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#ACL Rain Report 3
People got grumpy. The west parking lot was closed because of mud. Music lovers slid and fell into the muck. The rain returned again and again, finally driving some fest-goers from the field.
Big umbrellas kept Erin Beaudkofer and Adam Scott in big smiles
Still, I was able to find some merry folks who made the best of the mess. The musicians played on and some took the opportunity to feed into the wet masses.
Eric Marley and Caroline Duncan, at their first ACL Fest, were worried about the grass, which they cherished the blissful night before
Ticket holders were still streaming toward the park after dark. Scalpers wanted my wristband bad. Uh, no.
Matt Aderhold, Zane Weave, Chris Combs, Georgia Thomsen and Mark Hill ducked into the Rock Island football tent — full most of the day
Meanwhile, over at the ACL studios, we hear that Laura Dern, Meg Ryan and Lance Armstrong attended the Pearl Jam taping.
My favorite quote of the day came from former Mayor Will Wynn: “My 13-year-old daughter is out there in the pit having a safe Woodstock.”
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