Hoooray,,, I get to start my festival season tomorrow night.
This should be a nice primer for the upcoming year...

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UPDATED SCHEDULE:

Friday >>> April 3rd, 2009

Tree Solar Powered Main Stage
6:00 PM Nothing & the Nobodies
7:00 PM Saint Francis
8:30 PM Laura Reed & Deep Pocket
10:30 PM Blueground Undergrass

Sierra Nevada Stage
12:45 AM Ralph Roddenberry Band

Saturday >>> April 4th, 2009

Tree Solar Powered Main Stage
11:15 AM Bloody Mary Morning Bluegrass Jam, hosted by Stop, Drop & Roll
1:30 PM The LowDown ThrowDown
3:00 PM Eye of The Dawg Songwriters Showcase/Reggae Bluegrass Jam
Includes Papa Mali, Larry Keel, David Via, Ralph Roddenbery, Donna Hopkins,
Rev. Jeff Mosier & Grayson Capps
5:00 PM New Orleans' Juice
Fuse these two sets
6:00 PM Grayson Capps & Friends
7:00 PM Papa Mali with Jeff Sipe
9:00 PM Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
10:30 PM Colonel Bruce Hampton with Jeff Sipe, Ike Stubblefield & Grant Green
Jr
Midnight Family Function

Sierra Nevada Stage
2:00 PM Nothing & the Nobodies
3:30 PM Past Pluto
5:00 PM Saint Francis
1:00 AM Green Hit/Captains of the Industry

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Event: KEEL FAMILY FUNCTION, www.keelfamilyfunction.com

Date: APRIL 3-4, 2009

Venue: Cherokee Farms, 2035 Old Mineral Springs Rd., LaFayette, GA 30728 (Look
for Walnut Row street sign)

Don't miss Grayson Capps. He's quite a character and has some great songs. Plus he's from the town in Alabama I was born in

Mt. Jam Line up
May 29 -31 Hunter MT. Hunter NY




Daily Band Schedule ~ POSTED
FRIDAY ~ MAY 29th
Gov't Mule
Umphrey's McGee
Tea Leaf Green
Railraod Earth
Porter Batiste Stoltz
Marco Benevento Trio
Black Taxi
Alberta Cross
Friday ~ Late Night
Eric Krasno & Chapter 2
Girl Talk
CampGround Stage
Black Taxi
Alberta Cross
Hot Day at the Zoo
Stoney Clove Lane

SATURDAY ~ MAY 30th
Gov't Mule
Coheed & Cambria
The Hold Steady
Gomez
Gene Ween Band
Jackie Greene
Brett Dennen
Lee Boys
Macpodz

Saturday ~ Late Night
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
U-Melt
Saturday Awareness Village
Rhett Miller
Joe Pug
Jennie Arnau
Joey Eppard
Reality Sandwich Panel
CampGround Stage
Pimps of Joy Time
Buzz Universe
The Movement
The Trappes
Macpodz

SUNDAY ~ MAY 31st
The Allman Brothers Band
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Derek Trucks Band
BK3 featuring Bill Kreutzmann
Richie Havens
Martin Sexton
The Brew
Sunday Awareness Village
Alex & Allyson Grey
Martin Sexton
Richie Havens
Michael Franti
Machan


How bout that for 3 days of ass kickin jams!

Gathering of the Vibes Main Stage Lineup!
July 23 - 29 Seaside Park Brideport Conn.

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Thursday:
Donna Jean Godchaux Band
Dark Star Orchestra
Late Night: The Machine

Friday:
King For A Day
Strangefolk
JJ Grey and Mofro
Keller Williams and MDS
George Clinton and P-Funk
Deep Banana Blackout
moe.
Late Night: Lettuce

Saturday:
Ryan Montbleau Band
Reid Genauer and Assembly of Dust
Max Creek
State Radio
Guster
Levon Helm Band
Bob Weir and Ratdog
Late Night: P-Groove

Sunday:
The World Peace Prayer Ceremony
Harlem Gospel Choir
John Brown's Body
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Buddy Guy
Crosby Stills and Nash

Nothing on the scale of those festivals but here's nice little one:

The Florida Earth Day Jam
http://www.earthdayjam.org
Saturday, April 18
Tallahassee, FL
@ The Bradfordville Blues Club

Outdoors:
Papa Mali
The Soular System
Rebecca Jean Smith
Big Daddy & Red Hot Java
The Sarah Mack Band
Trial By Stone
The Deborah Lawson Group
Bed Head Betty
The New 76ers
Pepper Drive.
They will play on multiple stages so music will be non-stop.

Indoors later that night (separate cover):
Sarasota Slim with Nitro

wow....nice to come back and see all the chatter moving around here......i wanee go now !!!!

just got back from the Cherokee farms party and man o man what a way to start the festivals.
hope to be back with a few pics posted later.

turned out to be an incredible weekend of sunshine and some of the finest pickers around..... too many highlights...
well,,except the Sunday morning episode about 4 am or so when i had just laid in my tent and some inebriated soul comes falling down right on top of my tent and on top of me.....and i was camped at least 25 ft from the road.....i laughed it off but it was freaky at first.
i axed him if he was ok and he said he just hurt his pride,,,then just laid outside my tent and mumbled for at least 10 minutes until he could walk again....pfff.

Mt.Jam and GOTV always look great....have friends that have made those,,but i'm still waiting my turn....


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Grayson Capps brought up some great vibes,,,Donna Hopkins sat in with everyone.......i'm still so happy.....

That Whiskey Bottle Fence song is a good one!

Great pics Wavo, looks like good time was had by all!