summercamp day 1

Posted: May 23rd, 2009

what a day...
hot. not bonnaroo hot, but pretty darn hot. our daytime set was a lot of fun. I really like opening the fest, playing a sunny afternoon set & then getting to enjoy the festival a bit.

I took almost 3 hrs. of video yesterday. plan to edit clips & post in the coming days. (see below for a quickie)

- buckethead was a monster, as usual. his backing band could barely keep up.

- junior brown made my day. perfect sunset set. the weather, music, friends - all perfect. (it would've been cool to see buckethead sit in)

- both darkstar sets were really good. I love this band. the acoustic 'let it grow', as well as the electric 'stranger' late night, were stellar.

- UM was great. the 1st set closer "believe the lie" was awesome. I LOVE this song. fwiw, they looked great too. JW is a great fit.

- along those lines, I'd like to thank yesterday's special guest LD. we had one of the industry's top lighting designers help out with yesterday's set. our thanks to mother nature ; ) (we'll have some other special guest LDs this weekend)