June 8, 2007

Mountain Jam Review & Photos - Day 3 - 06/03/07

The last day of Mountain Jam started off with a huge thunderstorm that dumped more rain on saturated ground and the thought in my head was whether the rest of bands would get a chance to finish this festival. I ate breakfast, went back and took a nap and woke up to more rain… Not good….. But a command decision was made to give it a chance and see what would happen. Put on my hiking boots and by the time we got to Hunter, it had stopped. Sweet!!!!

The rain was on and off all day and have to give kudos to the stage crew for doing an excellent job. All the bands came out and performed to the best of their ability and the crowd went along with whatever happened.

Michael Franti & Spearhead rocked the house, Robert Randolph did his usual masterful job of applying his own brand of jam on the steel guitar, North Mississippi Allstars made the crowd forget the rain for a while and by the time Phil Lesh & Friends hit the stage, nobody cared about anything but hearing a bit of old Grateful Dead classics and whatever else they could throw in.

I learned long ago living in the Louisiana climate there is nothing you can do about rain or anything else Mother Nature decides to throw your way. Same goes for the Catskill Mountains in New York. Despite the rain, a good time was had and look forward to the 2008 version of Mountain Jam. With a better rainsuit…….