GOTV ’08: Same ‘Ol Jumpstart

We’ve reached the last-day-of-the-festival haze: that sense of overwhelming exhaustion that comes after a lot of good music’s come and gone, a lot of beer’s gone down the gullet, and people are starting to realize not only the scope of their sunburns but figuring out how to come back to reality after three days of being checked out from quotidian challenges like, y’know, work. Stoned kids litter whatever stray seats or patches of grass aren’t mud-spattered, asleep with their mouths agape. The tents are winding down, the buses are starting to pack up, and the security team is regrouping to facilitate the big departure.

There’s only so much Wavy can do, doncha know, to keep spirits lifted, so leave it to Sam Bush to jumpstart a sweaty, leaden afternoon on the concert field by peeling off a string of hot-skillet picking parties with his band and dialing up no false note of enthusiasm. Same Ol’ River is always welcome—a modern-day classic, for sure—but Bush really turned a few heads with a Celtic-sounding fiddle solo that weaved into Whole Lotta Love and then interpolated some of the Allmans’ Les Brers in A Minor to its outro. Nice touch, Sam.

The Soul Stew Revival is up next, followed by the Umph, and finally, the Neville Brothers. And as for your faithful correspondent, he’s about ready to put down his pen after a delightful three days by the seashore.

We’ll check in once more to tie everything up, and thanks for reading!

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