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Bonnaroo 2002- The Way it Should Be (B.Getz on JamBase collaboration)

June 27, 2002June 21, 2022 B.Getz Blind Boys of Alabama, bob weir, bonnaroo, Buckethead, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, dj logic, eric krasno, galactic, jam, jamband, Karl Denson, Les Claypool, Phil lesh, Soulive, Superfly Presents, trey anastasio, widespread panic

Bonnaroo…so much speculation was swirling around the largest music festival of the summer in Tennessee. With concerns about the amount of people, the heat and the history of big musical events in general, it surprisingly went off with out a hitch.

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Not to be outdone but it takes balls to go head to head w Stevie on release day. @EarthWindAndFire did JUST that —-I know I sound like grandpa and all but #SongsInTheKeyOfLife vs #Spirit was the 76 version of #Graduation vs #Curtis in 2006 for Ye/50. This holds a special place with me for this will have been the penultimate lp in the production swan song of the great #CharlesStepney (basically? The #Jdilla of his day, lush off kilter arrangements & had a spectrum of colors in his synesthesiaesa-esque pallet of string arranging——) having produced #ThatsTheWayOfTheWorld & #Gratitude he helped EWF find its SOUND (I’m not mad at #JoeWissert’s work on the first 3 EWF Columbia offerings but man——Stepney was OTHER WORLDLY)—-he passed away in the tail end of the record & this would effect the organization greatly (Maurice White leaned HEAvy On Charles to help make decisions——and now the decisions were up to Maurice. #AllNAll (77) is EWF’s magnum opus but I’m certain not having a wingman to bounce ideas off of was a hard mountain to climb (most EWF fans speculate that perhaps the yachtage sound of David Foster for 79’s I Am woulda not been a factor had CS lived. & 80’s “Faces” woulda been way more focused.Woulda/Coulda/Shoulda.This day is right up there w Nov 9 93 for hip hop. Two acts at the apex & peak of their power giving us nourishment. ... See MoreSee Less

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