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[Royal]

1) Zach Deputy
2) Keller Williams
3) Phil Lesh and Friends
4) Yonder Mountain String Band
5) Miz
6) Ryan Montbleau Band (they've never disapointed at Vibes)
7) Primus
8) Mcovins
9) Conspirator

[Raynequeen]

1 Mickey!
2 Phil
3 strangefolk
4 conspirator
5 dso!
6 machine
7 bobby
8 yonder
9 the silent disco was its own best time
10 aod

[Speckta]

By far my favorite was Phil Lesh & Friends

I also enjoyed the first set and a half of DSO (sleepy second set but a killer St. Stephen > Not Fade Away > St.Stephen "encore"), Yonder, McLovins, and Ryan Montbleau.

I expected more out of Seven Walker and Bobby & Bruce. Zappa Plays Zappa was fun.

[CamLwalk]

1. PRIMUS
2. George Porter Jr. & Running Pardners
3. 7 Walkers
4. Lettuce/Soulive
5. Ryan Montbleau

honorable mentions - Zappa Plays Zappa and McLovins (that YEM was choice)

[Eco]

Pretty much everything except Primus. Really wish I could like more than their 3 hits but it all sounds the same to me. Seeing people really getting into them bothers me cause I just don't get it.

The Kind Buds rocked in VIP, the Green Vibes stage was a constant collection of great talent, the kids area music was excellent and random people jamming in camping made it a wonderful weekend of good ear food.

[tiedyesky]

Phil
Primus
7 Walkers
Yonder
Strangefolk

[Occifer Boland]

Yeah.. The Kind Buds in VIP tent was a highlight for me...

[williscat2000]

Primus sounded spectacularly wierd..phils set was hot but guitars were weak at points, bob and friends was good- nothing outragously great- honsby and his band was the real standout. strangefolk was good, DSO was great on thursday night- great set mattson killed it..it was a show from 89, dopapod was real good (and nice to hang with afterward), the machine was great- my first time seeing them- they sounded exactly like FLoyed. Hits some really chioce stuff.... 7 waslkers was good, mickey bored me a little, soulive was great and had a big crowd..conspiprator bored me but also had a big crowd..zappa plays zappa was tremendous guitar playing-dweezil was on fire. ryan montblue was rocking good and had a big crowd on the main stage.

[elder]

Yeah.. The Kind Buds in VIP tent was a highlight for me...

Hands down, the Kind Buds doing Echoes.

I also enjoyed DSO, RMB, Primus, and Phil and Co.

[In A Silent Way]

In no particular order:

MiZ
Primus
The Machine
7 Walkers
Ryan Montbleau Band
Zappa Plays Zappa
Mickey Hart Band

[Tabbooma]

In order

Zappa plays Zappa
Phil
Avett Brothers
Primus
7 Walkers
Tiger Rose MC

*Tabbooma is bummed he missed Mickey and IASW interview with him

[In A Silent Way]

Tiger Rose killed it as MC.

[Royal]

Tiger Rose MC

He did an awesome job.

[Tabbooma]

Sure did, it was so cool seeing him on stage and doing his thing, made Tabbooma very happy to see it

[mollythecat]

Strangefolk
Avett Bros
RMB
Furthur
Etc...

[gregoir]

Sound Tribe-old school and funky sounds. Also the best sound quality and lighting of the weekend. Only show I saw on the main field that the sound didn't seem muddled in the back.

Dopapod-Great set though a little tame for them. Seemed they toned things down a bit for the Vibes crowd

Kung Fu-I wasn't that into these guys at first but the last to shows I saw were hot as can be.

Papadosio-Good to see my friends draw a huge crowd and at 5 AM! They also keep getting better and better.

Conspirator-Always good to see my boys doing their thing even if it is not nearly as good as the biscuits

[Chula]

Guess you missed Sunday - Creek killed it.

[Depends]

I enjoyed Sound Tribe... pleasant surprise.
I had fun at DBB, really liked 7 Walkers. Phil's set was great, as was DSO. The Machine was very good.
I have tried for years to like Primus, sorry, I just don't get it...

[Depends]

Guess you missed Sunday - Creek killed it.

I heard Blood Red Roses on the radio while leaving teh Vibes... I just can't get away from that song.... lol

[Terrapin Station]

I enjoyed Sound Tribe... pleasant surprise.
I had fun at DBB, really liked 7 Walkers. Phil's set was great, as was DSO. The Machine was very good.
I have tried for years to like Primus, sorry, I just don't get it...

[In A Silent Way]

Forgot about Kung Fu kicking sss and taking names once again. George Porter didn't suck either. Soulive Lettuce Famiky Reunion sounded pretty good too.

[Lostsailr]

<sub>plenty we missed, so I know I missed great stuff,
but Phil, big time
Ryan Montbleau
DBB
Machine
AOD
Steel Pulse (we first listened them on our honeymoon in Barbados, so it was nostalgic)
Working all day Thursday forced me to miss Zach unfortunately.

And we were so sad to be out like a light before the Budds at VIP tent. Mary's first night in, and that usually = extra drinking early >>>> early bed time.</sub>

[Lazy Lightning]

1) The Primate Fiasco - if you didn't catch them, you missed out!

[u.s.blues]

primus
max creek
phil
7walkers
mickey hart
keller
bobby
soulive

[SunshineDrummer]

I enjoyed pretty much everything. A few highlights for me were:

Being up by the stage for Keller.

Discovered Primate Fiasco while wandering around pre-Bobby. Stopped to get down with them for a little while & had a lot of fun!

First time I'd seen 7 Walkers. I definitely want to see more.

I was surprised by STS9. Didn't set out to catch their set, didn't think it was going to be my cup of tea, but heard the whole thing from camp and really enjoyed it.

Every time I see one of Mickey's projects, I love him a little more. Wish I could have heard IASW's interview with him.

Primus kicked my ass. What a great set!!! And the pig parade will go down as one of my all-time top Vibes memories.

I really liked the Avett Brothers. Never would have hung around for them if it weren't for Gotroot's recommendation. I owe you one, buddy!

And so much more that I'm probably forgetting, but that's what's in my still hazy brain at the moment. And I agree with everyone saying what a great job Tiger Rose did as MC. He was great!!

[gram-man]

PRIMUS!!!!!!!

[KittyKindBud]

Yeah.. The Kind Buds in VIP tent was a highlight for me...

The Buds were on fire - best Echoes I've ever heard them play!

I LOVED dancing to STS9

[Mama Kel]

Yonder!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they were hot!!
DSO & I'm not usually a fan
Mickey
Strangefolk
RMB (although I had to listen from the kids tent)
School of Rock stage - everything that came out of there was incredible

and of course..Cornmeal

[tyedyedee]

phil was my highlight...just a great set
rmb had a smokin set in every sense of the word!!!!! KEN, STOP MAKING THEM PLAY FIRST! THEY HAVE EARNED A LATER SLOT!!!!!!
george porter and the runnin pardners was AWESOME and made me miss all but a song and a half of zach cuz george was on fire and they were layin it the eff down
surprise great set from cosmic jibaros (which means wanderer, btw)
7 walkers was great, loved the bk3 mali line-up
dso was awesome
yonder was fun
primus was a thumpy freaky good time
zach (what little i saw) was his usual funky self, shakin his tube steak around
bobby was ok, bruce and branford were great

didnt rage latenight like usual but prob more due to not feeling 100% than lack of the bands being good...

[sums]

i did get to see a little music this year

all of it was great:

cosmic jibarros on the green vibes stage
the 1st 4 or 5 songs of yonder (they opened with a todd snider song!)
phil as background music while i was talking to a friend i hadn't seen in over 20 years
about 4 or 5 songs of mickey
and (my highlight) the entire avett brothers set on sunday

good thing i love my job at vibes

[In A Silent Way]

Don't despaIr. I'll have the Mickey Hart interview on the air again this Sunday at noon, and then it will be archived. I'll also post it to the Grooveshark so you can hear it on the Radio Vibes web page.

Did I mention how much I dug ZPZ, RMB, and MiZ?

[KrisNYG]

Primus /end thread.

[Julius]

1. Primus
2. Primus
3. Primus
4. Phil
5. Yonder

[Julius]

And I am SO over the McLovins. The novelty has worn off.

[gregoir]

And I am SO over the McLovins. The novelty has worn off.

fuck those little shits.

[KrisNYG]

fuck those little shits.

They're from my town, I think they all graduated high school this year.

[djinn_n_juice]

I was on the ferris wheel for Keller doing Best Feeling, that was kinda awesome...Steel Pulse impressed me, wasn't very familiar with them prior...tried to be on the Ferris wheel when Primus started, but a lot of people faster than my old arse had the same idea...was really impressed at the various school of rock bands we caught

[freshwater dan]

I loved Steel Pulse. They're a great band with so many good songs, only a few of which they performed.

I was especially impressed with Keller. I've seen him many times and thought I knew all of his tricks. He pulled out some crazy shit and blew my mind.

[electricblue]

I though Zappa plays Zappa was cool.
Kid's got talent!

Missed Max Creek though

[Tabbooma]

[Smiles]

1) The Primate Fiasco - if you didn't catch them, you missed out!

They were great all weekend. I caught the end of Toubab Krew, Primate Fiasco got up there on the stage with them. It was AWESOME! Such a good combination. Best part of Primate fiasco at the GV field for me was the crowd it attracted. The shaggy professor tie dye dude hand and face dancing, the clueless guy who thought he could jam with his wood flute (he really couldn't), the older tie dye lady with dangly earings jitter bugging the shit out of herself. I hope Primate Fiasco comes back every year. So nice to dance and strut across the campground with them.

Dopapod was my favorite all weekend until I saw Avett Brothers. They performed so incredibly well and the music means so much to me. Probably my new favorite Vibes set.

[Ginger Snap]

Primus
Phil and sons
Soulive Neil Evans is the single most beautiful man on the planet.
Lettuce
Yonder

[FYC (Find Your Cloud)]

1. Twiddle was fucking monstrous. We were on our way in the rain to get some breakfast and got derailed with their ass-shaking goodness.


2. STS9... I waited ten years to see them live again and I was so glad that I was lucky enough to be there!
.

3. Papadosio unexpected tastiness from a band I haven't had the chance to catch yet. I couldn't have chosen a better sOundtrack for spunday sunrise.

4. Primus was awesome as always great setlist but could have been a tad jammier considering what I have seen then put out in the past
Other highlights were dopapod, kung fu, and Ryan montbleau

[FYC (Find Your Cloud)]

How the hell could I forget soulive!!!!!
Holy shit they were good minus the soul slowdown mid set. Can't be rocking sleepy soul as a latenight.
They put the fire back into it to close it out though.

[insolent cur]

musical highlights:
steel pulse
7 walkers
phil, et. al.
zpz
kind buds
primate fiasco
soulive/lettuce
gordon taylor/mc

musical regrets:
missing greylight campfire
missing the machine
not being up front to watch dweezil's mastery of the guitar

[Gnomes]

Top selection: Primus (I'm biased though.As a bass player, Les is an idol of mine)

In no particular order:
Ryan Montbleau Band
Zappa Plays Zappa
Dark Star
Assembly of Dust
The Stepkids
Royal Family Ball (Eleanor Rigby stole my face)
Bob Weir, et. al
Zach Deputy

However, I didn't see anything I didn't like.

[Karen]

Favorites:
1. Phil n Friends
2. YMSB
3. Primate Fiasco
4. Kung Fu

Regret missing:
1. Keller
2. RMB
3. Mickey Hart
4. Soulive/Lettuce


I WILL plan better next year!

[mountain mama]

Phil and Friends!! wow
DSO
the machine
AOD
7 walkers
YMSB
caught a lil Keller from the field and tent -
really, everyone was so freakin awesome!
George Porter!!! Mickey!! Dweezil! KIND BUDS! Tiger Rose!
and STS9, was so much fun dancin with you, Karen circles and circles and circles....

regret missing PRIMUS! i slept 4 hours all weekend and it was during Primus...
and David Gans, dunno where i was...

how many days??

[Mindbender]

No particular order

Phil et al
Yonder Mtn
ZPZ
7 Walkers
Mickey
Steel Pulse
Keller Williams
Max Creek

nice to have Radio Vibes so we could catch music while at our campsite
GV stage and SoR bands were really good too.

[Dr. StrangeHat]

I only got down to see/hear three full sets of music - Strangefolk, Primus and Zappa Plays Zappa. All three were fantastic!!

I was also impressed by what I caught of Twiddle on the Green Vibes stage...those guys definitely came to play and brought the heat in the rain on Friday