream Thanks to Kaz for the setlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 yeah the lawnchair fascists were getting quite annoying at bonnie raitt last night however the most vocal of them seemed to be wearing day passes so they may not choose to have fun for the remainder of the weeki did inform them that yelling sit down at the the top of thier lungs is at least as annoying as the standing people as for me i don't care if you stand sit or walk on your hands just don't ruin it for the rest of us. we will be there with our baby again for some soul and r&b on a beautiful sunday...if you recognize us or if you don't please say hi as we haven't been out too much since Carla had the baby OHMYGAWD! I hope you guys remember me? We bonded a coupla or a few years back in the Santa clause seating on Canada day! You guys had a baby!! HONKIN awesome cogratulations!(heehee...I'm allmost 7 months myself now Woweeee! Sweet beany thoughts and big heartfelt hugs yours ways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Kev glad to hear that you guys are hitting up Bluesfest, I've been hoping to run into you and Carla for awhile now, can't wait to meet the baby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 If you are going to catch Jake play, don't be any further away than the first few feet of the stage. It is AMAZING to watch him play aside from the beautiful sounds.Really?!?!I found him almost impossible to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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