Annual fest still seamlessly threads contemporary country
, the rain held off in the Hill Country. Perhaps it was in deference to Willie Nelson’s special guest, who opened the headliner’s set seated on a stool beside him: Kermit the Frog, singing “Rainbow Connection.”
Folk Uke set the tone early in the Revival tent with Amy Nelson and Cathy Guthrie barbing tongue-in-cheek critiques, while Austin-via-Paris honky-tonker Theo Lawrence broke in the Saloon stage with a throwback Bakersfield sound supporting his deep croon and yelping twang. Likewise, North Carolinian Lou Hazel provided an early highlight on the mainstage with his sharp John Prine-esque songwriting.
Other highlights across the day included Evan Honer representing the wave of gritty, emotionally charged country unlocked behind Zach Bryan’s success; Old Crow Medicine Show’s high-kicking, hat-waving, hot-string fury; and Nick Shoulders’ rockabilly croon and yodeling howl. Psychedelic soul pioneer Swamp Dogg previewed new albumin his iconoclastic, uncompromising style: funky, cursing, and provocative even at 81.
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