View across Zilker Park, early on Friday. Today featured possibly the best weather of all my ACL experiences: low 90s, partly cloudy with a nice breeze.
Mark and my wife smile for the camera during Yeasayer set.
Yeasayer came first on the schedule. Here's bass player Ira Wolf Tuton.
M. Ward put on a bluesy show at the WaMu stage. Yep, that's right, the
Washington Mutual stage.
David Byrne played the AT&T stage at sunset. How could this guy not have been the Day 1 headliner? He put on a hugely entertaining show mixing new Byrne/Eno tracks with classic Talking Heads songs such as 'Once in a Lifetime.'
Byrne put on a show and I mean this literally. Choreographed (kind of) dancers added a theatrical element to the performance as did the all-white attire. The steely-haired Byrne hasn't lost his herky-jerky moves and frequently joined in with dance moves of his own. The sound was fantatic, the crowd enthusiastic. It was a memorable set that lived up to my lofty expectations. It'll be hard to top over the next two days.
The audience at sunset during the Byrne's performance.
Other bands we saw today but not pictured above include Vampire Weekend, Mates of State, The Swell Season (i.e. those two from
Once) and headliner Mars Volta.
Mark and my wife smile for the camera during Yeasayer set.
2 comments:
David Byrne was not the headliner because The Mars Volta is better. Not that David Byrne isn't good.
Of course The Mars Volta wasn't a headliner, either. Manu Chao was the final act on Friday.
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