I briefly considered going off to check out other acts after David Lindley had left, but I wanted a good place to watch Drive-By Truckers from and there didn't seem to to be a lot going on. So I took a seat near the security barrier and waited for them to get on stage. Shortly thereafter, someone tried to step on my head. It seems a group of young people wanted to get into Bluesfest but didn't want to pay, so they jumped a fence near the back of the Subway Stage, leapt over the barrier (and onto me until I scrambled out of the way) and took off into the sparse crowd, leaving only a water pistol lying on the ground in their wake. I just hope they weren't Ludacris fans - if so they were a few minutes late to catch his set. Back to the Drive-By Truckers. They're probably my favourite band currently in their heyday. They've also had a busy year, with a new live CD/DVD, an odds-and-sods collection and Patterson Hood releasing a solo album. They've got a hard-earned reputation as one of the best bands around and proved it with a long and sizzling set.
Patterson Hood says hi.
Mike Cooley smokes.
Phew, they turned the lights on! That's steel-guitar man John Neff at left and travelling keyboardist Jay Gonzalez just behind Hood.
More Mike! I tend to be a bigger fan of Cooley's DBT songs than Hood's.
"Is there any way to dim that light?"
Shonna Tucker sings!
Shadowy steel guitar with John Neff!
Gripping action!
More Shonna! And a blurry Brad Morgan on drums.
Trucking action!
Brad rocks the traps.
Faceoff action!
Cooley does like to strike a pose.
Mike works the axe.
Patterson swings the goldtop.
More gripping action!
Hooray!
The only problem was that Black Mountain was putting on an equally sensational show back over at the Black Sheep Stage and you couldn't see both.
- Show reminder: The Fays, Vancouver popsters The Parlour Steps, Sin Kickers and The Sonic Defence play Zaphod's; The Rainbow hosts Paper Lions.
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