Return of A2 Blues
Last year the Ann Arbor blues festival established itself as instant grandaddy of its line, especially by hipping everyone to the plethora of talent which makes every blues festival a sure artistic success. This year they decided to make a move in the direction of being a real biggie, which sounded too good to be true, until the closing feature acts got squashed out of form trying to meet the imposed ‘curfews’.
Return of A2 Blues
Last year the Ann Arbor blues festival established itself as instant grandaddy of its line, especially by hipping everyone to the plethora of talent which makes every blues festival a sure artistic success.
This year they decided to make a move in the direction of being a real biggie, which sounded too good to be true, until the closing feature acts got squashed out of form trying to meet the imposed ‘curfews’. Maybe ’cause of getting all those groups, the festival reportedly lost a wad of money; the me (a britisher and all) started out on Friday pleading with the horde listening for free outside the gates to not try to crash & wound up asking even these for contributions on Sunday — the collection bucket did its stuff all through the last performances.