Ride, Sally, Ride!

After a week-long fiesta in the middle of Tennessee, I'm back to report on Phish and the Bonnaroo festival. I saw Phish at the University of Tennesee (awesome place for a show with so much energy was pumping through the arena) and then made the trek to Manchester, TN for four days of funky grooves and lawlessness. The whole trip was amazing with so many highs (pun intended) that it seemed like it would be impossible to pick out a favorite moment. Once Trey started storytelling on Sunday night, however, and The Boss graced the "What Stage", there was no question about what the highlight would be. Here's a video of Phish and Bruce covering Mack Rice's (made famous by Wilson Pickett) song "Mustang Sally." Even if you don't like Phish, definitely check it out as there are some awesome parts. Some highlights of the song include: 1) Bruce singing like a little girl, showing off his enthusiasm at 2:50 2) Trey and Bruce facing off in a riff-war (I didn't even think Bruce could solo)at 5:25 3) Bruce yelling "come on mr. keyboard player" to Page McConnell at 6:50. I thought it was hilarious that he didn't even know his name (Page killed it by the way). Overall, there was no better way to end the weekend than Phish and Bruce on the same stage. "Glory Days" killed too; Trey ripped the song apart. Here's "Mustang Sally":



Other highlights of the festival included Grace Potter coming out to sing "Southern Man" with Gov't Mule, seeing David Byrne's weird dancers, MGMT, and Santigold. Here's a real chill remix of Santigold's song "Lights Out." Not sure if the other songs are good:

"Lights Out (Tepr Emo Remix)" - Santigold

Moving away from Bonnaroo and onto some other good music, here's a new Van She song off their new album Ze Vemixes. You guys probably remember them from the fall, and if you do, you know that they're ill. The song's called "Sexual City":

"Sexual City" - Van She

Finally, here's a band I just discovered called Noisettes. Track is called "Never Forget You." They sounds a little like Amy Winehouse and I'm really feeling it:

"Never Forget You" - Noisettes