Blues Festivals: Part 3
The last Blues Festival I atteded in St. Louis was a major disappointment, in my opinion. I thought is was poorly organized and poorly planned. To start, the main stage was set up in an vacant area across from the new football stadium. They were using the area for parking and there was a football game going on. The ball game lasted well past the time the festival was scheduled to start. People with paid tickets were required to stand around and wait for the people at the game to just sort of amble out and move their vehicles as they felt like it.
Blues Festivals: Part 2
Another blues festival stands out in my mind was a festival that was set up so that once inside the paid areas that had more than one stage for daytime and then reduced to just the main stage in the evening after dark. The main stage was at the bottom of a small hill and at the top of the hill was a tent where you could find a little shade. I believe this was in very early September, maybe Labor Day weekend. anyway it was hot. My family and I were sitting in chairs at the edge of the tent. Just upwind from us there was a Salsa vendor and every time they would cut up another bunch of peppers it was strong enough to make our eyes water. I believe this to be the festival where I ate some alligator on a stick. I was not real impressed. There was so much spicy breading on the meat that I wasn’t able to taste the meat. Maybe so I wouldn’t notice that it tasted like chicken.
The Sunflower River Blues Festival: Part 1
I have been fortunate enough to have been able to attend the Sunflower River Blues Festival twice. I would have gone many more times but the time of the festival coincides with some manditory raining that I needed to attend in New Hampshire. This festival is in Clarksdale, Misissippi. Admission is free and the attendees are a mix of black and white. I have never deen any type of trouble in Clarksdale.
