It was delicious.
When we got to the fest the bands that I saw were : Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck played "Eleanor Rigby" as we were walking into the festival. Once inside after snapping a few pics we settled down and listened to the old-timey country swing of the Belleville Outfit. Then we moved over to watch Austin's own the Octopus Project. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was really starting to heat up. Fortunatly the music helped to soothe my tortured soul. After the O.P. show we went to set up camp on the hill between the AMD stage and the AT&T blue room stage. Gillian Welch played a marvelous set. I left about halfway through to go see Mike Farris. I enjoyed his music very much it was inspirational and uplifting blend of gospel, funk, and soul. Stars and Neko Case were both very good and chilled out. We listened to Heartless Bastards only for a song or two as me and Gaby ate lunch. As we walked back to our base we heard Blues Traveler play "Want You" After that I went to the ACL shop to buy a concert T. My new favorite band Okkervil River played one of their new songs "Lost Coastlines".
Gnarls Barkley. I have always liked Cee-lo with both Goode Mob and now as Gnarls Barkley. This was the first oppurtunity to see them perform live. I was not let down it was awesome. They played some of my favs from the new album, like "Surprise" and "Run(I'm a Natural Disaster)"
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the dust. It was dusty, really really dusty. People were wearing bandanas and surgical masks over their faces to protect themselves from the particles in the air. The sunset was beautiful, the snot and congestion was not. The Raconteurs were excellent they played "Steady As She Goes" I guess this makes up for the White Stripes canceling last year.Tegan and Sara = meh. I didn't like them and I don't know why they had such a good time spot. I think it was because someone dropped out and they got moved up. Foo Fighters kicked ass. I've liked the Foo Fighters since the mid 90's. I'm not their biggest fan but I like their music. Good solid rock n' roll. They know how to put on a damn good show. I thought they did a better job headlining the fest than Bob Dylan did last year. Alot more people stayed to watch them that is for sure. Even though I wasn't one of them, we left during the drum solo. They are still one of the best live rock bands on the
planet.
Boy Howdy, Austin City Limits is one helluva a good time. I would recommend it for anyone that likes good music and having fun because it is practically guaranteed that you will have A Great Time.
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