The first night of Roosevelt Collier’s Suwannee Getdown was was simply mind-blowing. Everyone is totally pumped for night two, which should be equally explosive here at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. Paul Levine stepped on stage to thank everyone for coming to this second of Rosie’s Getdowns. Then he introduced a band few of…
Roosevelt Collier is the perfect ambassador for the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak FL. His quiet demeanor belies the explosiveness of his pedal steel guitar, which has graced park events from Magfest to Wanee, Bear Creek to Purple Hatter’s Ball. Whether with his trio or expanded group or with The Lee Boys,…
Roosevelt Collier’s closing Suwannee getdown sets at the AURA Music and Arts Festival and at the Purple Hatter’s Ball were so successful and so popular that the only logical thing to do was to create a new event. Even better, TWO new events! The first of two Roosevelt Collier’s Suwannee Getdowns takes place at the…
I am old. I’m so old, I could wear that shirt. You know, the one that says: “I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands.” That one. I was lucky. At the very top of my list, I got to see Frank Zappa. Eleven times. And interview him. Twice. I…
Music festivals are marathons, and most marathoners hit the wall near the end of the race. My wall came at 11:45 Sunday morning, as the music from Uproot Hootenanny wafted through the trees. We could hear it just fine over in Short-Cut Camp, but for a while I was still horizontal. The time change didn’t…
If you need an example of how to go from 0 to 90 in five seconds, listen to Consider the Source. This superb trio is not for easy listening. It was refreshing to see so many people crowding the amphitheatre to hear their blend of fusion, searing psychedelia, middle-Eastern intonations and metal jazz — for…
The warm air of Thursday gave way to much cooler air Friday at AURA, but that did not slow down the intensity of the music or the enthusiasm of the festies, who were arriving in droves for the first regular day of the festival, featuring 15 music sets, six silent disco DJs, two more in…
The buzz started during Wanee 2011. It seemed inevitable (before it actually became fact) that the Allman Brothers Band would eventually end their glorious run. Who would carry the torch forward? The first four years of the Wanee Music Festival featured the ABB family at the top of the bill: Gov’t Mule, the Derek Trucks…