Bear Creek Music Festival 2011: The Photos

Now that attendees of the 2011 edition of the Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival have been home for over a week, photos, videos and stories from the five-day event held in Live Oak, Florida have helped paint of picture of why jam fans rave about the complete Bear Creek experience each November. Sit-ins happened at a fast and furious pace and they weren’t gratuitous as most artists put plenty of thought into who they were welcoming to their stage and what song(s) would be played.

[All photos by Nick “Phrazz” Fitanides]

Our friend Phrazz had a front row view for Bear Creek and has allowed us the pleasure of sharing 40 of his best shots with our readers. He also put together a list of all the sit-ins he saw, so please let us know of any he missed in the comments section.

Partial Sit-In List:

Anders Osborne Trio + George Porter Jr. on bass, Billy Iuso on guitar, Stanton Moore on drums, Jamie McLean on guitar
Break Science + Topaz on sax, Nikki Glaspie on drums
Dr. Klaw + Ivan Neville on keys, Robert Walter on keys, most/all of Dumpstaphunk (+Will Bernard, +Nikki Glaspie, etc)
Dumpstaphunk + Matt Grondig, Billy Iuso, Eric Krasno, Zach Deputy (all on guitar all at once) ; Freekbass on bass, Louis Cato on drums, Skerik on sax, Ryan Zoidis on sax, Corey Glover on vocals
Funky Meters + Ivan Neville on keys, Ian Neville on guitar, Nikki Glaspie on drums, Billy Iuso on guitar

Galactic + Boots Riley and Chali 2na on vocals
Garage a Trois + Johnny Vidacovich on drums
Gravity A + Khris Royal on sax
Hairy Apes BMX + Nikki Glaspie on percussion and drums, Johnny Woodstock on congas, Will Bernard on guitar,
Jennifer Hartswick Band + Nigel Hall on keys, Zach Deputy on guitar, Taylor Williams on drums, Snarky Puppy horns 
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe – played entire Sticky Fingers Rolling Stone album + Roosevelt Collier on lap steel, Anders Osborne on guitar
Lettuce + Pee Wee Ellis on sax, George Porter Jr. on bass
Marco Benevento Trio + Robert Walter on keys,
Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood + Johnny Vidacovich on drums
MMW + Pee Wee Ellis on sax, Stanton Moore on drums, Will Bernard on guitar, Johnny Vidacovich on drums

The New Mastersounds + Ivan Neville on keys, Michelle Sarah on vocals, Will Bernard on guitar, Marco Benevento on keys, Robert Walter on keys, Zach Deputy on guitar,
Russell Batiste Band + George Porter Jr. on bass, Jason Neville on vocals
Snarky Puppy + Roosevelt Collier on lap steel, Louis Cato
Soulive + Corey Glover on vocals, Ryan Zoidis on sax
Spam All-Stars + Pee Wee Ellis on sax
Turkuaz + Chris St. Hillaire on drums, Eli Winderman on keys

Cheesehead Productions’ Bear Creek 2011 Hi-Def Vids:

While we’re at it, we’ll catalog the Bear Creek clips from our pal Sunil

Randy Bayers has been dropping exquisite footage on Funk It

Teaser of What’s To Come From Funk It

And here’s a full gallery of Phrazz’s photos…

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