I Just Shit My Pants

Well, no. Not really. But I just heard that Golden Voice is adding a first ever COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL (it hasn't been given an official name yet) to their Coachella festivities! They are also adding another day to the Indie rock fest, that's right 3 days (Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29) in Coachella Valley and may the Lord help us all. I don't know if I'll have the stamina for that many mushrooms. I think I may have to save a little somethin' for the FOLLOWING weekend.

On Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 country music fans will take over the Empire Polo Field, and hits of e will be replaced by good ol'fashioned whiskey and Chuck Taylors traded for cowboy boots. Golden Voice is on to something, the old school country movement is enjoying a renaissance thanks to movies like Walk The Line and A Praire Home Companion. Dolly Parton was even nominated for an Academy Award for her song in Transamerica last year. If you think country means Billy Ray Dipshit and Shania Taint, you're so wrong, do yourself a favor and go to your itunes music store and type in "classic country"— cocaine, booze, bills, cheatin' hearts, wife swappin and heart ache awaits.

The line-up so far includes Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Sparrow Quarter featuring Bela Fleck, and Emmylou Harris. I hope the organizers (note to Golden Voice) keep to the classic country and stay the hell away from today's corny God lovin' do-right Nashville acts.

There will be an alt-country stage, a bluegrass stage and a storytelling area with Garrison Keillor of the aforementioned A Prairie Home Companion.

Posted by Linda Immediato

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