Post by tatanka on Apr 21, 2015 13:02:51 GMT -5
This is how it grades out for me so far (*disclaimer..this is only my opinion, If I graded your favorite band low, it's not a direct assault on you)
Anders :A
Billy and the Kids : A+
Galactic: A
Hot Tuna: B+
Airplane Tribute: A
KDTU- A
Grateful Gospel/Grass :B-
Little Feat: B-
TTB- A
TTB Cocker tribute: A+
JGB + John K: C
NMAS: A-
Phil night 1 :A+
Phil Night 2 ?
Robert Plant: A
Soulive: A
SCI: B
Trombone Shorty: A-
Gov't Mule (somewhere between a C+ and A- depending on setlist)
St Paul: C
Strangefolk: D+
JayHawks: C
WSP: C+
Umphrey's Mc Gee: C-
Fishbone: F
Slightly Stoopid: F
Doobie Bros: D
Moonalice: C
festival as a whole as it stands : B+
Anders :B-
Billy and the Kids : B
Galactic: D
Hot Tuna: B
Airplane Tribute: B-
KDTU- C
Grateful Gospel/Grass :B-
Little Feat: B+
TTB-B
TTB Cocker tribute: A-
JGB + John K: B+
NMAS: C+
Phil night 1 :B+
Phil Night 2 ?
Robert Plant: D+
Soulive: D
SCI: B
Trombone Shorty: C-
Gov't Mule: B
St Paul: C
Strangefolk: C+
JayHawks: C+
WSP: C
Umphrey's Mc Gee: C+
Fishbone: F
Slightly Stoopid: F
Doobie Bros: D
Moonalice: C-
Which is an average of C+, I'll do last years lineup for comparison:
Bill Kreutzmann's Locknstep Allstars :B+
Bustle in Your Hedgerow: D
Cabinet: C+
Del McCoury Band: A-
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi: B
Drive-By Truckers: B-
Dumpstaphunk: D
Erin and The Wildfire : D
FREEMAN : D
Gary Clark Jr.: B-
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals : C+
Hot Tuna: B
Keller Williams' Grateful Gospel ft. More Than A Little with John Kadlecik : B-
Keller Williams' Grateful Grass ft. Jeff Austin & Keith Moseley: A-
Larry Keel and Sam Bush: A-
Lettuce:D
No BS! Brass Band:D
People's Blues of Richmond:D
Phil Lesh & Friends :A-
Preservation Hall Jazz Band : C-
SOJA: F
Steve Winwood : A-
String Cheese & The Gang - featuring The String Cheese Incident, JT Taylor (former lead singer of Kool & the Gang), and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band :F
Taj Mahal :A
TAUK
Tedeschi Trucks Band: B
The Allman Brothers Band :A
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: B+
The Revivalists : D
The String Cheese Incident :B
The Wood Brothers :A-
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: B
Umphrey's McGee : C+
Widespread Panic: C
Wilco :B-
Willie Nelson :B
Which makes last years a B-, granted most of the bands I gave "failing grades" to opened up the day, you take out all the openers, and it's more of a B+.