The name doesn't lie: 12th All Good Festival jams
By:
Justin Jacobs
Issue date: 7/9/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
What's in a name?
When it comes to this summer's music festivals, the answer is often … not much. Bonnaroo? Rothbury? Lollapalooza?
But there's one festival in the works with a name that says it all. It's called All Good, and it's happening this weekend only an hour-and-a-half south of Pittsburgh in Masontown, W.V. And if you're a fan of anything and everything that jams, then, for you, All Good will be exactly that.
The three-day music and art festival was founded 12 years ago by Tim Walther, a former jam band promoter who, along with a few like-minded friends, decided to pool their collective bands and create a festival. Walther chose Marvin's Mountaintop as his location, seeking to recreate the earthy, family-oriented vibes of a classic Grateful Dead show today.
"It's a very natural setting on top of the mountains. Rolling hills, green trees, clouds. It's a far cry from the average pavilion or club setting," said Walther, in a recent phone interview.
But there's a lot more to All Good then the scenery - the music festival has annually booked some of the biggest names in the jam band scene, including, at one point or another, the Black Crowes, the String Cheese Incident and Keller Williams.
This year's festival features one of All Good's strongest lineups, with headliners Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends and Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood.
Fans will also get a chance this weekend to see guitar virtuoso Keller Williams with his newly formed band, Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe, fresh off their performance at Rothbury Festival last weekend. If that weren't enough, festivalgoers camp out for the entire duration in a veritable city of tents, as upward of 20,000 people are expected to attend.
So grab your sleeping bag, your old acoustic guitar and a lawn chair - as one of the least commercialized music festivals this summer, All Good promises to be three days without hassles, problems and, most importantly, $8 beers.
When it comes to this summer's music festivals, the answer is often … not much. Bonnaroo? Rothbury? Lollapalooza?
But there's one festival in the works with a name that says it all. It's called All Good, and it's happening this weekend only an hour-and-a-half south of Pittsburgh in Masontown, W.V. And if you're a fan of anything and everything that jams, then, for you, All Good will be exactly that.
The three-day music and art festival was founded 12 years ago by Tim Walther, a former jam band promoter who, along with a few like-minded friends, decided to pool their collective bands and create a festival. Walther chose Marvin's Mountaintop as his location, seeking to recreate the earthy, family-oriented vibes of a classic Grateful Dead show today.
"It's a very natural setting on top of the mountains. Rolling hills, green trees, clouds. It's a far cry from the average pavilion or club setting," said Walther, in a recent phone interview.
But there's a lot more to All Good then the scenery - the music festival has annually booked some of the biggest names in the jam band scene, including, at one point or another, the Black Crowes, the String Cheese Incident and Keller Williams.
This year's festival features one of All Good's strongest lineups, with headliners Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends and Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood.
Fans will also get a chance this weekend to see guitar virtuoso Keller Williams with his newly formed band, Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe, fresh off their performance at Rothbury Festival last weekend. If that weren't enough, festivalgoers camp out for the entire duration in a veritable city of tents, as upward of 20,000 people are expected to attend.
So grab your sleeping bag, your old acoustic guitar and a lawn chair - as one of the least commercialized music festivals this summer, All Good promises to be three days without hassles, problems and, most importantly, $8 beers.
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Hurricane
posted 7/09/08 @ 11:37 PM EST
The last fair deal in the country, as Jerry used to sing. Not too crowded and All Good music.
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