Personal preferences, I think Saturday looks like the stronger day to me. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
A few prelude thoughts for this who may be unfamiliar with this blog:
- The comments for each band are those "One Liner" things that I added to my reviews. It helps me to remember who they are (sometimes) and provides some detail on the kind of music they play. Every once in a while they make me giggle too.
- I've made each band name a link so that you can go read the full review and listen to some tunes if you are unswayed by the One Liner.
Here we go:
And the times are pretty staggered, in a way that ACL is not, so some of these times will get wonky. Just trying to present it in a way to show what choices you need to make...
12:00/12:15/12:45/1:00
Country Curious (12:00) | Kathryn Legendre: Local C3 employee getting to take the stage with some classic country flavor |
| Big River (12:15) | Pillbox Patti: Drum machines and well-told stories from the swamps of north Florida |
Showdeo (1:00) | Kaitlin Butts: Excellent story-telling Americana |
Country Curious (12:45) | Madeline Edwards: Powerful voice and questionably country pop music |
I'd lean towards the more traditional Americana sound of these four ladies.
1:00/ 1:45 / 2:00
Big River (1:00) | Drake Milligan: Rockin' country with a young ex-Elvis impersonator |
Showdeo (1:45) | Little Texas: Heavy on the harmonies and the rock guitar, "God Blessed Texas." |
Country Curious (2:00) | Elvie Shane: Ex-American Idol guy representing all the stepdads everywhere! |
I think Drake Milligan is likely the best actual artist in this group, but I also lean towards the cheesy schlock of seeing the Little Texas guys tear it up.
3:00/ 3:15 / 3:30
Big River (3:30) | Mavis Staples: A Queen of classic R&B somehow on this poster |
Showdeo (3) | Pam Tillis: The chameleon child of Mel Tillis doing country, soft rock, blues, and more |
Country Curious (3:15) | Hailey Whitters: A mix of old-school Taylor Swift, Natalie Maines, and Kacey Musgraves |
I'd like to see all three of these. Maybe we will just do that and see a smidge of each from the back of the crowd.
4:30 / 5:00
| Big River (5) | Clay Walker: Probably my favorite of the 90's rockin' Nashville stars on this poster |
| Showdeo (4:30) | Lonestar: The cheesiest cheese on the poster, but also a few good classics |
Country Curious (4:30) | Blanco Brown: More of that drum machine/trap/country. Is this rap? What am I doing? |
Clay Walker is one of the reasons I am going to this festival, so I'm seeing him for sure. Maybe will do a little Lonestar beforehand...
5:45/ 6:00
Showdeo (6) | Tracy Byrd: High Cheese rating 90's Nashville country and a DWI PSA |
Country Curious (5:45) | Paul Cauthen: Local-ish outlaw country style guy with humor |
My initial instinct would be to go see Cauthen again, but Byrd has a surprisingly large number of good old songs that I bet the wife would enjoy.
6:45/ 7:15/ 7:30
Big River (6:45) | Wynonna Judd: [for some reason, I never reviewed her. I wonder if she was a late addition to the poster, or if I just spaced it?] |
Showdeo (7:30) | John Michael Montgomery: [same here! What happened? I think I thought this was the Dust on the Bottle guy? Whoops!] |
Country Curious (6) | Diplo: Electronic kingpin with generally uninteresting songs |
I am totally pissed at myself for not doing these reviews - I just fired up John Michael Montgomery and he is the "Grundy County Auction" guy! ALSO, "Life's a Dance," "I Swear," and some other good ones Dangit!
8:30: Tyler Childers. Great lyricist making fine Americana and country music.
I'm looking forward to seeing him again. I wonder how large the crowd is going to be at this Festival. Like, do I need to skip the show beforehand to be able to see the guy? Or will it be fine to cruise up close around 8?
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