It's a little late to post about, but went to Roots & Blues & BBQ Festival in Columbia September 9 & 10, 2011 in downtown Columbia, MO. Best one yet! What I saw for my hard-earned cheese (all legendary, that goes without saying); On 9-9 I took in Mavis Staples of the Staple Singers & Dr. Ralph Stanley. I would have paid my entire ticket price to see him do O Death. Which he did. On 9-10 took in The Flatlanders who are comprised of Texas singer/songwriters Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, & Jimmie Dale Gilmour. A true supergroup of Texas roots guys who all have legendary solo careers. It was great. After that mellowed out to prog grass superstar Sam Bush. Took a little drinking break and regrouped to catch Los Lobos (Sam Bush came out and played fiddle with them-only at a festival are you ever going to see that kind of genre bending performance).
Finished off the evening with the incredible neo-soul/R&B act Fitz and The Tantrums. Truly blown away. The female lead singer did not stop moving the entire time of their performance. And they had one great baritone sax player who could double on flute. Man, they were awesome! I could go on-and-on but this is all I can wring out for posterity. CoMo did it again.
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