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The first thing I do when looking at "leaks" is try to map out the Bluegrass Situation Tent, because most mock makers aren't Americana fans and will put Helms and The Sitch on the poster, but never enough bands to fill up the day. That poster has four bands who could even conceivably play the Sitch stage. Two of them won't (Sturgill is a What or Which act now, especially after the Grammy nom, and Greensky Bluegrass, while technically a BGS worthy band, really fits better as a jam band in a low jam lineup), so that leaves Aaron Lee Tasjan and Mandolin Orange as the sole acts for the stage. Both are pretty reasonable guesses for this year, but they aren't going to fill a day.
Post by FuzzyWarbles on Dec 9, 2016 8:04:36 GMT -5
I bought a poster at the official Roo merch stand in '09. It wasn't until I got home that I realized they spelled the main headliner's name Bruce Springstein. I also got an official Wakarusa poster that year with the band Gostland Observatory listed.
The first thing I do when looking at "leaks" is try to map out the Bluegrass Situation Tent, because most mock makers aren't Americana fans and will put Helms and The Sitch on the poster, but never enough bands to fill up the day. That poster has four bands who could even conceivably play the Sitch stage. Two of them won't (Sturgill is a What or Which act now, especially after the Grammy nom, and Greensky Bluegrass, while technically a BGS worthy band, really fits better as a jam band in a low jam lineup), so that leaves Aaron Lee Tasjan and Mandolin Orange as the sole acts for the stage. Both are pretty reasonable guesses for this year, but they aren't going to fill a day.
That's a lot of work to debunk a poster that misspells "Red Hot Chili Peppers" and "Hall & Oates," lists Greensky Bluegrass twice, and features a couple of acts that simply aren't playing.
I agree. Was more of an easy example of how about 95% of the "leaked lineups" can be debunked. They almost always forget the Americana because it's not their thing.
I bought a poster at the official Roo merch stand in '09. It wasn't until I got home that I realized they spelled the main headliner's name Bruce Springstein. I also got an official Wakarusa poster that year with the band Gostland Observatory listed.