OK - I didn’t make it to day one.
So here are some of the highlights from my first day at #Bluesfest Byron Bay.
First up - plan how the day will pan out
If that dosen’t work - do a crossword
get a good seat
and make sure you get a good view
well then get closer
to see C W Stoneking - very droll
Bob Abbot with the Green Machine
Lisa Hunt chanelling Aretha Franklin
Ilona Harker in the busking competition
some of her fans
fun for the kids
boy - mud - fun
a shrine to the mud (I’ll check back on this)
Bluesfest essentials - chair and gumboots
plenty of causes to promote
Lunch - thanks to the happy Krishnas
Big camera - young girl
modern light next to 70s model Strand 743 (can’t kill a good light)
Such a mess after each act is finished ….
… that is cleared in no time by a swarm of picker-uppers
dinner options
fabulous street parade
wouldn’t want that one to crap on you
and the night time parade
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue …
… are currently one of my favourites
Shorty holds a note for what seems like five minutes
Jack Thompson and the Original Sinners
The Dingoes
in the photographers pit for …
Fistful of Mercy
Fistful of Mercy
meanwhile in the ABC interview studio
then back for Blind Boys of Alabama
Blind Boys of Alabama
Leba Hibbert (Toot’s daughter) opened for the Maytals
Toots however was not having a good night
then the legend that is B B King - I’ll close with a few pix of one of my all time favourites
and his awsome band
