Sunday, June 8, 2008

How it all began

welcome to the world of all things bonnaroo! this blog will serve as a repository of everything we see, hear, do, smell, and participate in during bonnaroo 2008. to start the fun, here's a brief history of why 2 girls named hope and sam are going to the 'roo, as we call it-and why you should care:

bonnaroo is well known as the best of all concerts to go to because, well, it's not just 1 concert. dozens of bands, comedians, singers, anyone cool and famous get together for 4 days in the middle-of-nowhere tennessee to rock and roll, woodstock-style. pearl jam will be there, right next to bb king and kanye west. allison krauss will be playing on one stage, while death cab for cutie is on another (hardest decision to make!!). basically, imagine everything great about music, add 80,000 people peaceably living together in tents, and you have the 'roo.

or, at least that's what we've been told. we've never gone. but always wanted to-just haven't wanted to pay hundreds of dollars for the experience (we may be post-college, but haven't met our sugar daddies-yet).

enter the bridge at 105.5, a radio station in charleston that truly does play quality music-how else would i know the greatness of newton faulkner or missy higgins? the bridge had a contest to win 2 free special-access tickets to bonnaroo, and so i drove over to the habitat resale store in mt. pleasant, entered my name, and voila-5 days later i'm jumping around like a bloomin' imbecile, screaming at the top of my lungs that 'i'm going to the ROOOOOOO!!!'. they replayed it on the radio for future personal humiliation.

so, that's the story. my best friend, hope, was of course my choice to accompany me-we do well on road trips, are semi-similiar in our musical tastes, and she can keep a good eye on me when i lose all sense of what's the 'right' thing to do. or, at least she has so far :-)

continue to check the blog, especially once thursday hits-we'll be updating with posts, pictures, and reviews of the acts we see. we want this blog to be as real of a roo experience as it can be without being there, so will do our best to update alot. feel free to comment, but please keep things respectful-there are young 'roo lovers readin this also.

in the meantime, here's a question for you:

what would be your top 3 groups to see at the 'roo? check out www.bonnaroo.com for a full listing of all bands playing!

Sam

2 comments:

John David Henderson said...

Your Mom's a bonnaroo.

Sarah & Patrick said...

Robert Randolph
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Allison Krauss & Robert Plant
Drive By Truckers (Definitely)
My Morning Jacket
Wood Bros
Vampire Weekend
Little Feat (If you miss them, I will punch you in the face)
Louis C.K.