Wednesday, September 23, 2009
If you don’t know what this is google it – and check out the 2009 lineup. It’s truly amazing. I’d heard about this free festival that happens in Golden Gate park in October in San Franciso that was funded by some rich investment banker with a love for bluegrass but when I went last year it was like the culmination of so many years of listening to music fulfilled. It was an end point and a beginning. It was an end point because so I met so many people and saw so much great stuff over two days I couldn’t imagine anything better (I was full). And a starting point because I heard stuff I’d never heard before that I wanted to hear again. Who did we see…..Nick Lowe (coming down from a high from playing with Ry and Jim Keltner the night before), Elvis Costello (who I go hot and cold on - that's him with Emmylou in the picture above). Unbelievable band (with another hero – Bill Kirchen) and amazing set (Friend of the devil from American Beauty – in San Fran no less, The Bottle Let Me Down plus some old faves – Red Shoes). Shockingly (maybe not) the highlight of the whole thing.
Richard Thompson doing his usual, great stuff. Jerry Jeff Walker – who is so sorely underrated – listen to Todd Snider doing Jerry and you realize just how good he is. Emmylou. She plays every year and is great every year. Dave Alvin. Desert Rose band (there’s Chris Hillman again). The list goes on. It was terrific. And we were lucky (so lucky) to get all access passes so we met everyone too. I’m planning on going this year too (passes or no passes) so I’ll see you there with the other 400,000 people.
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