ABOUT JOHN RODERICK


My name is John Roderick, and I'm the guitarist and singer of the Seattle rock band The Long Winters. I'm excited to be going to Bonnaroo this year as correspondent for MSNBC. I'm going to check out all the big acts, The Police, Tool, Widespread Panic, The White Stripes, etc., but I'll also be seeking out the smaller and up and coming acts to get a wide-angle picture of the whole, three-day festival. I spend a number of months on tour every year myself, so I have a good idea what the bands themselves are experiencing, and I'll be able to report from backstage as well as from the crowd for a unique view of the music, the atmosphere, and the shenanigans.

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Posted: Monday, June 18, 2007 3:00 PM by John Roderick

T-Bone Burnett
T-Bone is a famous producer, a man with golden ears, and if memory serves he was also the bass player in David Letterman’s band and the "Saturday Night Live" band?  I can’t really fact-check T-Bone’s resume because I’m typing on a BlackBerry phone in a dirty field with 60,000 hippies, but I’m sure some concerned citizen will castigate me for not knowing more. 

T-Bone obviously plays for the love of it, and his band had the feel of a busman’s holiday. Just some great journeyman players running through some oldies rock numbers for the hell of it. The stage looked like a high-end vintage music store, and those old instruments really did make appreciably sweeter tones. I think players of this caliber could play anything, could play the Happy Birthday song for an hour, and I’d still enjoy the show.

 

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