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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 14:13:04 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 25, 2009 15:46:05 GMT
First you post about the neighborhood crawfish boil, and now this.
Twist that rusty knife in my bosom!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 11:43:47 GMT
I scored a free pass for the Sunday 5/3 festival. Will definitely be checking out Neil Young along with some of the local fare.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 16:34:36 GMT
Is Neil Young trying to pass himself off as Acadian?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 2, 2009 19:08:41 GMT
For quite a few years the NO Jazz Fest has featured big names. Back in the 70s & early 80s you'd get the occasional international star, but usually because that person was associated with jazz and probably happened to be in town for the event. I got to see Dave Brubeck playing with his (then) teenage sons that way. It's my perception that the whole thing has gotten huge and expensive compared to its fun, funky New Orleans beginnings. Maybe Casimira & others will expound.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2009 22:16:04 GMT
Jeez,I don't recall the exact year that big name stars began being headlined,it does go back to at least the 80's. This is the 40th year of the Fest as it is known. I believe it started with international "jazz" types as Bixa mentioned and then more and more pop and rock and even rap stars began. Some of the more controversial have been :Phish,Lenny Kravitz.Willie Nelson,and many others. Last weekend Joe Cocker closed out. Mind you there are 12 stages and or tents where music is going on all day at the same time so tomorrow while Neil Young is on stage so will musicians Buddy Guy,Kurt Elling,The Neville Bros.,Nicholas Payton and the Zion Harmonizers. So you do have various types of music being represented.
The music begins at 11 am and goes on until 7pm. The cost is$ 40.00USD for the whole day. It runs for one 2 day weekend and then the next week it's thurs-sunday.
The last time I went was a few years ago on a Thursday when it was less crowded and enjoyed hearing Taj Mahal and some other local fare.
If I hadn't been given a free ticket I don't know if I would go,probably not because I am dirt poor at the moment.Also, I don't do crowds real well and I am certainly not going when the gates open ,I plan to ride my bicycle around early afternoon with a couple friends.
There is also tons of local,regional food and crafts of all kinds and some kids stuff as well.I'm sure there will be all kinds of videos on the net,YouTube etc.if there aren't already.
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Post by Jazz on May 3, 2009 10:08:41 GMT
Sounds good to me, especially the free ticket! But isn't 7PM a tad early for jazz musicians to close it off? Twenty years ago, I spent a week in New Orleans...it was just great! Listening to music night and day, eating those luscious beignets, exploring the cemetary area and wandering around every street of the French Quarter. We sat in small cafes and bars and heard some fabulous jazz. (no jostling crowds) The lineup is excellent. Once I was visiting my parents in St. Petersburg, Florida and spent much gulf time in the early morning and late evening at Pass-a-Grille Beach, just south of the Don Cesar Hotel. Then, it was rather desolate and beautiful. The only place to eat was a ratty but well loved beach shack called the Hurricane Lounge. It was a home for musicians in the evenings. One sultry night we heard some incredible music coming from the shack and went in to find Wynton Marsalis playing!!! Here is the beach and the 'shack' has evolved? I liked the original. www.examiner.com/x-4281-St-Petersburg-Community-Examiner~y2009m4d1-PassaGrille-Beach |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 12:40:29 GMT
While it may seem early to close the Fest,every music club and venue in town will be featuring music after the Fest all night long into the wee hours. The clubs get quite strategic in how they book their music throughout the Fest. To be able to book one of the acts from that day at their club is a major coup as people who heard them that day want more.
The Fest is held at the New Orleans Fairgrounds,one of the oldest horse race tracks in the city. It is smack dab in the middle of a residential area of the city,known as Mid City or Gentilly. Trust me, these people would never allow the fest to go beyond the hours it already runs. Their sacrifice has been met and then some. Tensions run high enough as it is with some. The worst was the year that Phish headlined,hundreds if not more of Phish heads were camped out all over that neighborhood,on people's lawns,you name it. I remember I drove a 1970 VW bus at the time and I would get swarmed on the major avenues by Phish heads trying to hitch a ride and I wasn't even going there. At first I couldn't figure it out but then did. They just assumed that because I was driving an old VW bus that I was one of them.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 16:47:25 GMT
Oh man,yesterday was Bon Jovi,see what I missed posting on this silly forum!(Sorry Bon Jovi fans).
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 17:11:43 GMT
Is he about 60 years old now?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 3, 2009 18:24:20 GMT
He's a mere baby ~~ born March 2, 1962, so not even 50 yet. He has a ways to go to catch up to the really vintage rockers: Mick Jagger - July 26 1943 Brian Jones - February 28 1942 Keith Richard - December 18 1943 Ian Stewart - born July 18 1938 Mick Taylor - January 17 1949 Charlie Watts - June 2 1941 Ron Wood - June 1 1947 Bill Wyman - October 24 1936 Neill Young - Nov 12, 1945 Bob Dylan - May 24, 1941 Ringo Starr - July 7, 1940 Paul McCartney - June 18, 1942  |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 23:18:53 GMT
Neil Young put on an incredible show.He played for two hours. A nice lady and her husband gave us VIP passes to go right up by the stage.The rain held off until he was done,then the sky opened up and it poured. Keep on rocking in the free world!!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 3, 2009 23:50:47 GMT
"I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old" ~~
I yearn to be there -- crowds, beer, music, the first sunburn of the year. *sigh*
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