Thu 21 Apr – Byron Bay Bluesfest 2011
My Bluesfest review for Fasterlouder. Intro, outro and Imogen Heap review by Crystle Fleper. Thursday was skipped for sanity's sake.
With near-perfect weather and a colossal line-up playing out across an historic six-day event, this year’s East Coast Blues and Roots Festival has been an absolute world-class event. Around 110,000 punters attended across the Easter long weekend, bearing witness to a range of blistering blues, traditional reggae, meandering folk, classic rock and everything in between.
Friday, 22nd April
Tex-Mex legends Los Lobos get the Crossroads crowd swinging to their patented grooves. The band’s watertight three-guitar attack is frequently awe inspiring, the players – particularly the grey-haired David Hidalgo – peeling off one scorching solo after another. A Latin-rock cover of The Temptations’ Papa Was A Rolling Stone and their famed version of La Bamba are just two finger-snapping highlights of a massively invigorating set.
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My Bluesfest review for Fasterlouder. Intro, outro and Imogen Heap review by Crystle Fleper. Thursday was skipped for sanity's sake.
With near-perfect weather and a colossal line-up playing out across an historic six-day event, this year’s East Coast Blues and Roots Festival has been an absolute world-class event. Around 110,000 punters attended across the Easter long weekend, bearing witness to a range of blistering blues, traditional reggae, meandering folk, classic rock and everything in between.
Friday, 22nd April
Tex-Mex legends Los Lobos get the Crossroads crowd swinging to their patented grooves. The band’s watertight three-guitar attack is frequently awe inspiring, the players – particularly the grey-haired David Hidalgo – peeling off one scorching solo after another. A Latin-rock cover of The Temptations’ Papa Was A Rolling Stone and their famed version of La Bamba are just two finger-snapping highlights of a massively invigorating set.
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