Newport Folk Festival Day 2

Saturday was bright and sunny, so a big improvement from the day before.  I stayed in the quad stage most of the day.

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Shovels and Rope

The Lone Bellow

Colin Meloy

Colin Meloy + Black Prarie (The Decemberists)

I heard two songs about Trayvon Martin by two different bands:  Hurray for the Riff Raff and Iris Dement.

The Lone Bellow had a very lively show.  I hadn't been all that keen about them based on their recordings, but the live performance won me over.

Shovels and Rope was kind of the opposite.  I didn't stay for all of their set.

I wasn't interested in Father John Misty.  I still caught the last part of their set...and was glad I hadn't been there for the beginning of it.  He started throwing stage equipment all over the place, forcing the stage crew to come on and fix everything even as he was throwing more stuff around. I just thought it was really stupid and inconsiderate. He also started praising Honest Tea, and how they were such a great company compared to all of the other big corporate tea establishments.  It felt a bit like a paid advertisement.

Colin Meloy played a few songs from his solo album, but most of his set consisted of old (pre-Hazards of Love) Decemberists songs.  He even brought out the rest of the band for a few songs (they were all in Newport because they were performing as Black Prarie).  I was overjoyed!  I have wanted to see the Decemberists live for quite a while, but just haven't managed it.  I realize this doesn't exactly count, but I'm satisfied all the same.