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Scene report: Rain getting old already, but Tyler kills
What started off as a fun deviation from the usual sweatathon that is ACL Fest started getting irritating by late afternoon. A music festival suffers when music is not at the top of everyone’s mind and on day two of ACL 2009, the rain dominated.
“I wish (the rain) could have waited a few more days,” said a drenched Melanie Young, 37, about half an hour into a pouring downpour. “I thought I could tough this out. I didn’t think this would be more miserable than the heat but it’s impossible to have fun when everybody is this cold and huddled over.”
Not that there wasn’t fun in Zilker Swamp. Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights got a rare ACL encore on the BMI stage with their psychedelic redneck boogie. Dallas native Tyler, a tireless entertainer always covered in sweat by show’s end told the audience, “it’s not that often that the audience is as wet as I am.” Watch for this young band of Jimi Hendrix worshippers. The songwriting’s way obvious, with songs about “Gypsy (fill in the blank) and the like, but this is a pretty amazing live act.
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