Classic Rock Musings, Rants & Raves

Reports coming in from Manchester, Tennessee indicate that the recent 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival was a hit and miss affair. With 150 acts spread out over four days, things were bound to go haywire, and apparently they did on Saturday night.

Headliner Pearl Jam played a three-hour set, supposedly delaying other acts to follow. Kanye West, who seemed way out of place at the festival, didn’t hit the stage until 4:25 in the morning. By that time, most of the audience had wandered back to their tents to get some shuteye. To make matters worse, West didn’t apologize for the delay.

Fortunately, this was the only major mishap of an otherwise trouble-free weekend. Chris Rock and Metallica whipped up the crowd on Friday night. Sunday night featured Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Widespread Panic on the main stage. Other acts who appeared at the eclectic festival, now in its sixth year, included Phil Lesh and Friends, Jack Johnson, My Morning Jacket, The Raconteurs, Willie Nelson, Solomon Burke, Levon Helm and B.B. King, who was given the key to Manchester by the city’s mayor.

Wish I could have been here.