My Morning Jacket

Vanderbilt University Announces My Morning Jacket, Ben Folds and Gov't Mule to Perform at Annual Rites of Spring Music Festival This April!
Thursday February 16, 9:01 am ET  
Tickets On Sale Wednesday, March 1st - 10 am CST!


NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2006--Rites of Spring Music Festival:
      WHAT: Rites of Spring Music Festival at Vanderbilt University

      WHEN: Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22, 2006

      WHERE: Alumni Lawn - Vanderbilt University Campus

      TIME: 3:00 pm - Gates open; 4:00 pm to 1:00 am - Music (Both days)

      TICKETS: In advance: $25 - Day Pass; $40 - Weekend Pass
        Day of Show: $30 - Day Pass; $50 - Weekend Pass


A Vanderbilt University tradition for over 30 years, the Rites of Spring Music Festival continually brings top musical acts to the university campus year-after-year. Committed to continuing the tradition, Vanderbilt University Concerts is excited to announce the addition of indie rockers My Morning Jacket, singer/pianist Ben Folds and jam powerhouse trio Gov't Mule to this year's line-up. The annual outdoor festival will take place on Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd.

With a sound described as lonesome, haunting and almost classic country at times, My Morning Jacket will headline the first night of this year's festival. Propelled to indie stardom in 2001 with the single "The Way That He Sings," the four-piece band from Louisville, KY released their first major label album, It Still Moves, in 2004. Built solidly around the vocal and songwriting talent of lead singer Jim James, the band's music effortlessly navigates from rock to pop, with a touch of reggae and disco influences. Their most recent album, Z, was released in the Fall of 2005.

Best-known as the leader of the trio Ben Folds Five, which parted ways in 2000, Nashville resident Ben Folds will headline Saturday night's line-up. Since 2000, he has pursued a career as a solo artist and released his first album, Volume I, under the pseudonym Fear of Pop. The album includes the song "In Love," which features vocals from William Shatner. In 2005, true fans were rewarded with the release of Songs for Silverman, Folds' second album containing inspirational, edgy and sometimes heartbreaking songs.

"With several of the regional multi-day music festivals throwing in the towel, we are thrilled to continue to offer fans in the Southeast an opportunity to enjoy great live music from their favorite artists," states Candelyn Oliverius, Senior Director for Student Services at Vanderbilt University.

Additional confirmed talent for this year's festival includes; Cary Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, B Young, Blue Merle, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Hopsing Project, Hot Buttered Rum, Old Union and Zac Brown Band with more to be announced soon.

Both shows are open to the general public. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, March 1st at 10 am CST at all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.ticketmaster.com, at Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville (www.grimeys.com) or by calling 615-255-9600. Tickets can also be purchased with Cash or Check with no service fees included only at the Sarratt Box Office on the Vanderbilt campus. For more information call 615-343-3361.

Free parking is available at the Terrace Place Parking Garage, located off 21st Avenue South on Terrace Place.

ABOUT VANDERBILT STUDENT ACTIVITIES

The Division of Student Life at Vanderbilt University provides an extensive list of activities and organizations for students to gain the true college experience. The Office of Student Activities houses several organizations and programs designed to meet the needs of every college student. Their mission is to offer a fun and celebratory environment as well as cultivating a sense of school pride that extends past the classroom.

www.ritesofspring.com

YES!

I get to see the Jacket twice (if not more!) this year!!!  awwright...

This is on the way back from Europe right? Right?

sweeeeeet!!!!

Quotesweeeeeet!!!!

I was wondering why you've gone all dotty. Can you tell us?

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I was wondering why you've gone all dotty. Can you tell us?

no particular reason, i reckon it was just time for a change.  :)

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no particular reason, i reckon it was just time for a change.  :)

I like it. It's enigmatic  :)

My Morning Jacket and Built to Spill, sounds like a great weekend.

Boston, Tracy?

QuoteBoston, Tracy?

My first true rock and roll love affair, where I knew the album frontwards and backwards. I had inherited my big sister's Zeppelin, Doors, Allman Bros, Beatles, etc...but Boston was MY discovery! And I could listen to it on MY turntable with MY speakers! I can still remember the liner notes on the back of the album, as if it were yesterday...
 
If you're looking for something to tell you that the band in question is composed of nearly notable former members of various bands, or how many jam sessions the drummer sat in on with rock superstars who are now dead or disabled, or retired, forget it.  Unless the names Mother's Milk, Middle Earth, or the Revolting Tunes Revue ring any particular bells, where the people who make up this band called Boston came from is irrelevant to who and where they are now.
 
Listen to the record!
 
As to how the band came together, we'll let lead signer Bradley Delp tell the story: "Fran knew Barry, and I knew Fran, and Fran had played with Sib, and Sib had played with Tom, and Tom knew me, but Fran didn't know that I knew that he knew Barry to, so what happened was..."
 
Listen to the record!
 
If you still need more information, try this.  Boston is masterminded by a guitarist named Tom Scholz.  An MIT graduate with a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Tom was living a split existence at the time his concept for Boston began to fall together.  By day, he was a highly-touted member of a product design wing of a major Massachusetts-based corporation, helping to develop all sorts of media machinery he's not supposed to talk about.  By night he was a member of any one of a handful of constantly shifting bands on the North Shore club circuit in Boston.  Considering the day gig, when he bought 12-track recording equipment and began experimenting with basement tapes, mastering the machinery at his disposal posed no great problem.  With these extraordinary homemade demo tapes, the band was soon better known to record company executives in L.A. and New York than it was to taste-mongers in its own hometown.
 
Listen to the record!
 
If you insist on having it further spelled out for you, consider this, what distinguishes Boston's music is although by it's definition heavy rock & roll, it evidences a greater concern for melodic and harmonic flow than practically any band you can think of working the same general territory.  Also, consider the use of technology as an instrument, all the more remarkable because this is a first album.  Of the tendency for technology to take over in the hands of lesser practitioners, Tom Scholz says, "It depends completely on the person using it.  People have already fallen prey to that, in my opinion, with items that they just go out and buy to get a certain sound without really understanding where that sound comes from and how to apply it."  Those who question how precise technology of the group's record will translate to a live environment will discover that, with the aid of some special sound innovations developed for performance by Scholz, the Boston concert will easily be a comparable experience to the Boston album.  That's a lot to look forward to, but you know where to start.
 
Listen to the record!  ;D

Dude, they're in my top 3 favorite bands of all time. That entire album is pure gold (i can never really get into the last song as much as the others, though).

I would love to be able to write harmony like Tom Scholz. That man is a master of guitar harmony.

Tom Scholz is awesome.  The solo at the end of  "Hitch A Ride" is amazing.  I know Third Stage gets dumped on a great deal, but there are a minimum of  4-5  Tom Scholz goosebump moments for me on that record.  

Corey.  What are the chances that you would go to this?

Pretty good since it's on a weekend.

me to.

Quoteme to.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

hmmmmm.

hmmmm hmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm.

how come everything i want to do is in the states these days?  

i need a car.  and citizenship.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

okay, just kiddin' with all the hms.

but still.  

Hey, we got an extra bedroom and 2 couches, plus enough land to camp on...

mi Nashville su Nashville (or something like that)

and i've got a futon in my dorm room if anyone needs a spot to sleep for a night, too.

Tom E and Tracy  = really lovely.  :)

Do we know which day MMJ is scheduled to play?

the first night, i do believe

lalala whenohwhenohwhen will this be confirmed? lalalalala.

I don't know if you will consider it confirmed or not, but they are officially on the festival website.

//www.vanderbilt.edu/ros

I have been checking their site daily waiting for the schedule to be set.

thanks tdan.  :)  i'm still waiting to see it here, though.  i feel it's a safer confirmation.  

official!  BLAM!  

so, now who's goin'?  Are you goin' tdan?
sweatboard?
tracy?
tom?
corey? (;))
tony?

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Quoteofficial!  BLAM!  

so, now who's goin'?  Are you goin' tdan?
sweatboard?
tracy?
tom?
corey? (;))
tony?

My wife and I are planning on going both days.  We both really like Ben Folds a lot also, so this festival is shaping up nicely for us!

i'm going both days as well.

Me and AB are in.

maybe....

i thought i remember seeing built to spill being scheduled to play, but when i look at the artists list, nothing.  why is CYHSY! not listed either?

once again, maybe....

Quotemaybe....

i thought i remember seeing built to spill being scheduled to play, but when i look at the artists list, nothing.  why is CYHSY! not listed either?

once again, maybe....

I was wondering about CYHSY as well, But i believe Built to Spill is playing in Nashville the same weekend as the festival.

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I was wondering about CYHSY as well, But i believe Built to Spill is playing in Nashville the same weekend as the festival.

yeah i just found tour dates, theyre at city hall on sunday the 23rd.  i dont see dates for friday or saturday, so maybe they'll be there...

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Has anyone ever attended this festival before?  I was wondering if it will sell out quickly or at all and also whether it is a bring your own chair for the lawn kind of festival or a standing only kind of festival.  Any input will be appreciated.

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i brought up and setup the DJ side-stage and PA system on the main stage one year.. it was somewhat crowded but I didn't really stay for the meat of the festival as it was the year that Nappy Roots was playing. even if it is vanderbilt (which is known as a calmer school) be prepared to see some wild shit (copulation in bushes, etc)

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w00t!!!

you're comin down to Nashvegas for this?

that's awesome!

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w00t!!!

you're comin down to Nashvegas for this?

that's awesome!

Yep.  I'm going to do some business-y/visit-y things for a few days and then we're gonna head up to see kids have sex in bushes.  AWESOME!  ;)  

I guess tickets go on sale on Wednesday, eh?  And Grimey's is selling thim as well as tickethellbastardsuckassmaster...

awesome! we'll have to make sure we meet up at the show. get a whole Krunk Crew together again...

Tracy...is your wife in on this?

I'll be taking the whole Friday off from work.

Let's make this a happening!

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are those people exaulting the lord, tracy?  if that's the kind of happening you mean, you can meet me and corey in the bar after.  ;)

The Basement? eh? ;)

Think we'll get so lucky again?

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Are we doing Viking Helmets for this one? Let's do it.

I'm in, btw.
:)

bought my ticket yesterday

QuoteAre we doing Viking Helmets for this one? Let's do it.

I'm in, btw.
:)

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I want the gold one please.  ;D

I have nothing new to add to this thread except that I just got REALLY excited about this show.

I bought my plane ticket yesterday which makes it feel more real.  

I think we need to start speculating a set list so that we can get all hyper and excited thinking about it.  I think they will choose not to open with Wordless Chorus, but instead with Lay Low.  What is everyone else's valuable opinion?

But the most important question of all:

I think we should place bets.  

How's this.....................

1. NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN / AT DAWN
2. MAHGEETAH
3. O IS THE ONE THAT IS REAL
4. ANYTIME
5. I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN-
5. ONE BIG HOLLIDAY
6. PINA COLADA SONG
7. OFF THE RECORD
8. COBRA / LIVE VERSION
9. WORDLESS CHORUS
10. GIDEON
11. DON DANTE
12. RUN THRU

------------------ENCORE-----------------------

13. I WILL SING YOU SONGS
14. OXEN
15. LAY LOW
16. I THINK I'M GOING TO HELL
17. STEAM ENGINE

---------------ENCORE---------------------------

JIM SOLO ACOUSTIC W/ CROWD SING ALONGS

18. BERMUDA HIGHWAY
19. BY MY CAR
20. THE BEAR
21. I WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU DIE

QuoteHow's this.....................

That got my stomach going pretty good.  Ho. lay.
Can we add a 10 minute long drum solo in there?

great setlist Sweatboard, although,  i would prefer that the Jim solo performance to be the first encore.

Anyone been before, how long of a set can we expect?

we got our tickets friday :)

Well, me and my buddy have got tickets for this, so I will be making an appearance. Looking forward to rocking out with you guys!

very cooooool, angry ewok!

sweatboard, last night i got caught in the rain.  being that i'd just had some champane (i'm into it) i didn't mind.  i also got lucky at midnight with some dude in a cape... oh wait that's not quite...

anyhow.  last night as i was trying to get to sleep (i leave in an hour, and i can't ever sleep before i'm going away), i thought:  holy fuck.  dude, in one week you will be in nashville.

sweet. ass.

i think we should make a dvd of the event so that the others can enjoy it.  we can release it alongside the fillmore dvd.  only ours will be free.  and retarded.  ;)

I'll bring my equipment.......Corey bring a camera.  We can edit together a two camera mix.  I'm seriously down with this idea.

Cool. My battery doesn't last very long, though.

:(

I'll offer up my services as a Cover Artist, or I could design the Menu's, or something. I'd love a DVD of an MMJ show that I was actually part of the audience.

The set before all last about an hour maybe a little over.  But, since MMJ is the last to play, we should expect a longer set.  PS ( IF YOU ARE COMING FOR THIS BAND AND THIS BAND ALONE, YOU BETTER BE FUCKING STANDING UP THE WHOLE TIME)

i'm in alabama.  three days to go.  we had soul food today and we saved a dog this morning.  

woooo hoooooooooooooooo!!

Are there any forum members who are planning on going to the ROS festival that do not already have tickets?

I don't have tickets yet.

QuoteI don't have tickets yet.

Brian, I just sent you an email.

Thanks, I'm at work and won't be able to check it until I get home tonight around 8:00pm.  

Brian

i think that me and corey are getting ours when we get to nashville.

in two days.

:) sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Quotei think that me and corey are getting ours when we get to nashville.

in two days.

:) sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

and your viking helmets... :o

NUFF SAID!!!!!

Meg, what time are you getting to Nasville again?

Oh shit! We need to get viking helmets!
I had completely forgotten.

I'm serious about that. Are you guys wearing them as well?

Brian, check your PM box.

if you guys find em, i'll most certainly wear one.

i am definitely lookin forward to this. heard we've got a surprise in store for us, too, but no mention of what it is. hell, i don't wanna know. i wanna get knocked off my feet.

QuoteOh shit! We need to get viking helmets!
I had completely forgotten.

I'm serious about that. Are you guys wearing them as well?

Brian, check your PM box.

A kind lady on the other side of the line in Florida guaranteed me they'd be here Thursday. We should have plenty!

Fuck yeah!
I was just coming back to ask if you could find some in Nashville. I just called the 2 places here that I thought would have them and they did not.

You're my hero!

Yes! What do they look like?

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You guys have to take a picture of everyone in their hats for me to see.   (As much as it will hurt to think about.)

Damn, I couldn't find any Viking helmets for me or my buddy...

 :'(

We'll be Vikings at heart, though...

any setlist projections?

Quoteany setlist projections?

i'm consulting my psychic energy right now...

one big holiday.




heh.

I'm praying that they play "Sooner"  I really really want that song tommorow night.

I am hoping for Dancefloors. In fact, I am hoping they open with Dancefloors.

other hopes:   O is the one that is real
                           War Begun
                           Heartbreakin' Man
                            the Bear
                             the Pina Colada Song

What the hell is the pina collada song?

Well, we probably will be caught in the rain tomorrow night so it would be tremendous to hear it.

That is one DAMN FINE list you have there Tracy.  If they play the Pina Colada Song, I will literally shed a tear.  

The Bear
Sooner
Pina Colada Song
O Is The One
War Begun
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

QuoteWhat the hell is the pina collada song?

The "Pina Collada Song" is just the single best song ever recorded by mankind...........


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OH HELL BALLS!!!!!!!!

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TEN......TEN FUCKING VIKING HELMETS!!!!!!

Anyone got a pair of Viking helmets they could loan out? Me and my buddy are gonna be horn-less, if not.

Well we will be HORNY as HELL!!!!!!!  Just look for the crazy motherfuckers with Horns sprouting from thier heads and mabey we can ah hooka you up.   ;)

I'm so fucking pshyched right now I can't stand it.  I really want them to play Picture Of You tomorrow...........

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QuoteWell we will be HORNY as HELL!!!!!!!  Just look for the crazy motherfuckers with Horns sprouting from thier heads and mabey we can ah hooka you up.   ;)

Awesome - it'd be very much appreciated, and we'd both feel good to be part of the clan... uh, or tribe?... Part of the pillagers?

We'll be showing up around the time for Blue Merle or Clap Your Hands... Look forward to meeting you all at last.

QuoteAnyone got a pair of Viking helmets they could loan out? Me and my buddy are gonna be horn-less, if not.

I'll bring the extras.  Or you might could have mine, I may be sportin' my afro.

Very cool, thanks guys. I'll be introducing myself as Brad/AngryEwok to anyone with horns... This will be the first show where I've been very social. I'm looking forward to it.

Now how fucking amazing would it be if MMJ played the Immigrant Song, whilst all of us are bouncing around in the rain with viking helmets? Oh HELL yes...

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I'll be happy with whatever they want to play. I've been looking forward to this show for a long time.

But PLEASE...play THE BEAR!!!!

safe travels everyone.  see you in hours!  

OH BOY!!!!!!

All right all you "Horny" people! I sure hope all of us not able to attend get a blow by blow summary w/ alot of pictures. Have a great time and although TEO is not there in body He will be there in Spirit.

Sad times........    the 'Trane will not be attending either. So someone must rock their fucking hearts out for me!!!!  


i'm sure it will be Meg.

Sure is quite around here.......

Wonder why......

Lucky Sonzabitches.

You guys and gals have a wonderful night!

Luckies is right.  :)