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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll
Guapo is not my cup of tea. <snip>
Another weird thing was two of them walking around the crowd playing a paino-type woodwind and the drummer also walking around bankin a symbol behind people's heads for 10 minutes. I wonder how they sit around and think of this stuff.
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I ws one of the people he gonged. Interesting. Guapo was fascinating to see live, very unique. Not my cup of tea either, but I did enjoy them. The first slot at NF plays for about an hour, and that wasn't too long to enjoy.
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Michael manring was excellent.
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Duh. Another guy where you're looking for the other musicians you think you're hearing. He played a cool "hyperbass" - it has a bunch of levers so he can change tunings on the fly - but allowed for a really rich sound. Good stage presence as well. This year was, by far, the best of the solo spotlights in my opinion.
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Ange, I never got into their records. But live they were great!
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I'd say about the same as Rick for Ange. Very enjoyable. THe stage antics approached camp at some points, but certainly better than stoicism on stage.
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I expected great things from Niacin. They surpassed them!
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I saw Niacin a year or so ago in a small club in SD, so knew what they were capable of. I think they were even better at NF - in SD, when I was chatting with Billy afterwards, he told me they were just starting the tour and weren't in the "comfort" zone yet. They were still tight, but at NF it was dialed up a notch. It's pretty incredible when Michael Manring isn't even the best bass player of the DAY, let alone the festival.