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20 Predictions for Bonnaroo 2011

nate — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:54:34 +0000

Inspired by one of the best in music festival coverage – Consequence of Sound (though specifically their recent Coachella predictions), I thought why not put together something similar regarding my one true love – the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Every year for about the past half decade, I’ve made extensive lists containing hundreds of bands I thought might be possible to …

20 Mind-Blowing Performances of 2010 (So Far)

nate — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:41:20 +0000

1. Flaming Lips – Bonnaroo Music Festival/Forecastle Festival Hands down, the Flaming Lips are the best band I’ve seen all year long, and maybe even in the top five that I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure why I waited until 2010 to finally see them - I discovered them over ten years ago when I was in …

Double Dose of Warren Haynes

nate — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:25:05 +0000

I was fortunate enough on Friday to get two servings of Warren Haynes, guitarist of both Gov’t Mule and the Allman Brothers Band. Warren stopped by the studios of WNKU on the campus of Northern Kentucky University, where a few fans were treated to a couple acoustic songs and watched on as DJ Forrest Griffen …

Mule Set to Rock the Taft This Weekend

nate — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:43:21 +0000

Southern blues rock/jam band, Gov’t Mule, is making their way up north this week, returning to Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre. The band that formed sixteen years ago as an Allman Brothers side project, returns with new material from their first studio album in three years, By A Thread. There’s enough history in this band, that they …

Going Furthur On Up (and Down) the Road Feeling Bad

nate — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:13:03 +0000

Very few people may understand the title of this post. The title was actually something I came up with, combining two song titles together. The great blues song “Further On (Up the Road)” and the Grateful Dead’s “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.” Although I’ve chosen a alternate spelling of the word “further”, which actually has …