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Official Bluesfest 2011 Lineup


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Highlights:

Billy Talent

Shpongle

John Fogerty

Ben Harper

Dropkick Murphys

Cheap Trick

Black Keys

The Tragically Hip

My Morning Jacket

Also saw:

Stephen Marley

Wanda Jackson (before the rain came)

Michael Powers

Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Dumpstaphunk

The Tea Party

Steve Miller Band

Peter Frampton

A Perfect Circle

Ganga Giri

Jane's Addiction

The Roots

Erykah Badu

Huey Lewis & The News

Metric

Silver Creek

Classified

Death From Above 1979

Harper & Midwest Kind

Hey Rosetta!

Shawn McDonald

The funky Meters

Tim Robbins & Rogue Gallery Band

Black & The Rodeo Kings

Ashley Newell

Cuff The Duke

Danny Michel

Alex Cuba

Comedians Joey Elias and Angelo Tsarouchas

That's 38 bands, and I missed the first day.

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Top Five for me:

1. Huey Lewis

2. Jane's Addiction

3. Bootsy

4. Dumpstaphunk

5. My Morning Jacket

Honourable Mentions:

-Tristen (surprise of the festival for me)

-Shpongle (interesting experience, including a drunken rubberdinghy chatting with Mayor Watson and Deputy Mayor Desroches. Apparently they didn't realize you could carry beer to the other stages)

-Fitz Catering (Jerk Chicken, and Meatball sammy's)

-No Hospital

-Valet Bike Parking

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1. My Morning Jacket

2. Janes Addiction

3. Tragically Hip

4. Girl Talk (it was a friends birthday- and it was PERFECT for us at that time)

5. Huey Lewis

Honorables: Huey Lewis, The Beauties, Trampled by Turtles, David Clayton Thomas, Lupe Fiasco.

* Disclaimer to add: I only went on 6 nights this year.

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1. My Morning Jacket

2. Janes Addiction

3. Tragically Hip

4. Girl Talk (it was a friends birthday- and it was PERFECT for us at that time)

5. Huey Lewis

Honorables: Huey Lewis, The Beauties, Trampled by Turtles, David Clayton Thomas, Lupe Fiasco.

* Disclaimer to add: I only went on 6 nights this year.

Northern Wish secretly loves Huey Lewis.

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So, did NONE of you see Billy Talent?!??!

They were really, really good. check them out next time.

I did reluctantly and I thought it was awful. It's the lead singer that drives me crazy, his singing voice, hell even his speaking voice is a cross between Geddy Lee and Bugs Bunny.

my picks.

1. My Morning Jacket

2. Trampled by Turtles

3. M. Ward

4. The Roots

5. Josh Ritter

6. Jane's Addiction

7. The Black Keys

8. Buck 65

9. Lupe Fiasco

10. Blue Rodeo

11. Shpongle

12. David Clayton-Thomas

13. Bootsy Collins

14. Skrillex

15. Huey Lewis & the News

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I did reluctantly and I thought it was awful. It's the lead singer that drives me crazy, his singing voice, hell even his speaking voice is a cross between Geddy Lee and Bugs Bunny.

I didn't see them but I pretty much despise emo-tinged punk and/or metal for this reason. I did hear a lot of good buzz about their Bluesfest set though.

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I was wondering about M Ward. I didn't hear much chatter about his set and he has been on my radar for a few years.

We went to check him out when we got bored of Shpongle and he and his band were really rocking, we were getting into it and then... "Thank you, goodnight!"

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Josh Ritter was amazing as well, anyone else catch him?

Josh Ritter

Ottawa Bluesfest

Wildfires

Mind's Eye

Right Moves

Wolves

Rattling Locks

Harrisburg

(with Talking Heads' Once in A Lifetime interlude)

Beautiful and Damned

The Curse

Rumors

Thin Blue Flame

Pale Blue Eyes

(The Velvet Underground cover)

Kathleen

Change of Time

Encore:

Real Long Distance

To the Dogs or Whoever

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for me, it was more about the side stages this year.

my top picks were:

my morning jacket

the funky meters

big sam's funky nation

the sheepdogs

the hip

...

trampled by turtles, kdtu, galactic and gomez should have been on that list. tbt missed due to a dental appt and the rest due to the fates deciding otherwise. ;)

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