ACL 2007 - Part 3 - Sunday

There is really not much to say about Sunday. There seemed to be way more people there, so we were having trouble deciding where to go to stay out of the middle of all of the chaos.

- When we arrived we were at the Regina Spektor show. We weren't really feeling that groove, so we walked around. The Amos Lee show sounded okay, but there were just a ton of people everywhere.

- We settled again at the Austin Ventures stage and waited for Billy Joe Shaver. Chad really liked him. I thought he was trying to torture me with 'that kind' of country music. We chilled in the shade for about 35 minutes of Billy Joe Shaver and then I made Chad leave. Sorry Chad!

- Wilco - we weren't close enough to really appreciate the show.

- Ghostland Observatory - I was pretty excited to see them based on what I had heard, but as it turns out, the lead singer only really sings one or two notes. I was bored really fast. It was just a beat and a bunch of lasers and some screaming. I hate to say that, but ugh!

- We walked past the Eli Young Band, and they had a good(but extremely loud) sound.

- We ended up at The Decemberists show, which reminded us of the Barenaked Ladies. They were kind of dorky and folksy, but it was fun to watch for a while before Bob Dylan.

- Bob Dylan - There were way too many people there who stayed to see him. That combined with the fact that the volume on the speakers did not seem to be loud enough made for a poor combination. Tons of people packed in for the first couple of songs, but then there was a mass exodus of fans leaving after about 15 minutes.

It was difficult to hear the band, Bob Dylan is difficult to understand anyway, and the video screens were not showing any close-ups of the band. It was just one shot of the whole stage, so those of us who were not in the first 50 yards of the crowd were not going to have an easy time 'seeing' the show or the artist himself. I was kind of let down by the screens.

The music sounded nice (if hard to hear), but by the 4th song, we were fine leaving. I kind of felt like we were betraying a legend, but they really should have set up that show differently. Oh well, at least they got the Muse show right :).

Did I learn anything new on Sunday? - not really, except that there were much better flags identifying people in the crowd. We saw:

• Australia
• Texas
• Jamaica
• the Corona Nation
• 'Come and Take it' from the Battle of Gonzales (cannon)
• US - Stars and Stripes
• 'Come and Take it' with a Shiner beer bottle
• Whataburger flag
• Clemson Tiger flag
• Israeli flag