krj
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Jun 23 17:34 UTC 2008 |
Festival's almost half over... Upcoming tonight are a slew of bands.
Carolyn Wonderland is an electric blues guitarist and singer from
Austin, Texas. Mickey told me I should pay some attention to her, so I
checked out her MySpace sample tracks and I was impressed enough to
bring some extra cash tonight for her two CDs. Ms. Wonderland goes
on at 8:15 pm. I don't know anything about the 7 pm band, The Blue
Rubys. Between 6 and 7 is something called the "Grassroots Stage,"
three bands playing 20 minute sets.
The movie tonight is GOLDFINGER, the most classic and the most iconic
of all the James Bond films, from 1964. A google search on the most
famous line from the movie -- "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
turned up over 400,000 hits.
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cyklone
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Jun 23 18:29 UTC 2008 |
So far, I've caught the end of some lame retro-disco band that pretty
much sucked. They were followed by the Macpodz, which has quite an A2
following. The rhythm section was great, but when the skanky front man
grabbed a flute I started to have a Jethro Tull flashback and left.
I caught Hullaballo two nights ago. I've known them for years and
they're always a nice mix of ska and horn-based tunes. However, I didn't
like the stripped down horn section.
I was sorry I missed Leith al-Sadi (sp?) last Thursday, as he's one of
the best all around guitarists in A2. I also heard his new rhythm
section kicks more ass than his old one did.
Anyone have a link for the rest of this year's lineup?
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krj
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Jun 23 18:59 UTC 2008 |
Here's the offical Top of the Park schedule in HTML. There's a link
to a PDF file if you would rather print it.
http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org/top_calendar_2008.shtml
Laith Al-Saadi was lots of fun; I really need to get out and see him
more than once a year. I'm afraid I don't pay enough attention to
notice any changes to the rhythm section. (For those who don't know,
he's a blues (& rock) electric guitar player, very hot, and he has a
weekly residency at Goodnight Gracie. He's an Ann Arbor native.)
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