I spent most of Saturday afternoon at The Moxy inside a makeshift recording studio, recording a podcast inside a traveling version of Camp Nutbutter, the name we have given the camp we set up each year at Bonnaroo.
We were joined for the recording by four charter members of the Roo Bus – Daniel, Sharla, Brooklin and Chelsey – who drove up from Huntsville, Alabama, as well as Keith and Mitchell from Camp Reddaroo, who drove up from Birmingham and Atlanta, respectively, just for the occasion.
Nutbutter veterans Nate, Lord Taco, Hillary and Bryan, as well as Zach from East Ridge joined in. I mention this not just because of the shameless plug in hopes you’ll give it a listen, but also because of what it says about podcasts, Bonnaroo and festivals in general.
Brad Steiner and I have been hosting The What Podcast for going on three years now while the The Roo Bus guys started their own Podcast called The Real Roo Bus just a few weeks ago.
We focus more on the logistics and behind-the-scenes aspect of the festival with industry guests, including actual artists, while they prefer to hear stories from event attendees of their experiences.