05-26-2018, 12:00 PM
As for the show, Cali Roots was really nice. They eliminated the middle stage, which was taken over by WeedMaps, and show either live streams of either stage or little interview sessions. That field was filled with giant bean bag chairs, which were very appreciated.
CR now has its own signature strain of pot and line of hot sauce, along with the other official merch like T-shirts, lids, water bottles, beer cups, and socks. The CR strain was only $40 an 1/8th (reasonable) plus you got a free pre-roll and a dab.
I caught the entire Alpha Blondy set from front of stage about 10 feet back. He opened with Jerusalem, which was strong given what's happening there now with the embassy and all. He's aged a lot but still energetic and his voice is still good. He went into The Heathen riddem, but just preached to us in French during that and never actually got around to singing it, which annoyed me. He also did Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (covers have long been his speciality). It had a chunky riddem, which didn't exactly work for me, but that song has a lot of emotional baggage for me so I found it moving anyway. He had a bad ass sax player who reminded me a little of PPFY if he were cool, and a bad ass reggae sax man.
I didn't really tune into much more music than that. I worked a little table service, checked in with a few friends in the scene, hung out with RM, but generally kept it low key. I packed out slowly yesterday, step by step, because it was so hard to leave. Finally, when Steel Pulse came on, I felt myself getting sucked in, and had to bail then. I rode off into the sunset with tears in my eyes, mostly because I was dealing with some allergy issues making my eyes really watery.
CR now has its own signature strain of pot and line of hot sauce, along with the other official merch like T-shirts, lids, water bottles, beer cups, and socks. The CR strain was only $40 an 1/8th (reasonable) plus you got a free pre-roll and a dab.
I caught the entire Alpha Blondy set from front of stage about 10 feet back. He opened with Jerusalem, which was strong given what's happening there now with the embassy and all. He's aged a lot but still energetic and his voice is still good. He went into The Heathen riddem, but just preached to us in French during that and never actually got around to singing it, which annoyed me. He also did Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (covers have long been his speciality). It had a chunky riddem, which didn't exactly work for me, but that song has a lot of emotional baggage for me so I found it moving anyway. He had a bad ass sax player who reminded me a little of PPFY if he were cool, and a bad ass reggae sax man.
I didn't really tune into much more music than that. I worked a little table service, checked in with a few friends in the scene, hung out with RM, but generally kept it low key. I packed out slowly yesterday, step by step, because it was so hard to leave. Finally, when Steel Pulse came on, I felt myself getting sucked in, and had to bail then. I rode off into the sunset with tears in my eyes, mostly because I was dealing with some allergy issues making my eyes really watery.
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