Northern Wish Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Top 5:1. Okervill River2. Drive By Truckers3. CR Avery and the Sojourners4. Steve Earle5. Paolo NutiniHonorable mentions: Deep Dark Woods, CAKE, Matisyahu, The Low Anthem, The Skydiggers and The National.Best covers:1. Jeff Beck- A Day in the Life2. Deer Tick- Breakdown3. Sista Monica- SoulshineAnyone else care to chime in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Best covers:Cake - War PigsJoe Cocker - A Little Help from my friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Did anyone other than Ludacris do a MJ tribute.Paolo Nutini was wicked awesome...think that was my highlight along with Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Yes, Estelle did a medley of sorts and said something to honor his memory..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 3. CR Avery and the Sojourners Saw these guys perform at the Stewart Park Festival in Perth this weekend. Blew me away. Absolutely incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Did anyone other than Ludacris do a MJ tribute. why yes, israel & new breed did a little tease of 'can't stop' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 my favourites this year were: market: kid koala cj chenier george clinton site: oumou sangare matisahu DBT last 30 mins of KISS cake but nothing blew me away this year. some things i only saw half sets of but liked. really wish i had gone to ornette sounds like that was the show to see. jazz at bluesfest, who knew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Favourite shows: Black Mountain Dead Weather Toots and the Maytals Oumou Sangare Cake Iron and Wine Les Claypool Blue Rodeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 i only caught three days so i just have one, PAOLO NUTINI!!, in capital letters even. soooo much fun. sharon jones said a few words about MJ but i don't think they did any musical tribute. PAOLO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 My Top 5 in alphabetical order:Dead Weather, TheDrive By TruckersGirl TalkKissOkkervil River Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Did anyone other than Ludacris do a MJ tribute. why yes' date=' israel & new breed did a little tease of 'can't stop' [/quote'] LIVE did the same (I swear I was just walking by though!) I was only there Wed, Thurs and Sat.. My highlights: - KISS - The Low Anthem - Drive By Truckers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 1 - Ornette Coleman2 - Kid Koala3 - CR Avery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 sharon jones said a few words about MJ but i don't think they did any musical tribute. they did do a tribute, but it was a gospel song at the end of the set and not a jacko song. were you not standing right behind me taking pictures of my head meggo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungopony Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Favourite shows: Black Mountain Dead Weather Toots and the Maytals Oumou Sangare Cake Iron and Wine Les Claypool Blue Rodeo Amen to most of those. Toots, Black Mountain, Dead Weather all blew me away with their intensity, as did Sharon Jones (Claypool sounded cool too). Femi Kuti and Xavier Rudd were fun, and Girl Talk was amazing just for the crowd reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungopony Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Curumin did a weird Brazilian a cappella Beat It version at the end of his set, and I heard a couple of other bands do snippets of Jackson songs.Oh, and Otis Taylor and the church both rocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Here's mine1. Okkervil River2. Mother Mother3. Drive By Truckers4. Neko Case5. Toots & The Maytals6. New Mastersounds7. Deer Tick8. CR Avery and the Sojourners9. The Black KeysBest covers:1. Ben Harper - Under Pressure2. Ben Harper - Good Times Bad Times3. Jeff Beck- A Day in the Life4. Deer Tick- Breakdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBOC Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Alberta Cross was the best show I saw at bluesfest. They completely blew me away. Sounds like most folks were at Kid Koala at the same time so don't miss these guys next time you get a chance. I'm betting it definitely won't be the Rainbow though...All in all, this was my favourite bluesfest yet - the first time I went every day. I really hope the late night market shows become the norm. DBT exceeded my very high expecations. Deer tick dissapointed due to late start and bad sound at the beginning. I was likely looking forward to them the most, hence the dissapointment but they were much better by the end of the show. I certainly agree with the comments of their Tom Petty cover, that was great. Dead Weather, Black Keys, Deep Dark Woods, the National, I&W, Low Anthem, Okkervil were also highlights. Kudos and many many thanks to all the organizers for an amazing year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Deer tick dissapointed due to late start and bad sound at the beginning.They were probably hurting... those boys gave giver a whole new name in Toronto on Friday night. Chugging JD outta the bottle and kicking a stage full of broken beer bottles around. At the end of the night John tried to crowd surf to the back of the room and got dropped so hard i thought for a split second someone should see if he was ok... until he jumped up, yelling 'FUCK YEAH'!! Sorry that they were dissapointing to you Ottawians... they were the furthest thing from in Toronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBOC Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Well, that was just me and again, I've been dying to see these guys for almost three years. But yeah, John M looked (and sounded, even for him) extremely hungover. Funny enough he said at the Ottawa show that he would normally crowd surf but the security gap between stage and crowd looked to big and he would likely crash...I guess he remembered something from the night before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Deer tick dissapointed due to late start and bad sound at the beginning.They were probably hurting... those boys gave giver a whole new name in Toronto on Friday night. Chugging JD outta the bottle and kicking a stage full of broken beer bottles around. At the end of the night John tried to crowd surf to the back of the room and got dropped so hard i thought for a split second someone should see if he was ok... until he jumped up, yelling 'FUCK YEAH'!! Sorry that they were dissapointing to you Ottawians... they were the furthest thing from in Toronto! That would give credence to my buddy's story about running into the drummer after the show in Ottawa and him being extremely incoherent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Did anyone other than Ludacris do a MJ tribute.Becky Abbott closed with Thriller and P-Funk asked for a moment of silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Tyler Kealey played a verse and chorus from Billie Jean.Girl Talk sampled Thriller and some other Jacksons stuff.I also heard some other band playing MJ while walking by the Subway stage.I'd say the MJ tributes were plentiful and it was nice to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Best - little to no lawnchair bitchingWorst - amount of pinned bluesfest threads on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Handsome Furs dedicated a song to David Carradine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blurasis Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Sorry for bumping a old topicMy favorites were Day 2 , Day 5 and Day 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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