Joshua Tree Roots: 10/18 & 19

someone better be covering some gram parsons music. while im not really feelin this lineup. it is a great location

ya crap lineup

sorry will be too busy trying to get phish tickets on October 18th

I photographed this event for JamBase last year...

The vibe of this festival goes WAY beyond the music. The people who put this thing on have created something genuine, with energy, surrounded by nothing but good times and desert stars. I can't remember seeing one member of authority at this event which kept the vibe mellow. All I ever read on these threads is how people are sick of over-inflated festivals crowded with unlikable people. Sure, you can sit and hope that you get tickets to see Phish (whom are undoubtedly awesome) and go hang out with the masses and hear something you've heard over and over again or... go see some bands you may have not have heard of, hear something new and stand in a short line for a nice cup of coffee from JavaGogo.

Sure, I'll try and sell you on this event, it's the least I could do for the good folks who put this thing on and showed me how to have a good time last year. Plus, I know most would have a good time.

wow when i saw that picture for a second i thought jack osbourne and jack white had a child more heinously self absorbed than both themselves.

Don't miss Trampled by Turtles if you are going. For reals.

Nice call Snaphappy.

I agree with froglegs. Gram Parsons is one of the best kept secrets ever. check him out! he passed away long ago but his awesome music lives on! and the location is indeed sweet. I used to go on boyscout campouts there back when I lived on the left coast, awesome terrain!

People questioning the line-up?? Is it because you are not familiar with the bands? Both these festivals are great....Barnett knows how to throw a party with a great vibe. Gram Parson's spirit will be there, and I am sure he will like the music. I also remember going to a festival in high school with a "mediocre" line-up called Laguna Seca Daze...The Allman Brothers were there, oh yeah and a band called Phish.

Word up Snaphappy. Screw those megafests. Wish I could make this one. I will also second the Trampled By Turtles recomendation, some of Minnesota's finest.

Barnett has absolutely created a great, great festival and vibe in Joshua Tree. This will be my 3rd Roots festival and have also been to the past 3 JT Music Festi's he holds May. This festival is an amazing experience...he always brings fresh bands & music to the high desert. Never any law enforcement and there is NONE needed as everyone there are there to enjoy the music and each other. I love Phish just as much as the next guy and will be seeing them hopefully more than once in '09 however, I was a little...ok, alot discouraged by the direction the fanbase was heading towards the latter years (pre & post hiatus). This festival in JT is refreshing for me as it reminds me of the days when Phish phans on the road with their traveling festival were on board for all the right reasons. The folks that descend onto Joshua Tree in October and May are there for all the right reasons...and it is a BLAST. It's a magical place to hold such a beautiful, music filled event. So for those of you knocking it...go ahead and stay away...I'd rather see the likes of you out on the Phish tour fringes and not mucking up what's still beautiful up in JT. :)