Dave Matthews travelled to Commerce City, Colorado on August 15 to perform for 100,000 + fans who had gathered for the 2010 Mile High Music Festival. I know that I am biased, but I contend that there is nothing better in this world you can do for yourself than go to watch Dave and the boys play live. Add to this a perfect summer evening in Colorado, a cold beer and a killer sunset and there you have it, nirvana. Oh yes did I mention front row, no make that in front of the front row seats.
I am about half way through the 4,000 + shots from this years incredible Mile High Music Festival so I thought I would put up a few more photos for those of you who keep coming back for more. Please check back soon for individual posts for Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Nas and Damian Marley, Donavon Frankenreiter, Houses, Bobby Long, The Samples, The Motet, Keller Williams, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Slightly Stoopid, Cypress Hill, Phoenix, The Chain Gang of 1974, Drive By Truckers, TR3, Jimmy Cliff, Train, Trevor Hall and Weezer.
Brett Dennen (born October 28, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter from Oakdale, California who performed at the Usana Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 17,2019, warming up for Dave Matthews. I first saw Brett perform live last fall at the 2009 Rocky Mountain Folk festival in Lyons Colorado where he was a clear stand out and drove the crowd wild with his incredible voice and disarming charm.
For those of you who have come to this site to see photos of Denver’s Mile High Festival please be patient, I will many, many photos up very soon. But in the mean time here re a few to hold you over. Sorry for the omission of Jack Johnson photos but don’t worry I have many great shots just out of time and still on the road home.
The Samples performed at the 2010 Mile High Music Festival with all their original members. This historic coming together of the original members has been a long time coming as they have not played together in over 15 years. The Samples were a band formed in Boulder, Colorado in early 1987. The band’s name came from the members’ early sustenance of food samples from the local grocery store. The music has been described as “reggae influenced folk and rock/pop”.
I am shooting the Mile High Music Festival directly for AEG this year, August 14th and 15th in Denver, special access should make for some great shots, stay tuned..
To see photos of last years festival click here: http://gonzoshots.com/archives/1184
Oliver Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon seen above performed at the 2010 Warped Tour in Salt Lake City Utah. Sykes whipped the crowd of young punk fans into a frenzy with ease during their early afternoon set.
If you have come to this site looking for Warped Tour photos please be patient, I took way too many photos, over 5,000, so it will take a day or two. In the mean time here are a few from the first half of the day.
The Dillinger Escape Plan
After Midnight Project
Bring Me The Horizon
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
I Wrestled A Bear Once
In Fear and Faith
Reel Big Fish
Please check back soon for hundreds of more photos and check my Flickr site for large sets of photos of each band here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzoshots/collections/72157624560483093/
Michael Franti & Spearhead put on an incredible performance at the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater at Deer Valley Resort on July 27, 2010 for a joyous crowd of over 5,000 adoring fans. Michael started off the show by bring on one of his mentors, the infamous Jimmy Cliff who opened for Michael, later he brought various fans on stage some for to play air guitar, and one fan was allowed to propose to his future wife, Near the end of the show Michael invited children on stage to sing along. At one point Michael jumped off the stage and made a large loop out through the crowd, even though at this point rain was coming down in a steady drizzle. The soaked crowd did not seem to care that it was raining, just to much joy in the crowd to letter a little rain get them down. A majority of these photos were taken by my 16 year old daughter, Alexia who held her ground at the front of the crowd whereas I gave way to more eager fans!
The legendary Jimmy Cliff performed at Deer Valley in the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater on July 27 2010 on a beautiful summer evening. Fans began lining up at the gates before dawn to get a front row seat to this general admission show. Jimmy hit the stage dancing and didn’t slow down once during his rousing hour and half set, moving between old and new songs effortlessly, he combined showmanship with energetic dance moves and of course his ever present infectious smile.
In case you came to this site looking for some killer photos of the Legendary Jimmy Cliff and the one and only Michael Franti, be patient I have so many great shots to choose from I am overwhelmed, you see after I was bullied out of my prime spot on the front row, center (yes there was no photo pit) I handed off my camera to my amazing daughter, Alexia and she continued shooting and got some killer shots.
Here are a couple to keep you coming back.
I will have a complete set of shots up soon. In the mean time check out my Flickr set for the first couple hundred shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzoshots/sets/72157624482196369/ and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzoshots/sets/72157624606889794/
The Jerry Garcia Band played the Desert Rocks Festival Sunday May 30, 2010. The crowd that moved in out of the main arena like the tides during the course of the 4 day long event flooded to the main stage when legendary Melvin Seals hot the stage.
Cake performed at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City on June 19, 2010 to an adoring SOLD OUT venue.
Cowboy and Indian are a two piece band from Austin Texas comprised of singer Jazz Mills and Jesse Plemons (who is an actor in NBC’s Friday Night Lights), they performed a stunningly beautiful set of music at the Desert Rocks Music Festival near Moab, Utah on May 29th. Their simple style of music involves hauntingly beautiful vocals accompanied by sparse acoustic guitar work and evocative and original songs that will stick in your head for days, my mind thought of Joni Mitchell and M. Ward but they have their own sound for sure. Jazz has a voice second to none, seriously I’m not sure I’ve ever heard one as clear and beautiful.
If you have come to this site looking for photos from Desert Rocks please check back tomorrow, I’m still recovering and trying to wash off 4 days of dust. Here are a couple photos to tide you over. (more…)
Martin Sexton is many things, a husband, father, son, singer, songwriter, guitar player, philosopher and 10th child in a family of 12 children. He has even been called a blue eyed soul man, a title which Martin conceded “is really just code for a white guy that sounds black, besides” he adds “they are actually more of a greenish blue”. For a complete set of photos from this performance click here.
Listen to Martin sing Hallelujah
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For photos and info on Martin’s incredible backup band see the next post titled Ryan Montbleau Band.
The Ryan Montbleau Band performed at The Depot in Salt Lake City May 19, 2010 warming up for Martin Sexton and backing Sexton during his set. Averaging over 200 gigs per year for the past few years, Ryan Montbleau Band has generated the kind of buzz that only surrounds a talented artist on the verge.
Paramore performed in Salt Lake City, May 10, 2010 at The E Center, only three shows away from the beginning of their European tour. Hayley Nichole Williams was in top form this Monday night both physically and vocally and easily whipped the enthusiastic young crowd into a frenzy with her passionate performance and incredibly high energy stage show. Hayley’s fire red hair was in a nearly constant state of flux from her constant movement on stage and her famous head whips.
Reliant K performed at the E Center in Salt Lake CIty on May 10, 2010 warming up for Paramore.
Relient K is an American Christian rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band’s junior year in high school and their time at Malone College. The band is named after guitarist Hoopes’ automobile, a Plymouth Reliant K car, with the spelling intentionally altered to avoid trademark infringement over the Reliant name.
Last fall I was contacted by Nancy Legge, Professor of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Idaho State University, she asked if she could use a photo I took of Jakob Dylan for a research article she was writing, of course I agreed. Well Nancy has finished her incredibly in-depth analysis of Jacob’s song Will it Grow and you can read her article here. The article resides on the website http://relevantrhetoric.com/ which is a scholarly journal that analyzes contemporary rhetoric. Now she may be a professor but this is a labor of love for Nancy who is a big fan of Mr. Dylan and her insight into this man and his music are evident.
The website describes her article like this:
A rhetorical analysis of the ideas and arguments in Jakob Dylan’s song, “Will It Grow.” In a fractured narrative about farming, Dylan addresses philosophical issues about the nature of commitment and the role of fate vs. free will. The engaged audience supplies warrants about perseverance and resolve, thereby providing ways to manage the paradoxes.
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