Suwannee Hulaween: Third-Quarter Earnings
Saturday at Suwannee Hulaween was another wonderful day, weather-wise and music-wise. Clear skies and daytime temperatures in the low 80s and nights near 60 made this a lovely environment, but the music was scorching hot the entire time.
SATURDAY
MZG opened the day with a superb dance set including lots of brand new music. Then Come Back Alice played (get used to this phrase again) their best set ever — according to my standards. Deep funk, rock and blues.
Autobody was saying funk you while Larry Keel and Drew Emmit offered gorgeous pickin’. The Galbraith Group, back to a trio, drew a nice crowd to hear their wicked blues-tinged rock [BSE]. And Antibalas delivered an amazing set of Afrobeat and deep funk.
The Heather Gillis Band also had an amazing set [BSE] of blues and rock. Meanwhile, Snarky Puppy was… Snarky Puppy. There is nobody in their class. The first String Cheese set was excellent, “Restless Wind” and Jen Hartswick and more.
Washed Out played good funk and soul, and Lettuce funked everything up. Montana’s Cure for the Common made their second trip to SoSMP a joyous return with a fine set.
The SCI themed set honored the ’80s, with “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” “Love Shack,” “White Wedding” and “Relax! Don’t Do It.” For my money, the third set was their best so far (five down, two to go tonight). They did EVERYTHING. Incredible.
Speaking of incredible, STS9 was astounding. Mesmerizing. And the sound at all of the stages is excellent. And the Disclosure DJ set was a magical dance party.
I still missed a dozen sets. The Larry Keel/Jon Stickley Guitar Freak-Out sounded great from our campsite near by.
And more great music is just around the corner!
MusicFestNews will have a full report this week. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the dailies!
