The Don’t Miss List: Who to See, What to Drink, What to Eat, Booth to Visit, and Activities at Lockn’ 2014, September 4th-7th:
See:
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band (QRO photos) feature Gregg Allman on vocals and Hammond B-3 organ, with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes on vocals and slide guitars, plus Butch Trucks on drums, Marc Quinones on percussion.
Since 1989 the Brothers have toured nationally every year, averaging more than 60 live shows per year… all of which leaves little unsaid about this incomparable band. Leave it to another transcendent artist, Willie Nelson, to wrap up the essence of the Allman Brothers Band, as he did while presiding over their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Allman Brothers official video for “Good Clean Fun”:
https://www.facebook.com/allmanbrothersband
Wilco
For alt-country, there’s pretty much Wilco (QRO live review outdoors), and then there’s everybody else. The Chicago stars, led by singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy, but also featuring bassist John Stirratt, multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone (the two of whom also form The Autumn Defense – QRO spotlight on), guitarist Nels Cline (QRO photos), drummer Glenn Kotche, pianist Mikael Jorgensen, and more (like “Jesus, Etc.” – QRO video), have played everywhere from Conan at home to “Far, Far Away” (QRO video). They’ve also been excellent for so long (QRO live review outdoors) that their set lists are mammoth and still can’t cover everything (QRO live review) from the late greats like “I’m the Man Who Loves You” (QRO video) to more recent material off of Sky Blue Sky (QRO review),Wilco (The Album) (QRO review), and The Whole Love (QRO review) like “Hate It Here” (QRO video). And the quintessential American band (QRO live review) comes to Lockn’ (QRO photos at a festival).
Wilco – NPR Tiny Desk:
https://www.facebook.com/wilcohq
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
One of the best-selling artists of all time, Tom Petty (QRO photos) has been active since the seventies and “Breakdown”, keeping it up through the eighties and nineties, when a whole new generation found him in such hit singles as “Free Fallin’”, “Into the Great Wide Open”, and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”. His popularity has never wavered, he’s even done acting (like as a future version of himself in Kevin Costner’s The Postman…), and he comes to Lockn’ behind this year’s Hypnotic Eye, his first full-length since 2010’s Mojo (QRO review), and just after major gigs at Madison Square Garden (QRO venue review) and Fenway Park (QRO photos)!
Tom Petty – 30th Anniversary Concert:
https://www.facebook.com/tompetty
Widespread Panic
After Jerry Garcia’s death, The Grateful Dead could no longer be the greatest road-warrior jam band out there (despite pseudo-reforming as just ‘The Dead’ – QRO photos). That status was taken up by Phish (QRO photos), but then they went into their cycles of break-ups & getting-back-togethers. Neither is currently working the road like the band you could most point to as their successor, Widespread Panic, who play their umpteenth festival at High Sierra (which they’ve played three times, going back twenty years!).
Widespread Panic is such a hard working act that they’re playing two sets at Lockn’!
Widespread Panic video – “Vampire Blues”:
https://www.facebook.com/widespreadpanic
Drink
Trager Brothers Coffee & Lagunitas Brewing Company
Start your morning off when gate open with a fine cup of locally roasted organic coffee – Trager Brothers Coffee – http://www.tbcroasters.com
Trager Brothers Coffee is a 100% Organic micro-roastery located in beautiful Nelson County, Virginia. A family-owned and operated, serving fine coffees and espresso drinks in Virginia since 1993. TBC is committed to bringing you the highest quality, freshest, environmentally sound coffee on the market.
Once the sun heats up the festival grounds make sure to grab a Lagunitas brew. http://lagunitas.com
Lagunitas Brewing Company has proved it’s being one of the nations greatest breweries. With beers consistently in the high 90s on RateBeer and recently opening a Chicago brewery Lagunitas is a safe bet at Lockn’.
Eat – Blue Ridge Pizza Co.
Wood-fired pizza catering company located on the back of a truck in Crozet, Virginia! Focusing on local, seasonal ingredients whenever possible and picking up toppings straight from the farmers market on the morning of an event!
Try their Cool As A Cantaloupe Pizza – with prosciutto, mozzarella, olive oil, topped with cantaloupe and arugula. Or the The Peachy Pig – smoked BBQ co. pulled pork, local peaches, green onion, mozzarella, mad hatter drizzle.
Booth to Visit – Conscious Alliance
Conscious Alliance is a national nonprofit organization committed to hunger relief and youth empowerment that has, since 2002, provided over 1.6 million meals to Native American reservations and communities nationwide. The organization’s ‘Art That Feeds’ grassroots food drives and hunger awareness programs are held at hundreds of concerts and music festivals throughout the United States.
http://www.consciousalliance.org
While at the booth make sure to either drop off 20 nonperishable food items or make a monetary donation to help those in need and also get a festival poster by Marq Spusta (http://marqspusta.com).
Activities – Backyard Revolution – A fun time for the whole family!
Backyard Revolution is a family-oriented celebration of our country’s cultural and agricultural heritage. The aim is to provide opportunities for re-skilling and recollection by bridging, from past to present, the self-sufficient abilities, ingenuity, and practical wisdom of our forebears.
Founded by Adrienne Young-Ramsey, Backyard Revolution is a program that endeavors to bring the strengths of our Indigenous and Colonial Ancestors to life by making their knowledge, lore, and credentials accessible to and respected by a broader, more diverse audience.
Activities range from log cabin chinking, sewing, woodworking, blacksmithing display, camp cooking and natural dyeing.
