Hangin at the Hangout - Day 1

Greetings from Gulf Shores Alabama,  Wells Adams and Brian the web guy are on the beach for the inaugural Hangout Festival. Much has happened since we left Nashville at 10pm on Thursday night.  We drove all night and arrived in Gulf Shores way too early to check into our hotel or get our media credentials.  So we did what any poor mid twenties duo would do.... and that is to sleep in a very small Mazda and wait.  But was the waiting ever worth it.  It is a new festival, there is no precedent for a music festival of this size right on the beach.  But I must say, everything is very well put together.  It is easy to jump from stage to stage, the grounds are very clean and there doesn't seem to be barrels of oil washing up on shore.  Aside from the esthetic beauty of the grounds the line up for this occasion is right on par.

Hightide Blues

Brett Dennen played a wonderful set of music.  His sound fits perfectly with a setting like this.  Great versions of "Heaven," "Ain't no reason," "Make you crazy," "San Fransisco" and a very spirited version of "Shes Mine" combined with an assortment pelvic thrusts were enjoyed by all.

Before Robert Randolph's set we visited with him in his tour bus.  Apparently Robert Randolph and the Family Band have a new LP about to be released in mid to late June produced by T-Bone Burnett with musical contributors including Ben Harper, Robbie Robertson, Leon Russel and others.  Check out the interview here.  RRAFB set of music was spirited as are all his shows.  Great versions of "Jesus is just alright" and "The word" were enjoyed by the twenty thousand Hangout fans .  We are very excited to hear this new album of his.

GirlTalk

People often get caught taking photos on stage more than dancing during GirlTalk's set.  We really should be calling him "the artist formally known as GirlTalk" after he became an MC for his on DJ gig.

Alison Krauss.  What more needs to be said.  Her set started at dusk and the wind swept stage only added to her angelic voice.  The whole entire set was beautiful with great versions of "Lucky one," "When you say nothing at all," "Forget about it" and of course Union Station had to play "Man of constant sorrow."  One interesting note,  Nashville's Gabe Dixon played keys for the show.