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I try this on occasion and thought I'd give it a shot once again. Who should I make a point of seeing at the Heavy Rebel Weekender this year?
Goddamn Gallows
SouthPaw
Atomic Drops Wink Keziah & Deluxe Motel
Blue Diablo
The Keepers
Pete Yorko
The F'n A-Holes
Drop Tops
Dead City Dealers
Kings Of Hell
Gojira-X
Hick'ry Hawkins
Motorpsychos
Rev. D-Ray and the Shockers
Los Rudos
The Black Knots
220 Short
Adam the First Real Man
The Defilers
Johnny Burke & the Deltas
The Flat Tires
The Chest Pains
Locke and Load
The Hotdamns
Sandanistas
The Buzzards
Psycho Devilles
Matt Walsh
Lust
KIller FIller
The Straight 8's
Pee Wee Moore
Truckstop Preachers
BuzzKills
Billy Joe Winghead
7 Shot Screamers
High Rollers
Bad Mothers
Filthy Rotten Sex Machine
Soul Reapin' 3
American Speedway
Joecephus/George Jonestown Massacre
Pearls Mahone & the One Eyed Jacks
Luxury Pusher
Mad Tea Party
The Octane Saints
The Butchers
Designer Drugs
The Cheats
Speed Crazy
Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival
Sasquatch & the Sickabillies
Red Hot Poker Dots
Rocket 88
Blacklists Royals
The Bo-Stevens
Jimmy and the Teasers
Guitar Bomb
Lords of the Highway
Dex Romweber & the New Romans
Summer is not really the time to enjoy a day or days of outdoor music when you live in Florida. The summer festival and traveling road shows are best seen a bit further north.
The three I normally keep my eyes on are:
Heavy Rebel Weekender.
There's a definite rock-a-billy vibe to it but the music also includes straight on rock, non-commercial country and punk. It's held in an old courthouse in Winston-Salem with one main stage upstairs and two in the basement. This will be my sixth year and I always have a great time.
Austin City Limits Music Festival It can be awfully hot in Texas in September but this year's is later in the month which should make for a more pleasant time. One would think this would be a natural choice for me but it looks like I'll be passing it up this year.
Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass. Some people don't actually grasp the name and think of this event as a bluegrass festival. Not so. This one has got to be my favorite in terms of setting. Golden Gate Park in October is like heaven to this Florida resident. Unfortunately it's on the other side of the country in a city where hotels are not cheap. But we'll see.
What are your favorite biggies for this summer and fall?
A few weeks ago Woodsboss headed into town in their gas guzzling Dodge van. Brian Salvi and I were complaining about gas prices (isn't everyone) and since then I've been wondering what might happen to bands that pay their own way. These are the musicians I normally want to see. Will they hole up at home looking for day jobs? Raise ticket prices and risk losing part of their audience? I sure hope not but what are the alternatives?
Woodsboss on Myspace
5/27/08 -- Yes, the above was a pretty obvious conclusion to draw. From the Chicago Tribune - Road Even Rockier
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Comments
Outside Lands looks like a good time!
I always love the idea of festivals, but I've never been to one. Not a big fan of mud (see 'The Outdoor Type' by The Lemonheads - that's me) so I'm going to say any festival in a town or city where I can get a comfy bed and a shower at the end of the day.
john madden, it's not too often you see someone on mog admitting that music festivals aren't for them. gross hygiene ahoy.