2008 Telluride Blues And Brews Festival - Day 2 - Sat, Sept 13th

Another gorgeous day in Telluride and music was not half bad either.  Crowd was at max (9,000 total) due to the beer tasting and I am sure Gov’t Mule closing out the day had something to do with it also.

The day started out with Trampled Under Foot, a family band that won the International Blues Competition earlier this year.  Nick Schnebelen won the Albert King Award for most promising guitarist and sister Danielle has a commanding voice as well as skills on the bass.  I highly recommend if they come through your area.

Next up were two Louisiana acts that got the crowd on their feet or at least dancing in place as their were standing in line for beer.  I have seen Big Sam’s Funky Nation several times and they put on their usual high energy show. Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers continued with his own twist on zydeco that raised the electricity level even higher.

Closing out the day were the John Butler Trio, G-Love and the Special Sauce and Gov’t Mule.  First time I have seen JBT live and the guys from Australia certainly know how to bring it to the stage.  G-Love continued with his hip hop blues and Mule was excellent as usual with Susan Tedeschi and Ron Holloway making appearances.