Today my brother, Kenneth, is coming to Jazz Fest with Larry and me.
Kenneth met me at my house and we than went to meet Larry. Larry is the driver, he knows his way around New Orleans better than either of us. So after a quick stop for breakfast at Mickey D's we were on the twin spans heading into the city. And Larry has to ask "Do you have your ticket?"
Guess what? Guess which dunderhead didn't have his ticket? If you guessed me you guessed right. So I was off to a good start.
Tickets at the gate are forty dollars. My only hope is that the tickets are for any day of the weekend, so the ticket that I still have at home is for this weekend. I'm going to bring it with me tommorrow (let's hope so) and try to sell it for thirty dollars, cause that's what I paid for it. Shouldn't be too hard, I'm saving someone ten dollars. I figured ten dollars is my price for being stupid.
Today we set up at the Southern Comfort Stage. At Acrua is Dave Matthews Band today. I'm sorry Dave Matthews does nothing for me. I don't dislike him, but I don't like him. He leaves me blah. But boy there were a lot of people there to see him. There was a line outside the gate when we got there at 8:30 and it was his fans.
First act we caught was part of a local pop group called World Leader Pretend. They were alright. They didn't convince me to run out and buy their cd.
We wandered around some, spending more money. Got some food this time before heading back to the stage. It was weird, when we were outside the gate waiting in line we got to talk to this guy named Bud. He remembered seeing us last year. Bud ended up being on the front row at the Souther Comfort Stage with us.
First act up at the Southern Comfort Stage that we caught was Clarence "Frogman" Henry. This man is 74 years old, walked out with a walker and had a chair on the stage for him. But once he started singing he stood up, holding onto the mic stand and sang his heart out. He closed with his most well known song "Ain't Got No Home." Too true for too many people in the city still.
Up next was Snooks Eaglin. Snooks is another older singer, probably not much off in years from Frogman. Snooks is also blind. George Porter from the legendary Meters played guitar with him. Snooks had no set list. He would just ask someone to call out a song and that was what he would play. Snooks is a joy to watch perform, he is having so much fun.
After Snooks we stayed for Luther Kent. We were going to go to the other stage for the Subdues, but we were afraid we wouldn't get back. Luther is a local blues singer with a band of 12. He was good, just not the subdues.
But after Luther came Etta James. Now Etta is another performer that has been around forever it seems. She also has lost a lot of weight. Etta has a voice that is one of a kind. It is awesome. Her stage act would put Brittany or Christina to shame. For a woman of her age she is very sexual. The things she did with that microphone....
All in all it was another great day at the Fest. The weather was overcast all day, very windy and it looked like it was going to downpour any minute. But it didn't. We managed to make it out without any rain.
Tommorrow is Bruce Springsteen.
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