On Sunday I decided to try and catch up somewhat on my sleep since I only had about an hour of sleep on Friday night. So I didn't get to the grounds until about 1:30. I caught the last half hour of a gospel session with Ruthie Foster, Amos Lee, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Mavis Staples had sang with them as well but didn't stay for the whole session so I missed her. I really enjoyed Amos Lee, he's great. Then I caught Johnny Clegg on the main stage and he was awsome. He's from South Africa and he led the first mixed race band in South Africa, during aparteid, which caused a lot of controversy at the time. After the mainstage I caught concerts by Josh Ritter and Amos Lee, and a little bit of The Weakerthans. I was then going to catch a blues session, but they had lost power at that particular stage so I waited a bit then went to eat. I volunteered from 6-10 and then saw Allison Krauss and Union Station. I'm not really a big bluegrass fan normally, but their rendition of Down to the River was beautiful as were several other songs they did. One of the guys in the band was the singing voice of George Cloony in O Brother Where Art Though, so of course they did a couple of Soggy Bottom Boys songs.
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 Gospel Session |
 Josh Ritter |
 Finale |