Saturday, December 4, 2010

Blues-fucking-fest, 2nd announcement

I mentioned the other day that ZZ Top had been announced to play the already stellar Bluesfest line up in Byron. Just look at the lineup already. So there's now been an official announcement, and the bands include
Jethro Tull
ZZ Top
John Legend
Gurrumul (Bluesfest exclusive)
Toots & the Maytals
Pete Murray
Wolfmother
Funky Meters
Irma Thomas
Booker T
Los Lobos
Kasey Chambers
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band
The Dingoes
Diesel
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
B.B. & the Blues Shack
Joe Louis Walker
Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues
The Snowdroppers
Ray Beadle
Nat Col & the Kings
Barrence Whitfield
Sure, there's a lot of local stuff in there, but there's still some stellar names. Booker T?! He wrote one of the most memorable tunes/riffs of all time. Jethro Tull, they who popularised Jazz Flute that even gets parodied in classic movies. And then my favourite one, nestled halfway down the list: Los Lobos. A Hispanic/American roots band that most people will know for this song. However last year they put out an amazing album covering Disney songs, a lot from classical albums from my youth.

Just wow. This will be an amazing Easter in Byron.

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