BARRY COURTER: Lisa, I know it’s hard to believe, but we have already come full circle on the calendar once again. This is the week when Tennessee becomes the center of the music universe, at least to my way of thinking. Both Bonnaroo in Manchester and the Country Music Association’s CMA Fest start on Thursday and continue through Sunday.
And, of course, our own Riverbend Festival starts on Friday and runs through the following Saturday. That’s a lot of music in our little slice of heaven.
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
LISA DENTON: Yes, we are back in the musical throes of summer – big talents, hot temperatures.
I always like to look at the Bonnaroo lineup just to see how many acts I’ve never heard of. They do it in one big poster, with the big acts in larger letters, gradually getting smaller as you go down the list. It’s like the eye chart at the ophthalmologist’s office. I do pretty good on those first couple of lines, then I’m lost.
BARRY: Shameless plug – but I actually have a point for mentioning it, besides the obvious self-serving one – I co-hosted a Bonnaroo-based podcast called thewhatpodcast.com this year with Hits 96 personality Brad Steiner with that very idea in mind, and one of our listeners called the acts on the lower lines on the poster the “small-font acts.” That’s pretty funny.