Mulberry Mountain?

[WPPhan]

Who is all going to Mulberry Mountain? Only 2 weeks remaining. Kind of want to know who is going so we can maybe do a like somekind of get together.

[JackDog]

I think that I might be going. On Saturday I bumped into a friend that's probably gonna go, so hopefully I'll catch a ride with her.

[Pauly's Cheese]

I may have to go down for this. The lineup looks too good to miss.

Possible Leftover reunion? Hope so! :D

I really want to see MOV because I haven't seen them since before Dave got sick.

Lineup:

Friday September 22, 2006

Main Festival Stage with Vince Herman as Emcee

12:00pm - 1:15pm Wildwood
1:30pm - 2:45pm Dave & Tanya of Mountain of Venus
3:00pm - 4:15pm Charliehorse
4:30pm - 5:45pm Cindy Woolf Band
6:00pm - 7:15pm Arkamo Rangers
7:30pm - 8:30pm Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon
8:45pm - 10:15pm Shanti Groove
10:30pm - 12:30pm Big Smith

After Hours Stage

1:00am ? 3:00am Mountain of Venus

Saturday September 23, 2006

Main Festival Stage with Vince Herman as Emcee

12:00pm - 1:15pm Still on the Hill
1:30pm - 2:30pm Wildwood
2:45pm - 4:00pm Two High String Band
4:15pm - 5:30pm My-Tea Kind
5:45pm - 7:00pm Ten Mile Tide
7:15pm - 8:30pm Blueground Undergrass
8:45pm - 10:15pm Drew Emmitt Band of Leftover Salmon
10:30pm - 12:30pm Sam Bush Band

After Hours Stage

1:00am ? 3:00am Speakeasy

[WPPhan]

anyone else?

[CPJSJohnny]

I'll be there.
Johnny B

[ryangetz]

ill be in iowa. sorry.

[KB]

I'll be there! Follow the smell of bacon.....

[Pauly's Cheese]

[quote:51ef5f4a11=\"KB\"]I'll be there! Follow the smell of bacon.....[/quote:51ef5f4a11]

For Bacon

For Bacon, for Bacon, we sing our proud refrain
For Bacon, for Bacon, cooked over open flame
For here we eat cured meats and our hearts are true
And you're god damed right we drink more than you!
For Bacon, for Bacon, straight from the frying pan!

For Bacon, for Bacon, thy glory is our own
For Bacon, for Bacon, 'tis here that truth is known
And ever with pork shall our heirs be found
'Til time shall be no more on this old campground
Camp Bacon, Camp Bacon thy glory is our own!

[KB]

[quote:f0726ae30d=\"Pauly's Cheese\"][quote:f0726ae30d=\"KB\"]I'll be there! Follow the smell of bacon.....[/quote:f0726ae30d]

For Bacon

For Bacon, for Bacon, we sing our proud refrain
For Bacon, for Bacon, cooked over open flame
For here we eat cured meats and our hearts are true
And you're god damed right we drink more than you!
For Bacon, for Bacon, straight from the frying pan!

For Bacon, for Bacon, thy glory is our own
For Bacon, for Bacon, 'tis here that truth is known
And ever with pork shall our heirs be found
'Til time shall be no more on this old campground
Camp Bacon, Camp Bacon thy glory is our own![/quote:f0726ae30d]

I think my camp has now found a fight song!

Thanks Pauly! Hope to meet you on Mulberry Mtn! Is there a meetup planned anywhere? Perhaps right before Big Smith right behind the soundboard?

KB

[Pauly's Cheese]

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the trip down. Gotta work :(

Drink an extra one for me and if Leftover gets back together for a few songs, I expect lots of video :wink:

Have fun and be careful, folks! Those mountain roads can be a little hairy.

[Pauly's Cheese]

Any reviews, pics, video?

Didja bring me back any Leftover Bacon? :P

[KB]

No pics. One camera stayed dry in the car, and the other one was forgotten at home.

I don't know what constitutes a full on reunion, but Vince and Drew did play a few tunes together. It was great. Read full review below.

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We got back late last night. What a drive! Farther than I expected....however I've never traveled in SW Missouri or NW Arkansas before, so I had no frame of reference. \"I'm like a child who walks into a movie theatre.....\"

We had such a great time! Due to the drive (and the 1.5 hour traffic jam between Bentonville and Fayetteville (due to the impending Razorback game)), we didn't make it to the festival grounds until Friday night at about 9:15. Apparently Shanti Groove didn't make it through the storm, so Arkamo Rangers were doing a second set for the evening when we arrived.

We found two different sets of friends (though we never found Jane and the MOheads camp....I guess it's easier meeting a group at a festival when you've actually MET these people in person before....) and found some dry ground on which to pitch the ol' festy bedroom. There had already been rain on and off on Thursday and Friday, so by Friday night things were very damp (and about to get worse). The festival peeps provided free hay bales to spread out at campsites and the like in order to have some dry ground. Very cool of them, IMO.We got our tents pitched, drinks poured, and headed to see Big Smith (2-3 minute walk from our camp to stage - we were closer than some, but everything is pretty close to the festival area).

Big Smith was AWESOME, as always! Opened with Go Away Maggie, and rolled through all your favorite Ozark stompin' music (Burn Down the House, Cicada Song, Backwater, Oscillating Fan, Bullfrog, etc.). They didn't get a full set, though, as the rain set back in pretty hard about 25 minutes before they were scheduled to be done, stopping the cousins mid-set. (There was supposed to be a roof on the stage - more about that in a minute).

We went back and ensured that our campsite was secure, then got a tip that many of the musicians from the day were under the picnic table tent playing acoustically. This may have beent the highlight of the weekend. The ol' cat bass player from Big Smith, Vince Herman, Cindy Woolf, a player or two from Arkamo, and several other musicians were there, circled around a picnic table picking their asses off. Old standards rolled through for at least a couple of hours, including an excellent Roger Miller medley (Dang Me, King of the Road, and 1/2 of a verse of \"You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd\") which was probably my favorite. We stood less than 10 feet away from these unbelievable musicians as they appeared to be having the time of their lives. While listening to that, we also stood in the open field and watched the storms roll through/by/in. The lightning blinked as rapidly as paparazzi photography, and the immensity of it all caught me up for awhile (until it really started to pour and I went back under the tent, that is). When the tent started to flood, the musicians just stood on tables and kept playin! We went back to our tent about 2:45 and crashed.

And were awakened at two different points throughout the night because of extremely heavy storms. Very close lightning, 50-60 m.p.h. winds (out in the main field....doubt it got that strong back in our trees), and four inches of rain had many people seeking refuge in their cars, or as our neighbor said the next morning \"I just took four sleeping pills and passed out in the puddle that was my sleeping bag.\"

The storm on Friday night was heinous. 50-60 m.p.h. wind (out in the open...not quite that fast back in our trees), and 4 inches of rain overnight. Needless to say, there were some that endured major flooding (everything dry yet, Johnny?), but my camp and I fared very well, considering.

The morning/early afternoon was very lazy, as the power was out on stage, so there could be no music. There could have been no music anyway, as we were living in our very own ground-level cumulo-nimbus cloud. It wasn't \"raining\" per se, but you were walking through a mist, seeing other people about 20 feet away when they came into view. At one point, you couldn't see the stage from the vendors, which were set up along the perimeter of the stage grounds. The fog burned off in the early afternoon, and a generator was brought in to fire up the stage again, and we were in business!

Saturday music was awesome as well! I was not the hugest bluegrass fan at the festival, but really enjoyed the Two High String Band, Arkamo Rangers, Ten Mile Tide (great!) and Blueground Undergrass (also great!).

The two Saturday highlights for me came back-to-back at the end. First was Sam Bush. I'd never seen/heard him before, so I didn't know quite what to expect. Well, after I got the musical introduction, I knew I was in for a treat. He was in New Grass Revival w/ Bela before Flecktones, and I could really hear how his playing could mesh with Bela's. His band was SO tight, their tones were SO clear........reminiscent of Bela at times, Steve Kimock at times, and Pat Metheny at times while still being very much his own monster. There was a great Marley medley, and he did \"New Country\" as well. Very impressed, and would see Sam Bush again in a heartbeat.

Ahhh, then Speakeasy. If I was making music right now, I would hope it would sound a lot like these guys. To me, they flat out wail. They played all your favorites as well...opened w/ Places, also played Vinnie, Mi Casa, and one I enjoyed but don't know the name of (Not His First Rodeo?). Great set, and Vince Herman came out at the end (like he did w/ most every set that weekend) and brought it to a rousing close, inviting not only all musicians, but anyone who desired to come up on stage. So, in the \"I Shall Be Released\" finale, there were 12-15 musicians and 40-50 spectators on stage (but not me! Cool )

This was the first festival at these grounds, and it was obvious given the \"rawness\" of everything. The potential of the place is unbelievable (Wakarusa, you looking for private land?), but it was not finished. The shower houses weren't finished (but Mother Nature provided those on Friday), the stage-side general store wasn't open (although the one at the entrance was), and many of the campsites looked like they had just been plowed that week. Looked like everything just snuck up on them and they had to work their asses off just to be able to pull it off. They didn't get the roof on the stage in time, which might have protected Big Smith and given us those last 25 minutes.

That said, the grounds are BEAUTIFUL. Great stage setting, surrounded by trees, trails to walk, a VERY professional stage permanent stage with stone foundation, hospitality rooms underneath.....can't wait to see what this venue begins to draw in a year or two.

BTW, security was EXTREMELY cool. Same company as Wakarusa (GT Security), but completely cool, chill, calm, and serene. The smell of bacon lured them to our campsite one morning, and there we were partaking of the kind before breakfast. They made small talk with us, and we sent them off w/ a coupla pieces of the fruit of the swine and they never said a word about the piece going around the circle.

Later that day, one of the guys came back to camp and asked us if we'd seen a Pakistani guy with a snaggletooth and a backpack walking around. We said no, and then he said \"well, he's going around selling some bad acid which has messed a couple of people up pretty bad, and we need to get him stopped ASAP.\" We said we'd let them know if we found him, he was very thankful, and left, again saying nothing about what was being passed around. Over his shoulder as he was walking off he said with a grin \"Of course, if it had been GOOD acid, we wouldn't have any problem with this guy\". Now THAT'S the kind of security staff these festivals need. TWO BIG THUMBS UP FOR THE SECURITY STAFF! THEY WERE THE BEST!

That's my ramble. Hope to see some more Waka peeps on Mulberry Mountain next year!

I had a FANTASTIC weekend. Just one question, though......\"Who put the pepper.....in the vaseline?\" (http://alchemyaudio.net/Samples/08_Pepper.mp3)

Pasta on the Mountain.......

[tnkrbellup]

Sounds like Waka '04 :shock: . Glad you made it through safely!

[KB]

It was reminiscent of Waka'04, but not QUITE as bad (plus we were tucked into the trees better this time than last......

[Pauly's Cheese]

Nice review, but it looks like it got cut off. :?

I heard about all the rain down there. I had some friends that were fishing on the White River over the weekend and they said it rained 7 inches in a 24 hour period. I bet that lightning show was the shizzle. Always a big fan of lightning when I'm in my \"festival\" mindsets. Just as long as it's not aiming down to the ground. 8) :shock: :P

Last time I was out at Clinton, I was in one of the big fields and watched a storm roll in at about 2 in the morning. When the rain came, I hit the tent and jammed on the acoustic til I fell asleep. Very cool.

[KB]

There must be post length limits! Rest of review is below....
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There could have been no music anyway, as we were living in our very own ground-level cumulo-nimbus cloud. It wasn't \"raining\" per se, but you were walking through a mist, seeing other people about 20 feet away when they came into view. At one point, you couldn't see the stage from the vendors, which were set up along the perimeter of the stage grounds. The fog burned off in the early afternoon, and a generator was brought in to fire up the stage again, and we were in business!

Saturday music was awesome as well! I was not the hugest bluegrass fan at the festival, but really enjoyed the Two High String Band, Arkamo Rangers, Ten Mile Tide (great!) and Blueground Undergrass (also great!).

The two Saturday highlights for me came back-to-back at the end. First was Sam Bush. I'd never seen/heard him before, so I didn't know quite what to expect. Well, after I got the musical introduction, I knew I was in for a treat. He was in New Grass Revival w/ Bela before Flecktones, and I could really hear how his playing could mesh with Bela's. His band was SO tight, their tones were SO clear........reminiscent of Bela at times, Steve Kimock at times, and Pat Metheny at times while still being very much his own monster. There was a great Marley medley, and he did \"New Country\" as well. Very impressed, and would see Sam Bush again in a heartbeat.

Ahhh, then Speakeasy. If I was making music right now, I would hope it would sound a lot like these guys. To me, they flat out wail. They played all your favorites as well...opened w/ Places, also played Vinnie, Mi Casa, and one I enjoyed but don't know the name of (Not His First Rodeo?). Great set, and Vince Herman came out at the end (like he did w/ most every set that weekend) and brought it to a rousing close, inviting not only all musicians, but anyone who desired to come up on stage. So, in the \"I Shall Be Released\" finale, there were 12-15 musicians and 40-50 spectators on stage (but not me! Cool )

This was the first festival at these grounds, and it was obvious given the \"rawness\" of everything. The potential of the place is unbelievable (Wakarusa, you looking for private land?), but it was not finished. The shower houses weren't finished (but Mother Nature provided those on Friday), the stage-side general store wasn't open (although the one at the entrance was), and many of the campsites looked like they had just been plowed that week. Looked like everything just snuck up on them and they had to work their asses off just to be able to pull it off. They didn't get the roof on the stage in time, which might have protected Big Smith and given us those last 25 minutes.

That said, the grounds are BEAUTIFUL. Great stage setting, surrounded by trees, trails to walk, a VERY professional stage permanent stage with stone foundation, hospitality rooms underneath.....can't wait to see what this venue begins to draw in a year or two.

BTW, security was EXTREMELY cool. Same company as Wakarusa (GT Security), but completely cool, chill, calm, and serene. The smell of bacon lured them to our campsite one morning. They made small talk with us, and we sent them off w/ a coupla pieces of the fruit of the swine and they never said a word about the piece going around the circle.

Later that day, one of the guys came back to camp and asked us if we'd seen a Pakistani guy with a snaggletooth and a backpack walking around. We said no, and then he said \"well, he's going around selling some bad acid which has messed a couple of people up pretty bad, and we need to get him stopped ASAP.\" We said we'd let them know if we found him, he was very thankful, and left, again saying nothing about what was being passed around. THIS IS THE KIND OF SECURITY THAT SHOULD BE AT THESE FESTIVALS! LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING OTHER PEOPLE!

Big ups to Mulberry Mountain! See you in '07.

[Pauly's Cheese]

Thanks for the great review! Fruit of the swine.......I love it :P

I was talking to one of my friends last night that went and he said pretty much the same thing you did. The venue was fantastic. I asked him if he thought that Waka would fit in there. He replied that he thought it might. Mulberry River cops are certainly not as hardcore as Kansas cops either. I'm really anxious to have a look at this place.