What would your ideal music festival be?
Name 10 (or less) bands and any additional amenities (food, camping, locale, etc...) you would want to see at your own personal ultimate music festival.
Inquiring minds want to know. Use the comments link below.
Still conceiving mine...
posted by Andy @ 3:54 PM
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The 10 bands is too difficult to list for obvious reasons. However, I have to say that the old High Sierra Music Festival Site was pretty spectacular. Its too bad that space really doesn't get used like it once did.
First, the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, CA would be my choice to hold such an event -The views, the locale up in the mountains, the distance we would be from civilzation - just perfect
The lineup, not in any special order, would consist of:
Robert Randolph and The Family Band
Tea Leaf Green
String Cheese Incident
moe.
Maceo Parker
Perpetual Groove
Phil Lesh and Friends
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
The Radiators
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
I wouldn't have bands playing opposite each other and the least amount of time a band would perform would be 2 hours
Get it together, Andy, and let me know!!
hmmm...
The Disco Biscuits
TAB(rather have Phish ;-)
WSP
The Dead
MMW
Scofield
Umphrey's McGee
SCI
KDTU
MOE.
Horning's Hideout, Gorge, or Mishawaka are all very worthy venues...
I liked the Langerado grounds down in Miami, but I'd go with somewhere like Watkins Glen, for sentimentality reasons. Man, I'd have loved to have been there in '73 for that killer Dead/Band/Allmans show.
My ten bands, in nooo particular order:
1. Bruce Hornsby's band
2. Tea Leaf Green
3. MMW
4. Trey and Friends
5. Greyboy Allstars reunion (if this can't be arranged, I'll take either Denson or Walter)
6. The Duo (with or without Mike)
7. Railroad Earth
8. moe.
9. Phil & Friends
10. David Byrne w/ special guests Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
There are some more I left out, and I shouldn't have left Bobby off the menu, but it happens. As long as there's some water, fresh air, nice weather, ample room to roam and sleep and perhaps a N20 tank or two(!), I'm cool with whatever...
A spacious field with plenty of trees, limit on the people (say 15,000 tops). Plenty of food, water, space and some arts/culture sprinkled in.
1. Steve Kimock
2. Bill Frissell
3. Built to Spill
4. Gordon/Kottke
5. Tortoise
6. Gillian Welch
7. The Slip
8. Los Lobos
9. Sigur Ros
10. Ween
It's small, but Waterloo VIllage in Jersey is a pretty sweet locale. As for the bands:
Umphrey's
Trey Band with the Horns
Steely Dan
Allman's
Greyboy All-Stars, good call Ace!
Some form of Charlie Hunter
Antibalas
MMW with Scofield
Funky Meters
Snoop Dogg backed by The Roots
Waterloo Village, NJ
Umphrey's
Trey Band with Horns
MMW with Scofield
Black Crowes
Steely Dan
Percy Hill
Funky Meters
Zigaboo's Funk Revue (if you've been to Jazzfest, you know this band)
Charlie Hunter
Snoop Dogg backed by The Roots
Sorry about the double post, the first just showed up from this morning. Oh well.
Col Bruce Hampton Band
Codetalkers
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Fiji Mariners
Col Bruce Hampton Solo
Col. Bruce Hampton & The Late Bronze Age
Ramble Dove
Mike Gordon Solo Band
Duo w/ Gordo
Hampton Grease Band (reunion w/Cactus)
/damn right
/I went out and didn't come back, due to the blockage.
On a barrier island of North Carolina or just a coastal area in late September. 2 nights of 12 hours of straight music. 6 bands each night. (8pm-8am) The bands would seamlessly slide on and off stage. Maybe some guests could jump up. This location and format would be sweet. Not 100% on the bands.... but a few could be:
Percy Hill
Bisco
Vida Blue (is that even possible?)
Zilla
Lotus
Tea Leaf Green
Duo / Gordo
JMP
YMSB
whatever Les is doing that day
Gabby Lala should come with Les
as far as the day time.... have AFFORDABLE drinks and food... or have them included. Camping on the beach, parking, etc... would also be a factor. Some islands just have ferries going to them... that might be a hassle. The idea is to just lay around on the beach all day and dance on that same beach all night.
In increasing order of bill placement:
-The Flaming Lips
-Queens of the Stone Age
-Wilco
-Les Claypool and his Fancy Band
-moe.
-Government Mule
-Medeski, Martin, and Wood
-Sound Tribe Sector Nine
-Umphrey's McGee
-The Slip
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somewhere on the NC side of the mountains.
lets see
soulive
robert walter
karl d
carlos washington
anthony hamilton
jeff coffin's mu'tet
gamble brothers band
david grisman
derek trucks band
sound tribe sector 9
all right, i'll be waiting (but not holding my breath ;)
phish- anywhere
Nice crowd, 10,000 in telluride, with
Yonder
North Mississippi
Soulive
MMW
KDTU
Railroad Earth
Kottke/Gordon
STS9
Flaming Lips
WSP
TAB (not 70VP)
Tea Leaf Green
YMSB
Ekoostic Hookah
Thom Yorke
Umphrey's
Rat Dog !!!
The Word
Particle
George Clinton
Nelsons Ledges Quarry Park in Ohio. Swim, listen to music, cliff jumping, beach, phatty camping, easy access, all party no pressure.
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