Bonnaroo 2009 ~ Manchester TN

Back in June I ventured to Manchester TN with a crew of fellow music lovers for my first Bonnaroo experience. It was Amazing! The weather couldn't have been more perfect (after the monsoon on Day 1) It was just overcast enough not to be sweltering in the heat and it was just wet enough from the rain that there were no dust storms. That is what I call... Perfection!
The music was wonderful... Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, Erykah Badu, Ben Harper, Brett Dennen, Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Santigold, Raphael Saadiq, Gomez, Wilco, Moe, Girl Talk.... just to name a few :)
Our fearless crew.... From left to right, Kristi, Chad, me, John and Jimmy. Planning our attack on the music stages.

John works for Lala (if you don't know what it is you MUST check it out! It's where I go to listen to music every day while I'm editting photos. Anywho, John scored me a photo pit pass so I could go to the front of the stages and take up close photos of the performers. It was AH-MA-ZING!! I can hardly ever see anything when I go to live shows seeing as how I was not gifted in the height department. It was beyond wonderful to be able to get such a great vantage point. Katzenjammer

Toubab Krewe

Bike riding with David Byrne :)

Santigold

our sunglass depot in the RV

Jimmy

Moi

Raphael Saadiq -- another awesome show

div> This guy was in the press pit sketching the perfomers

Jenny Lewis -- Love her!

My girl crush :)

Elvis Costello joined Jenny Lewis for Carpetbaggers
My view in the press pit... Waiting for Elvis Costello to go on.

Elvis Costello

The back of Elvis Costello's guitar. It says "Forget Iraq.. Rebuild New Orleans"

Brett Dennen

I like his style

and his

Compostable

Because sometimes you just gotta rock it out on a semi.

Best $25 I've ever spent

This what i stood in every time I went in the photo pit.

Next stop... Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco