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02 Sep 03 - 05:33 PM (#1011544) Subject: Review: strawberry music festival From: open mike I just returned home from the twice yearly festival near Yosemite in the High Sierras of California. www.strawberrymusic.com I spent the Labor day weekend (and memorial day at the end of May) with my friends at Camp Dung Beetle. There are dozens of wonderful bands on several stages and venues...the "main music meadow", a stage by Birch Lake, an amphitheatre where more intimate workshops are held with the chance to ask questions of the performers, and ther dining hall which serves as night club, breakfast show and young people's dance hall. 5,000 pepople attend this event in the mountains, and tickets sell out months before the festival. several other catters attend.... but i only saw Ranger Roger. we jammed and did recording sessions in the camp ground. |
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02 Sep 03 - 05:41 PM (#1011552) Subject: RE: Review: strawberry music festival From: open mike some of the high lights from this fall's line-up: Tracy Grammer, Avalon Blues which is a group of 3 musicians who all have strong solo careers, who joined in to put together a special set of Mississippi John Hurt's music: Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, Peter Case. Alison Krauss and Union Station,Natalie McMaster, Laurie Lewis, and many others including Fruit from OZ. There is an on-site radio station which allows you to hear the performers even if you are not where they are on stage. and Great Big Sea (or big blue sea?) who i believe are Irish, were there, but they did not allow the radio to broadcast them. I know some peolple who are boycotting their cd's due to this . OFten a band (or more likely their agent, probably, or record label) will not allow their music to go out over the radio. the pirate station has less than a one mile radius, and it is wonder ful to hear so much good music. since there are several stages going on simultaneously, it is not possible to hear all the acts unless you catch them on the radio. too bad they did not want to participate in this way. |
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02 Sep 03 - 05:56 PM (#1011564) Subject: RE: Review: strawberry music festival From: Amos I am deeply jealous!! ANd you can tell ROger I said so. He should be congratulated on getting back to Strawberry. I think it is in his blood or something. A |
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03 Sep 03 - 02:30 AM (#1011817) Subject: RE: Review: strawberry music festival From: open mike we both like Tom Russel songs among others... |