Hey guys,
Just in case you don’t hear from me in a while, I better remind you that the Savannah Stopover is starting Thursday, and I do tend to overdo it at this excellent festival, so it may take me a while to bounce back. This is my favorite event of the year, I actually feel this festival is custom-made for me: a hundred or so bands playing all weekend, all within walking/biking distance of each other. I can’t think of anything more fun.
Some years, I make a schedule, some years I just wing it with whoever I am hanging out with for the next few hours (not many can survive the whole day with me, except the enigmatic Ian Churchill). I was planning on winging it this year, but my wife Susan says I have to make a schedule for the blog. So this is my attempt at a schedule.
I should say that I tend to be less inclined to see local bands during the Stopover, only because I get to see them so often. I also like to go to as many venues as I can, that affects my choices sometimes. You will notice a lot of overlap, I’ve still got to figure that out as it goes. My back-up choices are in parenthesis and I have asterisked my must-sees. These are the shows I would like to see, but mostly it will depend on my mood at the time the show starts as to which show I attend. And lots of times, I will only watch half of the show, so I can make it to another show. My experience has been that all of the bands are top-notch and you will not be disappointed with any of your choices. I hope to see lots of people at the shows. Be sure to say “hello”.
On a personal note, I wanted to let everyone know that my daughter, Lisa, will be in town this weekend. She plans on hanging with me for the Saturday afternoon shows. She’ll be the one with blue hair. Surprised? [editor’s note: not surprised by the blue hair, but we had no idea Larry had a daughter]
Update: The Moon River shows on Thursday were moved to the Knights of Columbus.
Thursday 3/6
1900 – Good Graeff – Knights of Columbus (formerly at Moon River)
2000 – St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Knights of Columbus (formerly at Moon River)
(2030 – mumbledust – Artist’s Lounge)
2100 – Spires – City Coffee
(2100 – Fare The Gap – Hang Fire)
2130 – Secret Show – Artist’s Lounge
2200 – Team Spirit – Hang Fire
2230 – Bear Hands – Knights of Columbus
2300 – *Black Cadillacs – Congress Street Social Club
(2300 – Total Slacker – Hang Fire)
(2330 – Wye Oak – Knights of Columbus)
2400 – *J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Congress Street Social Club
(2400 – Minature Tigers – Hang Fire)
0100 – Kylesa – Jinx
Friday 3/7
1600 – Crazy Bag Lady – Hang Fire, Sauna Heat – Congress Street Social Club, Whiskey Dick – Jinx
1700 – Woolfolk – Jinx
(1700 – Tweens – Hang Fire, Secret Show – Abe’s on Lincoln, Triathalon – Congress Street Social Club)
1800 – Cretin Gils – Congress Street Social Club
(1800 – Teen Age – Hang Fire, Los Colognes – Jinx, Accomplices – Moon River)
1900 – Secret Show – Abe’s on Lincoln, J. Zagers – Congress Street Social Club, this mountain – Moon River
2000 – River Whyless – Moon River
2030 – *July Talk – Knights of Columbus
2130 – *Starlight Girls – Hang Fire
(2130 – Belle Game – Knights of Columbus)
2200 – Pile – Jinx, New Madrid – Congress Street Social Club
2330 – Public Service Broadcasting – City Coffee
2400 – Thomas Wynn & The Believers – Congress Street Social Club
(2400 – Speedy Ortiz – Jinx)
0030 – Teen – Hang Fire
Saturday 3/8
1400 – mumbledust – Congress Street Social Club
(1430 – COEDS – Knights of Columbus)
1500 – *CURTIN – Hang Fire
(1530 – Sun Club – Knights of Columbus)
1600 – City Hotel – Moon River, Have Gun Will Travel – Jinx, Connections – Hang Fire
(1630 – Racoon Fighter – Knights of Columbus)
1700 – *Whiskey Gentry – Jinx
(1700 – Wild Child – Moon River)
1800 – Hurray For The Riff Raff – Moon River
1830 – Los Colognes – Ellis Square
1930 – Clear Plastic Masks – Ellis Square
2030 – The Weeks – Ellis Square
(2100 – Secret Show – Artist’s Lounge, Secret Show – Abe’s on Lincoln)
2130 – Ambrose – Jinx
(2200 – Secret Show – Abe’s on Lincoln)
2200 – Cretin Girls – Hang Fire
2300 – Bleeding Rainbow – Hang Fire
(2300 – Fever The Ghost – Knights of Columbus)
2330 – Spirit Animal – Jinx
(2400 – Oberhofer – Knights of Columbus)
0030 – Peelander-Z – Jinx
Whew! Now is time to get ready for St. Patrick’s Day.
