Son of Earth,
Willie Lane, The Believers
5-3+4-03 @ Hampshire College Tavern, Amherst, MA
w/ Tower Recordings, Michael Hurley, Sunburned
Hand of the Man, Flaherty/Corsano and the Scorces, Charalambides, Astral
Blessing, Joshua, Thurston Moore, Glenn Jones, Tim Barnes/Barry
Weisblat/Toshio Kajiwara, Elklink, Dredd Foole, Jack Rose, MV&EE+Tom
Carter, Bob Sanderson
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First annual
Brattleboro Free Folk Festival. As you can see the bill was monstrous in
size and talent. The whole fest was spread across two days and three
venues (two states..). Son of Earth kicked it off at the Hooker-Dunham
Theatre in Brattleboro on saturday. They leaned back into their seats and
eased into special territory. Two numbers tonight, both quiet enough to
bother some ears, but for those who had the patience a new world was
revealed. Every act played at a higher level this day, continuing through
the Cottonmill. Not enough can be said about them, but we'll leave that to
others..
On sunday, at the Tavern at Hampshire College, Astral
Blessing started out moving big hunks of earth. The Believers came on, and
started slow, but by the end of the set (having Scorces up to help on
"Shady Afternoon"), they put the pieces in the right places. Then
Thurston, then Willie. Electric and acoustic six string, and twelve
string. Whew! Willie ripped and shredded. They say he was heavily
influenced, that it showed, but I'd say he did alright. Tower and
Charalambides finished it off, again a monstrous
weekend.
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