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In the air-conditioned, posh interior of a 30-foot tour bus Wednesday, the members of the WTM Blues Band experienced Riverbend in a style most local artists would envy.
The band was reclining on cushioned seats drinking cold beers and chatting hours before a 7:30 p.m. down beat on the Meo Mio’s Cajun Spirits Stage. Through thick, darkened windows, the sound of thousands of attendees arriving to hear headliner The Band Perry was reduced to a dull buzz.
Drummer Johnny Smith said the bus was definitely a step up from the festival standard.
“They’re nice enough to provide green rooms here, but they’re only called green rooms because they have grass on the bottom and a tent,” he said, eliciting laughs from his fellow band mates.