Mountain Jam 2011 - Roll Call

[8bobbyb]

Johnny,
I am still holding out hope that Trish can pull this off.......I gave her some creative suggestions to ensure that she is top form for her all day training the day after the fest.........keep hope alive!
Bob

[joey_rogo]

bought my camping ticket yesterday. tune in tomorrow at 11 for more band announcements!!

[johnnYYac]

Looking forward to this more and more...

added 2/24/11

Gov't Mule
My Morning Jacket
Warren Haynes Band
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Avett Brothers
Umphrey's McGee
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Bela Fleck & the Original Flecktones
Mavis Staples
Electric Hot Tuna
7 Walkers
Lotus
North Mississippi Allstars
Soulive
Portugal. The Man
The New Deal
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tim Reynolds & TR3
Dawes
Toubab Krewe
Zach Deputy
Ryan Montbleau Band
Big Gigantic
The London Souls
Chris Barron (of The Spin Doctors)
Charlie Hunter
Civil Twilight
Carbon Leaf
The Heavy Pets
Orgone
Kung Fu
The Alternate Routes
Dangermuffin
Moon Taxi
Ari Hest
TAB the Band
Leroy Justice
Morning Teleportation
Bronze Radio Return
Pieta Brown
The Erin Hobson Compact
The Wiyos
The Big Takeover
Voodelic
Livingston Leo
Spirit Family Reunion
Nathan Moore
Stephen Lynch

[ericm]

Looking forward to this more and more...

added 2/24/11


Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

I'm looking forward to seeing them again too, and maybe this time we'll get to see those gams, that I've heard so much about, but didn't get to see in Vermont. ;) Damned long skirts!

[headhunter]

don't get too excited boys, Grace only agreed to play when she heard that I had my ticket.
;)
Psyched to see GP added to the bill and I may have to send her an em to tell her about the Mountain Side House we rented in case she needs a place to crash.

8)

[Penny Lane]

don't get too excited boys, Grace only agreed to play when she heard that I had my ticket.
;)
Psyched to see GP added to the bill and I may have to send her an em to tell her about the Mountain Side House we rented in case she needs a place to crash.

8)

Heh--legs that don't quit! I'll need to get some pics to text to 'dead'...
said oh la la..oh la la la...

[joey_rogo]

i am pumped that grace is coming. i heard that she is playing right before mmj (?). just like last august, the night i met many of you great folks.

[e_wind]

Wait is the schedule out for this?

[Kenny76]

I went to this festival in '09.  I personally had more fun there than at Bonnaroo, because it was so much easier to get around, it wasn't obscenely hot, the crowd was 100% civil (ok let's just say 99% to be safe) and you didn't miss anything, because the two main stages are right next to each other - the acts go back and forth between the stages.  There's rarely a moment when music is not being played.  It truly is an ideal spot for a festival, and I think it's the ideal size.

Note to all who camp... I reiterate that everyone I met was friendly, and I don't remember any drama, but the revelry does NOT stop up in the camping area, and people are still hooting and hollering, forming random drum circles, and are drunk and/or trippin balls until 5 or 6 am.   This was all fine by me, but it's not for the uninitiated.  Also, on the last night I camped there, it was literally freezing cold outside.  I heard the temp was 34, but I really think it got below freezing.  Regardless, COLD.  That may have been an anomaly, but make sure to bring a warm sweater, maybe two, because I wore about 5 layers that night, including a wool sweater than my aunt in Norway knitted for me, and I wrapped myself in my sleeping bag too of course.  But I'm not trying to scare anyone.  The other nights were fine.  I believe the first night was pretty warm actually.

It's interesting, because the day crowd there is pretty tame.  Lot of families stake out spots on the hill, and you'll see a good number of children running around.   The crowd is generally older than your average festival crowd, not that the majority isn't 20 and 30 somethings.  But it seems to be a big event for the baby boomer hippies who settled in that area as well.  It's a good mix of old and young, and I prefer it that way.

I would love to camp there again, but this year, I can only get out there on Saturday, and would need to leave Sunday morning to get back to Boston.  I'm assuming Govt Mule will close out the festival on Sunday (they always have, right?) and MMJ will close on Saturday night (excepting the late night act)... would anyone disagree?  Can we confirm this?

[joey_rogo]

kenny, what you have just said is awesome. i am even more excited now.

i cannot confirm 100% because i am lazy, but i am pretty sure that i read on mnt jams own website that mmj is closing on sunday. yup. closing the mountain. and to answer e, that grace is indeed playing before them. i read all of this mnt jams message board on their website. so yeah, a bunch of peeps just like us saying stuff, but for some strange reason, i believe them. actually, the mmj on sunday part i read in a bulletin the site sent out, not on the message board. but still, i cannot 100% confirm.

but anyways, thanks for the type up. i had another person tell me that it is cold as shit there. and well i live an hour north so that is not a surprise to me, but a good reminder. so i hope that if indeed mmj is on sunday you can still make it.

[Kenny76]

Now I remember that the Allman Brothers closed on Sunday in '09.... and they were the 2nd name on the bill, just as MMJ is 2nd on the bill this year...

sooo.... maybe I can take off that following Monday after all.  8)

[bold99]

I went to this festival in '09.  I personally had more fun there than at Bonnaroo, because it was so much easier to get around, it wasn't obscenely hot, the crowd was 100% civil (ok let's just say 99% to be safe) and you didn't miss anything, because the two main stages are right next to each other - the acts go back and forth between the stages.  There's rarely a moment when music is not being played.  It truly is an ideal spot for a festival, and I think it's the ideal size.

Note to all who camp... I reiterate that everyone I met was friendly, and I don't remember any drama, but the revelry does NOT stop up in the camping area, and people are still hooting and hollering, forming random drum circles, and are drunk and/or trippin balls until 5 or 6 am.   This was all fine by me, but it's not for the uninitiated.  Also, on the last night I camped there, it was literally freezing cold outside.  I heard the temp was 34, but I really think it got below freezing.  Regardless, COLD.  That may have been an anomaly, but make sure to bring a warm sweater, maybe two, because I wore about 5 layers that night, including a wool sweater than my aunt in Norway knitted for me, and I wrapped myself in my sleeping bag too of course.  But I'm not trying to scare anyone.  The other nights were fine.  I believe the first night was pretty warm actually.

It's interesting, because the day crowd there is pretty tame.  Lot of families stake out spots on the hill, and you'll see a good number of children running around.   The crowd is generally older than your average festival crowd, not that the majority isn't 20 and 30 somethings.  But it seems to be a big event for the baby boomer hippies who settled in that area as well.  It's a good mix of old and young, and I prefer it that way.

I would love to camp there again, but this year, I can only get out there on Saturday, and would need to leave Sunday morning to get back to Boston.  I'm assuming Govt Mule will close out the festival on Sunday (they always have, right?) and MMJ will close on Saturday night (excepting the late night act)... would anyone disagree?  Can we confirm this?

Actually the Mule never closes it out.  The year I was there it was Ratdog, I think the year after it was Levon...and this year is MMJ.  Mule always plays Saturday night.

[br00ke]

damn .. i was hoping MMJ on sunday was gonna be wrong (i've never gone to a mtn. jam). sunday night makes it harder for me to boogie up to see them, boogie back down and not have to take off work.

[johnnYYac]

For folks like Brooke and Trish & Bob, who fear they cannot make the Sunday night MMJ set at Mountain Jam, the word through postings on their message board is that the last set on Sunday night ends around 10 PM, based on previous years.  Alman Bros. ended early one year (9:30 PM) due to dropping temps and Levon Helm's set last year went to 11 PM.  THAT should make decisions a lot easier (unless MMJ makes history with an epic 4 hour set to midnight). 

So, we'll see you there, Brooke and Trish & Bob!  ;)

Here's speculation on a general schedule (so far), based on numerous sources cited below, taken from the Mountain Jam message board:

Thursday:
The London Souls - MJ
Soulive - MJ
Big Gigantic - MJ

Friday (Noon to 3 AM):
TR3 - Jambase
Dawes - Website
TAB - Website
Bela Fleck - Pollstar
Hot Tuna - Website
WHB - MJ
UM(latenight)- educated guess

Saturday (Noon to 3 AM):
Bronze Radio - Website
Civli Twilight - Pollstar
Alternate Routes - Pollstar
Avetts - Website
Franti - Website
NMAS - Website.
Mule - MJ
7 Walkers(latenight) - Website

Sunday (Noon to 10 PM):
Preservation Hall - Pollstar
GPN - MJ
MMJ - MJ

[johnnYYac]

Looking forward to this more and more...

added 2/24/11


Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

I'm looking forward to seeing them again too, and maybe this time we'll get to see those gams, that I've heard so much about, but didn't get to see in Vermont. ;) Damned long skirts!

Based on last year's GPN set, there is hope, Eric.  ;)

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - "Paris" - Mountain Jam VI - 6/6/10

[ynwa]

i might have to back out of this  :-\.  my friend decided she wants to do a bachelorette weekend, in 'nawlins ( :D), and it's looking like it'll be right around that time.  even if it's not the same weekend, financially, i won't be able to swing both mtn jam & debauchery galore in the big easy.

at the very most i will prob just do sunday (mmj day) but i'm not even 100% on that.  so, so far i have zero mmj shows lined up.  that just ain't right!

[br00ke]

welllll .. if you go up for MMJ only, i'd probably be a willing tag-a-long  8) at any rate .. homegirl w/o a car will be looking for a ride  :P

[bluesky]

I'm with Brooke, we live close by one another and could help with the gas funds 

[lil sis]

Brooke/Val

If Liz & I end up going for just Sunday, I wouldn't mind being the chauffer.  Work slows down for me in May for the summer so I can sleep in that Monday or easily take the day off. 

[brn2plybal]

Good morning all...

I'm thinking about heading to Mountain Jam this summer.

I've never done a festival before.  I'm a big live music fan, just never made it to a festival for some reason.

Anyways, I like the lineup a lot and think Mountain Jam will be a nice, fun, chill weekend.

Anyone ever been?

Easy to sit and chill and watch/listen to some bands while getting close up for some (MMJ)?

If I arrive on Thurs night, will I get a flat land camping spot?

Thanks all.