Today we decided we would camp at one of the main stages the entire day. Doing this is never an easy decision. You have to weigh your choices. Do you camp so you can be at the front of the stage for the night time main acts or move around to the other stages and then watch the headliners from a distance? Since John Fogerty and then Robert Plant & Alison Krauss were that night's headliners on the AMD stage we decided to stick it out there all day. We could do this because the other acts on the AMD stage were also appealing. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings along with Robert Earl Keen would also be performing. It's tough, though, because we had to sacrifice Old 97's, The Fratellis, Jose Gonzalez and Drive-By Truckers, to name a few.
First up, though, was Fleet Foxes. The hype for this band in magazines like Rolling Stone and Paste is they are the second coming of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It's a good thing none of those guys are dead or they would be rolling in their graves at the comparison. It's not that they are terrible. It's just that every song sounds exactly the same. Yes, it's 4 guys who harmonize. Unfortunately, it's the same oohs & aahs for each song and by the time you're into the 3rd song, you're numb. The music was boring, each song sounding like the last one played. I did not think that hour would ever end.
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