Next Year's Lineup Wish List

[HuckinFappy]

So do i Mark....don't get me wrong.

I love Vanilla ice cream.  I could eat it every day, and still love it.  Even a "bad" Vanilla ice cream is okay with me....because, well, its still Vanilla, and I love Vanilla.

But I love to try new flavours, and experiment with my Ice Cream.  Sometimes I'm eating Vanilla, and I'm really wishing I'd ordered a new flavour I'd never tried before.  But when i get new flavours, sometimes i wish I had my good old Vanilla.  It's a dilemma....knowhayImean??

I'm sort of the same with music.  One of the happiest things that happens to me is when I discover new music (new to me, anyway) I really love.  But I don't go out of my way to seek it.  When I choose music, I almost always choose something familiar and easy.  So one of the things I get from Telluride is i get a lot of my Vanilla, but a whole lot of other flavours are thrust in front of me, sort of forcing me to try them.

[landshark]

So do i Mark....don't get me wrong.

I love Vanilla ice cream.  I could eat it every day, and still love it.  Even a "bad" Vanilla ice cream is okay with me....because, well, its still Vanilla, and I love Vanilla.

But I love to try new flavours, and experiment with my Ice Cream.  Sometimes I'm eating Vanilla, and I'm really wishing I'd ordered a new flavour I'd never tried before.  But when i get new flavours, sometimes i wish I had my good old Vanilla.  It's a dilemma....knowhayImean??

I'm sort of the same with music.  One of the happiest things that happens to me is when I discover new music (new to me, anyway) I really love.  But I don't go out of my way to seek it.  When I choose music, I almost always choose something familiar and easy.  So one of the things I get from Telluride is i get a lot of my Vanilla, but a whole lot of other flavours are thrust in front of me, sort of forcing me to try them.

  Yeah 

[landshark]

I'll probably take a lot of flack for saying this, but I wouldn't mind a year without YMSB. Feel free to replace them with Leftover Salmon though...

I'll share the flack.  Here's my blasphemous post of the year:

Skip YMSB...I'm sure YMSB is still a draw for a lot of people, but they don't light my fire anymore.  Skip them, and as much as I love Salmon, let's skip them too.  Skip Peter Rowan.  Let's let Tim O'Brien have only one set.  Can we live for a year without Chris Thile's Arteeeestic Endeavor of the year?  And (Sorry Tom), I love Emmylou, but I just can't pay any attention to her.

Fill in those 6 or so slots with some of these suggestions from the Festivarians.  Or let the Planet crew come up with their own....any team that has scored us Mumford (when they were unknown), Imelda May (can we have her back please?), Head and the Heart and Joe Pug the last 2 years (all bands I'd never heard of) is OKAY by me!

PB works hard at striking the balance between the old reliables and the infusion of new blood.  I've been hearing from folks that the balance is a little heavy on the old faithfuls.

Bluegrass is about roots and tradition. I do agree that it is a fine balance of new and old favs as well. I think ferg should throw us all for a loop and put Dweezel Zappa in there. PAY ATTENTION!

[dayton]

someone mentioned the Infamous Krewe... and i couldn't agree more
saw their debut at the festy last year at devil's backbone www.thefesty.com

and in the future, less indy (aka. mumford, decemberists, head and heart, etc.)... & more grass! (aka. tony rice, alison krauss, david grisman, emmit-nershi, railroad earth, del mccoury, lonesome river band, blue highway, steep canyon, dehlia low, town mountain, greensky, josh williams, crooked still, dailey and vincent, dan tyminski, etc.)

 

 Listening to: bluegrass

[TellurideTom]

and in the future, less indy (aka. mumford, decemberists, head and heart, etc.)... & more grass! (aka. tony rice, alison krauss, david grisman, emmit-nershi, railroad earth, del mccoury, lonesome river band, blue highway, steep canyon, dehlia low, town mountain, greensky, josh williams, crooked still, dailey and vincent, dan tyminski, etc.)

Agreed. Not that we shouldn't have ANY Indie or a surprise band now and then, but... 

[HuckinFappy]

and in the future, less indy (aka. mumford, decemberists, head and heart, etc.)... & more grass! (aka. tony rice, alison krauss, david grisman, emmit-nershi, railroad earth, del mccoury, lonesome river band, blue highway, steep canyon, dehlia low, town mountain, greensky, josh williams, crooked still, dailey and vincent, dan tyminski, etc.)

Agreed. Not that we shouldn't have ANY Indie or a surprise band now and then, but... 

Craig can read this and go to bed knowing his mission is accomplished.  Some festivarians want more grass, less "Other", some festivarians love all the "Other".

I stopped paying attention to the name of the festival a long time ago.  To me it's the "Telluride FergFest".  The only thing we know for sure is Craig has approved of all the acts.

[landshark]

I stopped paying attention to the name of the festival a long time ago.  To me it's the "Telluride FergFest".  The only thing we know for sure is Craig has approved of all the acts.

  LOVE THAT!!!!!

[landshark]

When the Bare Naked Ladies did that acoustic set a few years back they just tore it up.

I loved it.

How bout we bend and shape again Ferg? Someone who does not normally do Acoustic would be killer. Dweezel Zappa

[tycho_brahe]

someone mentioned the Infamous Krewe... and i couldn't agree more
saw their debut at the festy last year at devil's backbone www.thefesty.com

and in the future, less indy (aka. mumford, decemberists, head and heart, etc.)... & more grass! (aka. tony rice, alison krauss, david grisman, emmit-nershi, railroad earth, del mccoury, lonesome river band, blue highway, steep canyon, dehlia low, town mountain, greensky, josh williams, crooked still, dailey and vincent, dan tyminski, etc.)

 

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[Pirate Looks at --]

Just saw Martyn Joseph at Strawberry and was blown away! i don't think I have ever seen someone control and WOW 6000 people for an hour and 15 minutes with just his voice and an accustic guitar. He was so powerful he made Hippie Jerry Cry! And me a little too. He would deffinately be a great addition to Telluride!

 Listening to: Lyle Lovett

[Capt. Telluride]

I whole-heartedly agree with less Indie Emograss sentiment. It is the only complaint(other than a poor selection of beer) that I have about the fest the past couple of years. There is no tarp-stomping to Mumford & Sucks, there is no hoedown with the (not so)Swell Season, The Head & The Heart was just boring, and Sarah McLachlan was a snoozefest.

Please, let's return to the Telluride Bluegrass/Coutry music we ALL love with that one GOOD curveball per year. Leave the Indie/Emo for SXSW.

[Auntie Hope]

Spoke with Shawn Camp last night. He wouldn't mind, at all, doing Telluride next year!

Auntie Hope 

[BillyBeru]

I whole-heartedly agree with less Indie Emograss sentiment. It is the only complaint(other than a poor selection of beer) that I have about the fest the past couple of years. There is no tarp-stomping to Mumford & Sucks, there is no hoedown with the (not so)Swell Season, The Head & The Heart was just boring, and Sarah McLachlan was a snoozefest.

Please, let's return to the Telluride Bluegrass/Coutry music we ALL love with that one GOOD curveball per year. Leave the Indie/Emo for SXSW.

Remind me again about the festivals you promote and the lineups you're able to compile to please 10,000 people.

[Capt. Telluride]

Remind me again about the festivals you promote and the lineups you're able to compile to please 10,000 people.

Musta hit a soft spot. Apparently, you gotta watch what you say around these Emograssers.

I thought this was a forum about wish lists for future Telluride BLUEGRASS lineups? I was merely stating my opinion as a consumer and fan of the festival. If you wanna listen to crappy music, go ahead. I am just stating my opinion that I'd rather not have it at an otherwise stellar festival.

[BillyBeru]

Remind me again about the festivals you promote and the lineups you're able to compile to please 10,000 people.

Musta hit a soft spot. Apparently, you gotta watch what you say around these Emograssers.

I thought this was a forum about wish lists for future Telluride BLUEGRASS lineups? I was merely stating my opinion as a consumer and fan of the festival. If you wanna listen to crappy music, go ahead. I am just stating my opinion that I'd rather not have it at an otherwise stellar festival.

I thought this was a forum about the positivity about the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and not about whining about how imperfect it is.

Yeah, you do a hit a spot, Mr. Crash Test Dummy, when you denigrate bands with comments such as Mumford-and-sucks, etc.

Planet Bluegrass conducts annual surveys about the musical wishes from festivarians and those results comprise a significant sample across a broad base of attendees. I believe they balance those wishes along with their perspective on the latest and greatest in the scene.

See you at the beer tent (or maybe not since it apparently also blows according to you) next year.



 Listening to: Rage Against the Machine - Clowns post on the forum