Bear Creek Music Fest, North Florida

[Headless Hornman]

Camping fest at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwanee music park. November 14-16 2008.

http://www.bearcreekmusicfestival.com

Yonder Mountain String Band
The Everyone Orchestra featuring
Jon Fishman and Michael Kang
JJ Grey & Mofro
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk x2
Soulive
Perpetual Groove x2
The New Mastersounds x2
Lettuce x2
The Motet with Kyle Hollingsworth x2
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Sam Kininger Band
DubConscious x2
Robert Walter Trio
John Brown’s Body x2
Zach Deputy x2
Dr. Claw (Ian Neville, Nick Daniels, Big Sam,
Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno and Nigel Hall )
The Legendary JC’s
The Brian Jordan Trio
The Afromotive
Jim Weider’s ProJECT PERcoLAToR
Tommy Talton Band
Tishamingo
Chicago Afro-Beat Project
The Pnuma Trio
McTuff (featuring: Skerik, Joe Doria,
Andy Coe and Dvonne Lewis)
The Windfall
The Soular System
Brother Bean x2
Bonobos Convergence
Rebecca Jean Smith
Cadillac Jones
Ancient Harmony
Fusebox Funk
Green Hit
Deep Blue Sun
Stop Drop and Roll
The Sarah Mac Band
The Malah
Dr. Louis Sullivan
The Low-Down Throw-Down
Trial By Stone
The Burnin Smyrnans
Corporal Boil
Donna Hopkins Band
Shak Nasti
Euro-Sluts
Strut
Warehouse Jazz Project
Polyester Pimpstrap
Tallahassee All-Stars
Curious Circus
Suwannee Bluegrass Mafia
Stillwood
Bearcreek Superjam
FSU Blues Band
Skerik Artist At Large
Telepath - Thursday only.

[duende]

Now you're talkin'! but what a travesty - only ONE mofro performance, in their backyard??? I'm suprised I hadn't heard of this fest (2nd year) before, but it looks like a great, dare I say Jazzfestian, ensembles like Dr. Claw & McTuff. Hope they bring'em to "our" fest, too!

[swag]

This will be tough, but hypothetically, if I were coming, what airport would I be flying into?

[funkkjunkie]

I think it's tallahassee. I'm off work those days and almost went for it but opted for 2 more weekend nola trips instead. :)

[sophisticated sissy]

Or J-ville for only $205 RT.

http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/tabid/82/FareId/743728/Rvs/1/Default.aspx

[Headless Hornman]

Yep, I think Jacksonville would probably be the best bet. Tally may be a bit closer but it's not a major airport. Spirit of the Suwanee is where they have Magnolia Fest and Spring Fest; LBI Steve flew in for one of those through Jacksonville and rented a car. I'm thinking it's not much more than an hour drive. Swag (or anyone else) if it might work out let me know if I can help you with some camping gear (I'm there--already got the tickets).

I saw Mofro at the first show of their CD release tour, in St. Augustine for the Blackwater Sol Revue (Labor Day weekend). It was JJ Grey and the Mofro Orchestra--they had 3 singers, 3 piece horn section, and a violin and cello. Probably the best Mofro show I've seen! They're playing at the Sarasota Blues Fest on Nov. 1st, so they're covering the state pretty well.

[funkkjunkie]

I love me some mofro.

[jonnygospeltent]

When I do hit the Powerball I promise to spend it all on taking all you guys to music festivals all the time.

[Headless Hornman]

Well, I went to this a few weeks ago and it was very fonky! Don't have the time or energy for a detailed report. Everyone that planned on going bailed on me so I had to set up camp by myself (no big deal, though I did break down and buy a tent heater). Almost had PaulC talked into driving up, but the weather scared him. Rained a little, then cleared and got cold. Young crowd, great scenery--until it got cold and they had to put on more clothes--<oink>. Always beautiful in the woods along the Suwanee River.

Anyways, the DumpstaJam was the set of the weekend for me. Check out the guest appearances:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=520632

Disc 1:
1. Paper Chasin Britney
2. Shake It Off
3. Turn This Thing Around
4. Everybody Wants Some
5. Getting Funky>
6. Love Slip Up On Ya>
7. Chug a Lug>
8. Gasman {},$,()()
9. Standing In Your Stuff

Disc 2:
1. Miss You **,&&,[][]
2. Fortunate Son>Woke Up This Morning>Fortunate Sun #,{},**
3. Bad Boy #,<>,**
4. Let a Woman Be a Woman>Jam ~~,#,<>,!!!!,++,%%,$,**,^^
5. Thank You(Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) ^^,++,$,#,**,~~
6. New Orleans/Africa #,$,++,@,**,!!!!,~~,^^,{},[][]

Ivan Neville - keys, vox, jokes
Ian Neville - guitar
Nick Daniels - bass
Raymond Weber - drums
Tony Hall - bass
$=w/ Skerik - sax
#=w/ Derek Trucks - guitar
**=w/ Eric Krasno - guitar
{}=w/ Brian Jordan - guitar
@=w/ Papa Mali - guitar
<>=w/ Jim Weider - guitar
[][]=w/ Matt Grondin - guitar
^^=w/ Milkman - drums
!!!!=w/ Adam Deitch - drums
++=w/ Big Sam - trombone
~~=w/ Kofi Burbridge - keys, flute
()()=w/ Sam Kininger - sax
&&=w/ Nigel Hall - vox
%%=w/ Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff - guitar

[ohio]

sweet!

[funkkjunkie]

Thanks for the report, hornman, and good on you for representing. Bear Creek Fest gets this year's fest i most regret missing award. Glad it was all good. :)

[Headless Hornman]

I see that another TH did attend Bear Creek--jazzjones. And here's a much better review:

http://betweenthegrooves.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/bear-creek-the-afterglow/