Sometimes it Takes Two to FloydfestWILD
Joe was up at the site early on Thursday, sending me photos and videos from his phone. He’s heading up the festival’s Teen Engagement Program, and I was planning on a later festival shift, conserving my energy, so that I could last till midnight to see Lukas Nelson, son of Willie. It was our friend Amy’s daughter Pearl’s first Floydfest, and the photo above is one of the photos Joe sent.
Everywhere I go at Floydfest Builder Bob Foreman is there with his Yankees tattoo, and I hadn’t been on site more than 20 minutes when it showed up. I think Bob likes to show it off because he knows I’m from Red Sox Country. HERE he is showing it off in the Pre-Floydfest story I wrote for the Floyd Press. That’s our friend Katie Phillips of Floyd’s Fat Bean Farm in the background. There’s also a Fat Burger now that was set up next to Katie. Joe gave it a thumbs up.
Joe and I spent some time playing in artist Darcie Meeker’s Color Installation. Watch HERE.
It was like the Gingerbread House of Color with bright candy lollipop-like sculptures attracting festival-goers and luring them in for the experience.
You never know what you will find midfield at Floydfest, a wooden phoenix sculpture used in a bonfire one year, a giant dreamcatcher or butterfly another. This year it was The Oasis that drew attention with cubbies to hang out with friends.
You might be planning for one band and discover another, like Lindsay Lou on Hill Holler Stage. What a sweet (sugar) surprise, and the dancers agreed. Listen HERE. Your gonna love it!
Once on site, it’s not the time to conserve energy. Floydfest wouldn’t be Floydfest without dancing, one of the best ways to spend time before the headliners go on stage. We danced to some Grateful Dead music by The Jam. The band includes visionary music producer and Floyfest co-founder Kris Hodges (far left on drums) and his new festival partner John Mcbroom (far right). John’s been stage manager and full site production manager at Floydfest over the years.
This was the enthusiastic crowd singing along to all the lyrics of Tyler Childers and his band.
You can see a lot doing the night shift at Floydfest. We also caught headliner Warren Haynes’s Gov’t Mule.
Mission accomplished!
I made it for Lukas Nelson. He played at midnight and opened with After Midnight.
He put on a great show. With his long hair, stellar guitar playing and stage show moves, the girls-of-all-ages in the audience were squealing.
If you want to see if Lukas sounds like his father, Willie, Listen to THIS.
More coming from Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Floydfest18, and I’m still uploading videos. The photo above is festival co-founder and past co-owner Erika Johnson’s Revolution Juice Yurt at night. Read my Floyd Press interview, Rising Above the Rest, with festival co-founder/producer Kris Hodges and the festival’s chief operating officer Sam Calhoun HERE.