Favorite sets

[g-luv]

1.  Hornby & Skaggs (that was an amazing show and I normally can't enjoy Ricky since I'm waiting for his ubiquitous insulting comments)

2.  Hot Rize/Red Knuckles (I think they should have had a full two hours)

3.  Telluride House Band (on fire!)

4.  Sam Bush Band

5.  Spring Creek on the mainstage (besides HR and Del, some of the only bluegrass we heard all weekend)

6.  Uncle Earl at the Moon, with every young star around.

[Bevin]

My fav's were very similar...

1. Hot Rize - extra special. 
2. Peter Rowan and FMAF - an unbelievable "trance country" surprise plus his trad fav's
3. Skaggs/Hornsby (thankfully Ricky didn't get too preachy)
4.  House Band - does it get better than this?
5.  Spring Creek - those guys kick butt!

[jjwood64]

Agreed with much of Garian's thoughts...especially Hot Rize whom should have received two hours.

My fave sets of the weekend, in no particular order:

Telluride House Band
Hot Rize
Solomon Burke
Skaggs & Hornsby
Del McCoury Band
Jerry Douglas Band
Sam Bush Band (except for the John Oates cameo!!!)
Bela Fleck Duos
Uncle Earl
Spring Creek
Arlo Guthrie

Also gotta mention the McCourys at the Sheridan!

[Matt]

Leftover Salmon is number one for sure.  That set rocked.
House Band
Skaggs and Hornsby
Sam Bush Band
The Frames
Hot Rize
John Cowan and Darrell Scott

I missed a couple of sets that I really wanted to see because of the shuttle line at Illium, namely Spring Creek (that band is HOT) and Emmitt Nershi.

[TheOkieNoodler]

Steep Canyon Rangers
Sam Bush
House Band
Solomon Burke

[TellurideTom]

What???
Nobody liked the Tim O'Brien solo set?
I thought he did a wonderful job.
Other than that, I do agree with the other posts.

[Matt]

What???
Nobody liked the Tim O'Brien solo set?
I thought he did a wonderful job.
Other than that, I do agree with the other posts.

I didn't go to that one... I went to the flatpicker workshop instead.  I did catch Tim's Songwriter clinic though, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. 

[HuckinFappy]

In no particular order:

Tim O'Brien
Emmitt Nershi
Steep Canyon Rangers
Sam Bush
House Band
Leftover Salmon
Spring Creek
Duhks
Hot Rize
Swell Season
Tift Merritt
Arlo
Del

[GoodleDays]

My picks:

1. The House Band 

2. Leftover Salmon

3. The Duhks w/ hailstorm

4. Uncle Earl @ Fly Me To The Moon (that venue should seriously invest $15 in a fan...you could barely breath down there!)

5. Béla and Chris Thile impromptu workshop in Elks Park

6. Friday night from about 2:30 am - 5 am at the Tiki Lounge campsite in Town Park, going in and out of sleep with our tent right next to a group playing some great tunes. I would have been annoyed because it kept waking me up, but it was so great!  My first real feeling of why TP is such a cool place to be.  Anyone know who these swing cats were? Esp. the singer for the earlier parts? 

Honorable mentions: Sammy, Solomon Burke, The Blue Canyon Boys (sweet vocals, reminded me of Seldom Scene...anyone??)

[landshark]

What???
Nobody liked the Tim O'Brien solo set?
I thought he did a wonderful job.
Other than that, I do agree with the other posts.

I felt Tim was not really fully ingaged, removed in a way. He looks tired to me. And when he ended his set by saying, see ya in a couple years that pretty much sounded to me like he was in been there done that mode.

[monkeygirl]

What???
Nobody liked the Tim O'Brien solo set?
I thought he did a wonderful job.
Other than that, I do agree with the other posts.

I felt Tim was not really fully ingaged, removed in a way. He looks tired to me. And when he ended his set by saying, see ya in a couple years that pretty much sounded to me like he was in been there done that mode.

I too kind of felt like Tim O'Brien sort of "phoned it in" this year.  I agree with most of the other posts (it WAS funny to see John Oates this year... I mean come on!  "Maneater?"  Couldn't they have picked another song to grass up?  But I do like how his voice has matured.)

In no particular order:

Sam Bush Band
The Duhks (loved the French Canadian stuff!)
Uncle Earl
Spring Creek
Boulder Acoustic Society at Smuggler's, Tropical Tuesday, etc.  (I like their new music... very good!)
Leftover Salmon (I could barely walk the next day I danced so hard!)
Solomon Burke (That show ranks up there as one of the best Sunday church services EVER at TBF)
and finally...
Arlo (I know I was one of the thousands with tears in their eyes... thinking of my brother in a vet's home in Florida because his mind can no longer wrap it's self around the things he has seen in Iraq Wars 1 and 2.)

xoxo R

[g-luv]

I felt Tim was not really fully ingaged, removed in a way. He looks tired to me. And when he ended his set by saying, see ya in a couple years that pretty much sounded to me like he was in been there done that mode.

Didn't he say, "see ya in a couple years" after Hot Rize, not his solo set...  I loved the Tim set, it just wasn't in my top faves.  But I watched the whole thing and laughed a lot at his funny songs.  I had just seen him in Boulder, though...

[Jake]

I felt Tim was not really fully ingaged, removed in a way. He looks tired to me. And when he ended his set by saying, see ya in a couple years that pretty much sounded to me like he was in been there done that mode.

Didn't he say, "see ya in a couple years" after Hot Rize, not his solo set...  I loved the Tim set, it just wasn't in my top faves.  But I watched the whole thing and laughed a lot at his funny songs.  I had just seen him in Boulder, though...

i believe you're right.....it was after the Hot Rize set

i'm surprised no one has mentioned the Yonder set!

[headlight]

I wish we had not got to the park a tad late so we could have caught the entire Duhks set; plus I wish we had known what they were like so we could have made the effort to catch their late night set.

Please bring back the Duhks!

 Listening to: Soon to be one of the several Duhks CDs purchased....

[landshark]

I wish we had not got to the park a tad late so we could have caught the entire Duhks set; plus I wish we had known what they were like so we could have made the effort to catch their late night set.

Please bring back the Duhks!

LOVE, LOVE LOVE THE DUHKS!