Wow, what a day today was at Bonnaroo. I almost do not know where to start. Actually I’ll start from the beginning as my day was a little delayed thanks to total randomness.

While driving in to the day lot at Bonnaroo I was first denied an exit on the freeway and had to figure out an alternate route for myself. I was not really worried about it but I just found it funny that the local police shut down the exit because there was too much traffic, which I need to add, was nowhere to be seen.

I made it to the country road that trails to the back end of the Bonnaroo farm ever so slowly thanks to a drug task force making random checks on vehicles. It appeared as if they were making an extra effort to search cars to prevent drugs, glass, and weapons from entering the grounds. While normally I would be okay with such procedures, today I was not because they asked me to pull my car over and proceeded to search every cavity in the car. They also told me to fess up to the drugs and weapons or else I would go to jail if they found any. I had nothing to hide. I let them do their job and went on my way a little disgruntled.

With the drug task force taking their time pulling apart my car we lost some time and I sadly missed the acoustic performance by Portugal The Man. I suppose worse things could have happened though but still it would have been nice to start the day as I had planned.

Making way to Centeroo, the sun seemed a little bit warmer on my skin. The forecast called for scattered storms but nothing like we had on the previous day. Everyone seemed to be up and going in Centeroo as it was at least two times fuller than the previous day. Making my way through the herds of attendees I started my day.

I made a brief stop at That Tent to check out the Dirty Projectors. The male/female combo really did not have a classified sound as some songs seemed indie while others were almost noise. Later in the day I found out that David Byrne curated That Tent from noon till eight o’clock in the evening.

I managed to catch the end of Gomez’s set at the Which Stage where thousands of people had gathered to see the popular band. I kind of wish I could have seen more songs by them but with so many bands playing on so many stages, sometimes you have to sacrifice some sets.

Article Author: Brian McConville

A music lover for life, this former punk rock super hero has finally slowed down a little and accepted the fact that he is a better listener of music than a performer. Brian operates his own blogging website www.brokenheadphones.com in his spare …

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