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New Orleans Jazz Fest Rocks On Despite Rain
Well, I’ve ever been to Jazz Fest … or New Orleans, for that matter … but I have spent some time around George Clinton, and I bet it would have taken a lot more than a relentless downpour to keep the G-Funk at bay.
USA Today has more.
Nature gave the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival torrents of rain and fields of mud on Friday’s opening day, but that made it easier for the undaunted faithful to dig deeply into the roots of American popular music.
More than 60 acts representing the best of the region’s and the nation’s jazz, blues, country, Cajun, gospel, rock, brass band and zydeco traditions held their own against the natural thunder on a dozen stages as the 41st Fest began a seven day run.
The biggest outdoor stages were somewhat light on mega-watt stars —Lionel Richie, the Black Crowes, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, and Dr. John & the Lower 911 were the big guns. But that factor, and the weather sent the manageable-sized crowd to huddle in the vast covered theme tents where regional roots acts held forth.
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