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Out on the field with the M.O.
More scene reports from Matthew Odam, the man who seems to be everywhere:
Paolo Nutini and Ray Benson shared the stage for a little Q&A in the media area. Nutini will be opening for legendary rockers Led Zeppelin soon, and admits he has trouble wrapping his mind around it. “It’s insane,” Nutini said. “That’s the problem … I know I’m gonna be there, but when I get there I don’t know what I’m going to do. The heat’s on.” Asked about his nerves before playing, Nutini admitted there’s only so much you can do. “I get nervous at anything, to be honest. But nothing you can do about it. You’re nervous, you’re nervous, you’re nervous, then you’re on.”
The sage Benson, who was complimentary of Nutini’s music, offered a little advice for the young Scotsman. “You just get on stage and you do it.” ….
One anonymous attendee from New York was heard to say, “I had heard Texas was hot, but this is ridiculous.” …
After the soulful Joss Stone said how hot her little bare feet were, we got our first drops of rain, for which everyone seems very grateful. Barefoot and dressed in a slight, silky blue sundress, the young soul singer from the UK has got to have the lead in the category “most disarmingly beautiful and charming artist” thus far …
Dinner lines are out of control. There was a run on Wahoo’s fish tacos. They are all gone.
(Photo by Brian K. Diggs AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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