Gentlemen of the Road Night One

It's been almost a year since I've blogged.  I was finishing up grad school & let this fall on the back burner, but I was still able to a bunch of shows. I want to start up again so I can track the concerts
I attend & maybe help you decide whether a certain show is worth going to.

At this very moment, I'm sitting at my campsite at the Gentlemen of the Road show.  Mumford & Sons set up this show to be like a traveling circus, going from random town to town.  This weekend they are in Troy, OH.  The show is at the town's high school football stadium (which is huge) and the camping is in surrounding fields.  We're set up under a railroad track where a train seems to come by (& blow it's horn) every hour.  That didn't make for the best nights sleep, but it is still pretty cool.  There's Radiohead playing over the loudspeakers as campers meander toward the port a potties, free showers, & into town for breakfast.  So far this festival is turning out to be one of the most laid back & well orchestrated shows I have been to.

Last night we arrived & had to carry our stuff from the parking lot to the campgrounds so we kept the bare minimum & left a lot behind in the car.  We were able to hear Half Moon Run from our tents & they had a good sound but were on the mellow side.  I couldn't really hear Willy Mason, but he seemed mellow as well.  Phosphorescent killed it.  They're hard to describe, but I would say they're trippy, hippy, almost 70s genre.  Then Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros ended the night strong.  If you see them be prepared for a long jam sesh. I love how Edward Sharpe has like 15 people in their band.

We wandered into town & there were so many options for food & it was all delicious!  I'm pumped for Mumford tonight!