Bonnaroo Friday

Friday we went to Bela Fleck and the Original Flecktones to see Jimmy and Victor Wooten, since they're from Shreveport. The sound was quiet, but it was a great show! Victor slapped the bass like crazy, and Jimmy's homemade drum machine was incredible!!! And Bela of course tore it up with some crazy banjo tunes! After that we went and sat at the back of Grace Potter for a while in the shade and listened before heading to Warren Haynes. It was my first time seeing Warren Haynes, and he really can shred!! We stuck around for around 30 min before heading to Atmosphere. Atmosphere was a really fun rap show, and the whole crowd was moving in sync. He played Hang my Head Low which the crowd loved. After that we headed to the Decemberists, and we walked up as they were playing O Valencia. They played a lot of their new stuff, but I was pleased that they played lots of old stuff as well. They were a fun show for sure. After that I wandered a bit before heading back to mainstage for My Morning Jacket. I got fairly close for MMJ, I was right by the sound tent on the left. They put on an even better show than last week at Waka. Jim James payed on a Kaossolatior which was supremely cool, and he had on furry white boots, and had a teddy bear onstage with him. My fav songs of the show were Outta My System, Smokin from Shootin after a sick Steam Engine jam, Touch Me Pt. 2, and Wordless Chorus. And Golden was sick! Preservation Hall Jazz band came onstage for the last couple of songs, but Aaron, Meagan, and I were already heading towards Primus.
Primus had a cool stage setup with two GIANT spacemen onstage with screens for facemasks. Les Claypool had on his pig mask for a lot of the show, and he played his sick upright bass. Primus absolutely THREW DOWN!!!! SOOO much fun, I can't wait to see them again. They played a sick Racecar, and at one point a half dozen hang gliders came parachuting from the sky dropping thousands and thousands of led lights over the mainstage and it looked like tons of glitter dropping from the sky. They were attached to paper helicoptors with a QR code and the words Mission Icefly on it. I haven't figured out what it is quite yet, but it was def an awesome way to advertise.
Arcade Fire really surprised me, they put on a great show with lots of energy. Their stage setup was quite cool, and reminiscent of old-school drive in movies. They were extremely talented, and had good control over the crowd. I would go see them again, and I do have a new appreciation for their music.
We then went as a group to Bassnectar and raged HARD!! It was without a doubt the loudest show of the weekend, that tent kept all the bass in and vibrating our bodies :). He played a lot of the same songs from last week, including Pink Elephants. We then went to check out Wayne for a bit before catching Shpongle. Wayne had a huge screen, and appeared to be putting on a good show. We only were there for like 15 min, but we enjoyed that time.
Shpongle was insane as always, but he had a smaller version of the Shpongletron it appeared. After Shpongle we walked past Pretty Lights on the way back to camp to sleep