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| Photo:
Joe Putrock |
Photo:
Joe Putrock |
Nice
Day for a Scream
The
60th Annual Tulip Festival may have kicked off with a floating,
flaming tulip, but by Saturday afternoon it was back to music
as usual—and sun, which was somewhat unusual for the
event. Vermont-based radio station WEQX 102.7 FM, presenters
of the main-stage musical entertainment again this year, brought
together a bill that spanned two decades of alternative music.
Horn-fueled septet Rustic Overtones, currently in the
throes of a longer-than-expected reunion stint, performed
prior to multi-million-selling headliners Spin Doctors; the
Portland, Maine-based group are led by singer-guitarist Dave
Gutter (pictured, right). Austin, Texas band the Black
and White Years, led by Scott Butler (pictured,
left), opened the afternoon with music from their Jerry Harrison-produced
debut disc.
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