We hit the Trifecta!

1. It was a perfect concert day.
2. The Jets won.
3. The Redskins beat the Cowboys.
What more could anyone ask for?! Everyone in our festival group had at least 1 of these things to be happy about.
We set up our camp at the AMD tent and really enjoyed the 12:30 show (enough to buy her CD) - Nicole Atkins & the Sea. Next up was Nakia & His Southern Cousins at the Wamu tent. The interesting story about him was that Sharon Jones (of the Dap Kings) randomly pulled Nakia up on stage to dance with her during her Saturday set. She had no idea he was also a musician. The Wamu tent has always proved to us to be a hidden goldmine of great music - I can't think of a time we were disappointed. And it is the only stage that is covered so you get a break from the heat.

Next up at Wamu was Mike Farris and the Rowland Rhythm Review. A recovering alcoholic ex-rocker turned black gospel music singer. It was impossible not to clap and sing along with these inspirational gospel tunes with his added rockin' edge. Interesting tidbit - he is also the only singer we saw who could chew gum and sing at the same time.


I made the wrong selection for lunch. The "turkey and brie panini" was really just a turkey sub. Should've gone for the Hudson's chicken cone again. Now I have to wait another year for one of those.

A real highlight of the day was hearing Joe Bonamassa, a 31 year old guitar master who played the very first ACL 7 in 2002 and this was his first time back. He was in what was called the Gospel tent (now Wamu) that first year. Anyway, he is in the same league as Stevie Ray Vaughn so it was a delight to hear what he could do with his guitar. Paul has a better camera and promised to share his photos with me later.
Next up for us was Neko Case and a rest back at our chairs. Then Austin's Okkervil River (below)
It was starting to get crowded by now, but not as much as it was on Saturday.A special treat was seeing this guy we remembered from last year who looks like Billy Idol. LOL! This kind of made up for not having the (in)famous Leslie roaming around the festival grounds. We only saw him once this weekend on Barton Springs road.
The last show we saw at AMD was The Raconteurs, shown in black and white. on the video screens. Jack White of the White Stripes

We had parked at Chuys on Sunday so that is where we ate. It was fine. Great margaritas of course AND we achieved our goal of not eating at Shady Grove all 3 nights.

And at the end of the day we heated up the hot tub and Mike baked (well, warmed actually) some 2 bite brownies for us. It was late, but none of us had any motivation to get out until it got too hot. :)

Now for some much needed sleep....