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Woo-hoo! The big Wanee Festival is around the corner, are you ready for this annual spring bacchanalia in the woods and fields of North Florida?
Wanee's main focus is always Southern rock, but there are a
bunch of jazz, funk, and alternative acts breaking it down on the stages all weekend.
The fest starts up at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April
13 at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla with a lineup of music that’s called “Happy Hour” but actually lasts all evening.
The festivities end in the wee hours of Sunday morning, April 17.
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On the Southern rock front, Widespread Panic plays Friday
and Saturday nights. Wanee has traditionally been The Allman Brothers Band’s festival,
and this year the band is broken up BUT most of the members will be at Wanee playing
in various other bands which have Allman lineage.
Here are the Allman-related bands on the bill: Gregg Allman Band;
Warren Haynes with his Ashes & Dust and Government Mule bands; Jaimoe’s
Jazz Band; Devon Allman’s band; Yeti
Trio (the guitarist is Vaylor Trucks;) Oteil & Friends; and a supergroup
called Les Brers featuring Allman founders and alumni Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones, Jack
Pearson, Pate Bergeron, Bruce Katz and Lamar Wiiliams Jr.
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The North Mississippi All-Stars join up with blues guitarist
Anders Osborne on Thursday, Billy & the Kids (Grateful Dead drummer Bill
Kreutzmann’s band,) play Friday late afternoon, Bruce Hornsby & the
Noisemakers play Saturday at noon, followed by Hot Tuna Electric with Steve
Kimock.
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Prog-rock national phenoms Umphrey’s McGee bring their unique
brand of mayhem in two shows, one on Friday afternoon and one at midnight
Saturday to close out the fest.
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Some other not-to-miss shows:
For lovers of the FUNK:
On Wednesday: The New Mastersounds, a high energy British
funk band. If you don’t dance at this show, there’s something bad wrong witcha.
On Thursday: New Orleans funk powerhouse Dumpstaphunk with
Ivan Neville is doing a show they are calling “Earth War & Power,” followed
by Soulive (progressive rock with some funk.)
On Friday: Nigel Hall
On Saturday: Kung Fu
For Grateful Dead
fans:
On Wednesday: Crazy Fingers – really talented Grateful Dead
cover band, plays at 7:30 p.m.
On Friday: Billy & The Kids (Grateful Dead drummer Bill
Kreutzmann’s band) play at 4:30
On Saturday: Melvin Seals & JGB featuring Karl Denson.
Yes!
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For jazz fans:
On Wednesday: Ben Sparaco Band
On Thursday: Joe Marcinek Band (featuring Tony Hall, Alvin
Ford Jr. and Holly Bowling an amazing piano player who does Dead and Phish
covers;) Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio
On Friday: The legendary bassist Stanley Clarke brings his
band; Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio; Jaimoe’s
Jazz Band
On Saturday: The Yeti Trio; Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio; Oteil
and Friends
For electronica fans:
On Friday: BIG Something; Conspirator
A couple of other interesting acts I’d recommend catching
during the weekend – The Wood Brothers, a nationally touring folk duo who have
recorded with Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, play Friday afternoon; Thomas Wynn
& The Believers (beautiful harmonies and offbeat Americana cool) play on
Wednesday, and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear ( a mother and son blues duo) on
Saturday.
See y’all in paradise!
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