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Post by CMF Newsman on Feb 25, 2009 13:22:38 GMT -5
Living legend Willie Nelson will headline The Coca-Cola Stage at the Riverbend Festival on opening night Friday, June 5th at 9:30pm. The iconic Texan is the creative genius behind historic recordings like "Crazy," "Hello Walls," “Red Headed Stranger” and “Stardust.” His career has spanned six decades, with a catalog that boasts more than 200 albums. Willie Nelson has earned countless Grammy nominations to go with a career that has been recognized with eight Grammy wins, a President's Merit Award, a Grammy Legend Award and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also amassed reputable credentials as an author, actor and activist. Also confirmed for the 2009 Festival is the Emmitt-Nershi Band. They will perform Saturday, June 6th at 7:45pm on the Bud Light Stage. As the dynamic lead singer and mandolin player with Leftover Salmon and his own Drew Emmitt Band, Drew is a true renaissance man on musical instruments. Playing mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, he’s a string man to be reckoned with. From the saloons of Telluride to the some of the most sought after venues in America, Bill Nershi has delighted countless fans as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and founding member of the String Cheese Incident. www.chattanoogapulse.com/pulseblog/43-notes-from-the-editor/591-willie-nelson-to-open-riverbend |
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Post by blindsolitude on Feb 25, 2009 13:26:06 GMT -5
What a boring opener. . .
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Post by daworm on Mar 1, 2009 20:20:46 GMT -5
Man, you must be from Canada or something. Everybody loves Willie!
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Bryan Stone
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Post by Bryan Stone on Mar 1, 2009 22:30:07 GMT -5
I've seen willie,... he's a nice opener on paper
not really in person
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Post by Tsavodiner on Mar 1, 2009 22:41:17 GMT -5
There's only so many times you want to hear "On the Road Again".
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Post by blindsolitude on Mar 5, 2009 9:58:49 GMT -5
That would be a no.  I helped with the concert he had at the ballpark and he was awful live. . . . |
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Post by emanon on Mar 5, 2009 10:49:25 GMT -5
Man, you must be from Canada or something. Everybody loves Willie! Not a fan here. |
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Post by Bryan Stone on Mar 5, 2009 13:03:52 GMT -5
the concert @ the ballpark w/ Willie & Dylan was a couple of the worst live performances I've ever seen
the weather didn't help anything either but they both absolutely sucked,... especially Dylan
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Post by daworm on Mar 7, 2009 22:25:15 GMT -5
One bad concert does not a bad band make - hell, in the case of Ozzy, a decade of bad concerts...
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Post by Bryan Stone on Mar 8, 2009 13:06:47 GMT -5
I've seen both willie & dylan more than once,... they were both once great and they both are done
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Post by BlackFox on Mar 8, 2009 20:31:53 GMT -5
I went to Willies website and there is a video of his new song "Gravedigger". He sounds awful. I can't imagine how bad he must be live.
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Post by daworm on Mar 8, 2009 20:32:58 GMT -5
Well, damn, I guess I should never go see a concert again...
Well, after Spinal Tap / The Folksmen in Atlanta, anyway.
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Post by blindsolitude on Mar 9, 2009 7:53:23 GMT -5
Dylan and Nelson are known for being horrible live (at least to the people I know). Even my parents have told me this forever. They've seen Dylan a few times and have always said the same thing- better on cd, horrible live. There is a difference between having an off night and not ever performing well at all.
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Post by daworm on Mar 9, 2009 10:02:10 GMT -5
Weird, you'd think word would get around and he'd never be able to sell a show.
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Post by blindsolitude on Mar 9, 2009 11:47:41 GMT -5
Or people just don't care because they just want to see him. There are a lot of people who go because they want to see a "legend" in person. He has fans that want to see him. Personally, I don't want to pay for a horrible show regardless if I'm a fan or not. And again, it was my personal opinion of the opener. Also, he's fine on CD. I'm just definitely not impressed with him live. edit: Thought I would clarify that I have seen him more than once. |
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Post by TNBear on Mar 14, 2009 6:36:00 GMT -5
I saw Willie once almost 30 years ago. I thought he gave a very good show. I will, however, admit I was drunker than Ol' Cooter Brown.
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Post by zodiacman on Mar 14, 2009 14:27:05 GMT -5
One bad concert does not a bad band make - hell, in the case of Ozzy, a decade of bad concerts... Ozzy rules! Of course, it's been about 9 years since I've last seem him live, but still.... |
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Post by daworm on Mar 14, 2009 17:16:49 GMT -5
That would have been about 2000. The decade I'm referring to was from about '85 to '95. He's cleaned up quite a bit since then.
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