{"id":4617,"date":"2009-05-02T21:47:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T04:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2009-05-02T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T04:52:11","slug":"jazzfestmayda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/02\/jazzfestmayda\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Fest May Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve lived here for 5 years now and we’ve just figured out Jazz Fest.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it works.\u00c2\u00a0 You hang out.\u00c2\u00a0 You somewhat randomly wander around, meeting up with friends, checking out crafts and tents, getting food, and (of course) hearing music.\u00c2\u00a0 If you LET the magic happen, it will.<\/p>\n

Here are a few random highlights that show a little of what we saw… I apologize that I did not capture in photographs more of what we did.\u00c2\u00a0 I was very busy dancing, listening, talking, eating, laughing… you know, doing.<\/p>\n

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Here’s Washboard Chaz.<\/p>\n

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Here’s Beausoliel<\/a> avec Michael Doucet.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a few hours before Paul realized Mr. Doucet was standing directly behind me in the plantain and spinach food line. (You can click here<\/a> to go and hear “Alligator Purse.”)<\/p>\n

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Gospel Tent… with typical Jazz Fest magic.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s Paul Sanchez in the back (see his black jacket and hat?) and Trombone Shorty.\u00c2\u00a0 The tuba?\u00c2\u00a0 He’s from Rebirth.\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently, they are buddies of the singer and came over to back him up on this bit.\u00c2\u00a0 We just happened to be walking by the tent when this started and a random photographer walked up to us to tell us that folks from Rebirth were backing up the singer and it was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 We walked in and were thrilled to… “wait, is that Paul Sanchez?!” … before settling in for awhile.<\/p>\n

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By the way, if you haven’t heard it, I love Paul Sanchez’s song Sedation…<\/p>\n

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Friends Ecoee and Melody shared their brass pass… and we enjoyed the refreshing WWOZ tent, impressive fruit spread, and clean bathrooms.<\/p>\n

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Doc Watson<\/a> and family.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, THE Doc Watson.<\/p>\n

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And yes, they did Tennessee Stud.<\/p>\n

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The tent was PACKED.<\/p>\n

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We had to get the kids by 5 and with our regular tickets could not be re-admitted.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead, we picked up the kids and went back to Ecoee and Melody’s, where we watched Tony Bennett from their front porch.<\/p>\n

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We tried to impress upon Will the Tony Bennett coolness factor…<\/p>\n

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This is our view — that’s our white car on the street and a jazz fest flag flying from their porch to the top right.\u00c2\u00a0 See the stage, upper right?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s Tony in the yellow jacket.<\/p>\n

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The porch is fantastic for sound.\u00c2\u00a0 Things are a little loud when you’re in the field… but right outside?\u00c2\u00a0 Perfect, just right.<\/p>\n

No, really, it’s him!<\/p>\n

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There he is, taking his bow.\u00c2\u00a0 The show was all standards and it was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 He dedicated “The Good Life” to Britney Spears, which made me feel a little badly for Britney because I thought we were sort of over picking on her.\u00c2\u00a0 Ah, well, I guess when you’re Tony Bennett, you decide what’s in and what’s out.<\/p>\n

By the way, it’s humid and well into the 80s and the dude was out there for over an hour belting out note after note, sounding JUST like he did 40 years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Amazing.<\/p>\n

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Once everyone got back from the Fest, we had a great night hanging in the pool and talking while the kids played… without meltdown or fuss… until 10pm.\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t think of any stronger magic than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve lived here for 5 years now and we’ve just figured out Jazz Fest. Here’s how it works.\u00c2\u00a0 You hang out.\u00c2\u00a0 You somewhat randomly wander around, meeting up with friends, checking out crafts and tents, getting food, and (of course) hearing music.\u00c2\u00a0 If you LET the magic happen, it will. Here are a few random […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,142,68],"tags":[229,132],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4617"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}