Rothbury 09 was a HUGE success. great people, great music, great fun, all around greatness.  I have to say though the highlight for me was finding out that the String Cheese Incident was doing a soundcheck  "in 15 min" at the main stage. My friends and I high-tailed it over there, we got to see the whole thing... 
There are dozens of people who have written review about the Cheese sets... but I loved the soundcheck. For the main set, there were big red balls, gymnasts, lights and thousands of people. But for the soundcheck it was like the good old days of cheese where it was me, the band, a few friends, and about 100 other people.  Here are two short videos, one is Rivertrance... 5 min of sweetness. The second video is a version of Jessica they did. Billy Nershi is on the electric guitar, which happens but is rare for Billy. He has really improved his electric chops, no question he is an incredible acoustic guitar player. now his electric chops are really fantastic. Enjoy the Videos!!!
 
 
The Macpodz at Rothbury: a Michigan Treasure in the Midst of a Michigan Treasure.   The Macpodz are a young up and coming jamband that at paying their dues in the live music scene and earning a name for themselvs as a band to dance to. Imagine listeing to funky latin Jazz band that like to rock and loves to roll. There are few bands who manages to keep me intrested without a guitar... I always think that there will be something missing. JFJO does a good job (when Reed Mathis is playing the lead Bass) but the Macpodz are a lot more dynamic and are able to keep my attention for a lot longer.  
At Rothbury this year we got many speacial treats. The Friday Afternoon Macpodz set was one of them. If you live in the Midwest you have probably seen them, if you are a moe.Ron you probably have seen them (the opened for moe. for a tour) and if love music, but have not seen the Macpodz then get to it.
FYI this video is not from Rothbury... but it will give you a good taste
 
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Its no secret that I am a huge Brett Dennen fan. He played a great set at Rothbury (for the second time) this time included a nice MJ Tribute (Billie Jeane). I was also Lucky enough to meet Brett at the Rock House tent... he is tall as all hell, and a really nice guy. Here are a few pics, and a short video from the set.  Enjoy!!!

 

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Another Successful Rothbury.  

Rothbury 2009 was another big hit.
Lots of music, more organized staff, better flow of traffic, and most importantly an overall awesome festival. I don't think that anyone who was there would disagree that Madison House knows how to throw a PARTY!!! Rothbury has now twice been the Best festival of the year! Here is my top ten list of what happened at Rothbury. (Please note, due to personal and family business, I left the festival on Sunday at 2 pm... so I missed Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Matisyahu, Yonder, and a few other things that I may have otherwise included on this list).  

10) The Wood burning Pizza  Vendor who made the best festival Pizza I have ever had
9) Meeting Jason Hann (percussionist for SCI)
8) The Disco Biscuits Late night set
7) Sherwood Forest (Nuff Said... pics and video to come) 
6) The FANTASTIC SCI Set, with lots of visual affects to go with the music (like the huge red balloon)
5) checking out the LEBO Live Painting show, and getting him to sign one of his prints... ( i love the guy... what can I say)
4) The Dead playing my first Loose Lucy!!!
3) Brett Dennen Set (including the Billy Gene cover, and then meeting him) (video and pics coming)
2) The Saturday night Umphrey's McGee set (i was 4th row from the front) (pics to come)
1) Seeing the String Cheese Incident Sound check on Thursday with another 50 or so lucky people (pics and video coming)
 

Here are a few things I think Rothbury could improve for next Year...   Water stations that don't taste like dirty laundry water Not Charging $125 for the posters ( the $85 last year really pissed me off, but this was outrageous) Having moe. at Rothbury Building a Rothbury Blackberry Application (i was so jealous of people with iPhones)   Over All its clear that Rothbury is the overwhelming AWESOME festival right now. I am already looking forward to next year. Over the next few days I am going to post Video and pictures of some of the things that happened. So stay tuned, and here are a few things to wet you appetite! Enjoy