Tuesday, August 30, 2005

F.U.N.K. Fest Weekend

My weekend was really cool. Me Jeremy and Kris went to Bean Blossom IN. for the first F.U.N.K. Fest (Friends Uv Nature and Knowledge). The main acts were The Victor Wooten Band, Keller Williams, Umphrey's Mcgee and Ekoostic Hookah. Hookah got rained out so that kinda stunk but all in all it was a awesome weekend. Victor did some bass workshops, Jake and Brendan from Umphrey's did guitar workshops along with Reggie Wooten who is a stellar guitar player. Vitor taught more on playing what you feel than playing what you know. Really cool concepts in playing music were talked about. This was my first time seeing Keller Williams and he blew my doors. I plan on seeing him play as much as possible within good driving range. Here are some pics of the weekend.

This Is Victor Wooten Teaching At The Bass Workshop Stage

Keller Williams Was Incredible. He Brought Victor Wooten Up At The End Of His Set. Keller Was Beat Boxin Some Bass Lines And Victor Would Answer Back On His Bass. Vic Teased Ice Ice Baby. It Was Some Killer Keller

Jeremy Pre-Kiefed (He's Holding Three 24oz Steaks)

I Built A Poor Man's Canopy Out Of A Tent Top, Tent Poles, A Painters Plastic Tarp, Some Aluminum Foil, String And A Car. This Is The Front

This Is The Back

My View Of The Stage

I Made A Handy Veggie Pouch To Cook On The Grill. It Consisted Of Green, Red And Yellow Peppers, Portabellas And Regular Mushrooms, Lawreys Season Salt, Basil, Olive Oil And Butter, Also Some Fresh Garlic. Yum

Victor Wooten's Funk Fest All Stars Was Cool But It Got Cut Short Because Of A Power Failure. This Pic Is Of Future Man On Drums, Jake From Umphrey's Mcgee In The Hat And Some Dude On Percussion. Vic Had All The Good Players From The Festival Up To Jam. After They Fixed The Power Umphrey's Came Out To Play. I Got No Pics Of Them Cause They All Came Out Blurry. I'll Get More Pics Of Them Friday

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

eric - sounds like you had fun. so did you actually eat a whole 24 oz steak? that's insane. carnivore... oh wait, i saw something in there about vegetables...nevermind.

Throne Room Lush said...

There was no way that I was gonna finish that steak. The veggies on the other hand I did polish off.