Airports aren’t ideal for writing under any circumstances, but particularly so for describing the sun-baked joy of a music festival. The recycled air drives all sensory memories down the memory hole. Even the coffee is rendered ineffective in stimulating the creative process. As friendly reminders about TSA regulation filter in yesterday might be an echo from a past life.
With a fifty percent chance of rain yesterday, day three of Bunbury Music Festival, all scheduling felt tentative. Sawyer Point looked as exhausted as many of the fest attendees. Grass laid down under the weight of so many stomping feet. Evaporated beer, among other unmentionables, warmed on the concrete. No amount of trash management can erase the days past.
500 Hundred Miles to Memphis started the day, as the crowd was chasing the sleep from their eyes and booze from their livers. This would be the only moment for regrouping with The Front Bottoms taking Yeatman’s Cove stage in thirty minutes. Shakey Graves, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Atmosphere, and Manchester Orchestra all packed in the following three hours. This left the last couple hours of the fest with just Twenty-one Pilots and Snoop Dogg.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band overflowed with charisma and bombast. If Reverend Peyton’s was the Labrador of performances, Shakey Graves was the Greyhound, delicate, graceful, and beautiful. Twenty-one Pilots are incredible performers, and yesterday was no exception.
All the great music culminated with Snoop Dogg’s closing performance. He was late. He was late by forty-five minutes. He was backed by a couple of DJ’s, a vocalist, and a dancing human in a dog costume. He covered many songs. It was a disappointment, especially considering all the musicianship that was on display earlier in the weekend. Check this one off the bucket list.
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Twenty-one Pilots
Atmosphere
Atmosphere
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves
Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas
Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms
500 Miles to Memphis
500 Miles to Memphis
500 Miles to Memphis
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