City Stages 2008 Review, Day 2
Yes, it was Saturday the 14th. It was See Stages, Day 2: Electric Boogaloo.
There was some an influence on at first. We woke up pretty late since we got lodgings from The Roots set at about 2 a.m. So we ended up sleeping tardy and a big rain storm caused us to rarity if the less-than-thrilling Saturday lineup, exceptionally during the day, merited a trip back to Birmingham. Fortunately, we came to our senses. No way were we missing Buddy Guy.
Also, at the peril of sounding like a doddering aged person, thank goodness for YouTube and MySpace. It’s so keen to be able to look at a band’s name, typeface them into the computer a few places and have a variety of songs and videos to look at. You can settle within a matter a minutes whether a band is something you are interested in seeing or not. Such was the outcome of the North Mississippi All Stars, who failed to affect Kate with their online offerings (although we both loved the tense washboard).
Thus, we left in time to lass the Mississippians but with every intention of catching Buddy Guy. And, simply … Ben Harper.
We didn’t do much anniversary wandering. Linn Park is a bewitching place for people to gather, but after a fugitive stroll through, we headed towards Buddy Guy. We saw the last tune of the North Mississippi All Stars and a bit of some of the increasingly-bad townsman stage. Our sample size is small, but it’s depressing to learn that most of the county acts we’ve seen are bad metal bands. Who knew that Guns and Roses, Judas Reverend and Motley Crue would continue to have such a primary influence on the white kids from Vestavia and Mountain Brook who have obvious to form bands? Terrible. Dialect mayhap some of the local acts we’ve missed have been larger.
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: $69.95 
