A Day of Mile High Music
Day one of the Mile High Music Fest was a blast. Tens of thousands of fest-goers were blessed with wonderful weather, and a lineup that was as good as it gets.
Highlights of day one included Tool's first live show since 2007, and a three-hour monster set by Southern jamband giants Widespread Panic. The show was held at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a wonderful sports compound a little bit east of downtown Denver. The festie grounds were perfect. No dust, no drama, only nonstop music spread across five stages, from noon until two in the morning.
Other standout performances included a funk-a-thon by New Orleans groovers Galactic, and an uplifting and positive set by Bay Area hip-hop artist Lyrics Born. The two-man-band The Black Keys rocked out, and festie staple G-Love & The Special Sauce had everyone shaking what the good Lord gave them.
The 22-year old Scottish sensation Paolo Nutini won over a legion of new fans, as he surely does wherever he goes. This pop-friendly Scottish crooner is sure to be big in the States soon. Then, Ben Harper played at dusk, while the sun slowly faded over the Rocky Mountain horizon to the west. It was the perfect end to a beautiful mountain day and the perfect beginning to the night that was to come.
Elsewhere at the fest, the rest of the Rum Bum team had busy day with exclusive conversations with artists, including: Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Lukas Nelson & the Promise Of The Real, Needtobreathe, and Gomez. The interviews will be posted once the team returns to Miami.
The entire team and everyone here in Denver is looking forward to another great day of music. I'm personally looking forward to seeing Gogol Bordello, Thievery Corporation and 3OH3, which you can also catch on the Mile High stream.
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