Wes’ Blog

I was looking forward to February 1st since about last June.  Well February 1st came and I forgot all about it due to my flu, but I found what I was looking for today: The artists for 2006 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.  Call me crazy, but when I say I am crazy about music I mean I am crazy about music.  In my little piece this week I am going to do a little PR for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. (Maybe they’ll let me do some work for them.)

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a 4-day camping event.  It has great live music being played for around noon until about 3 a.m Friday through Sunday.  It is more music than any person can really handle for a day, much less 3 days of it.

The music is what gets people onto the 700-acre farm in little Manchester, Tenn.  People travel from all over the country to hear the best music of the day.  The headliner for this year is none other than Radiohead.

Radiohead is considered to be one of the greatest rock bands of my lifetime and I strongly agree.  Thus, Bonnaroo gives about five to ten well known and talented groups.  People come to see these few groups and fall in love with the small bands that play before.  Actually, most people that go to Bonnaroo know a lot of the bands that will be playing.  But they can’t figure out a way to see them all.  But without the headlining bands they might not make the trip.

The majority of the music is for the jam band crowd.  So it is a laid-back peaceful event.  But other genres are offered as well: bluegrass, hip-hop, instrumental and many others.  Thus it is not just for the “hippie” crowd.

If there was no music there would be no Bonnaroo.

If there is a place that gives music fans an opportunity to see and listen to live music.  If there is a place that gives fans an opportunity to meet other music fans.  And if that place has all of the above then it is a gold mine.  

All miners interested should make the trip to Manchester, Tenn. on June 16, 2006 to get a piece of the gold.