HIGH SIERRA SCHEDULE

Only four good bands.
1. Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
2. Umphrey's McGee
3. Robert Walter's Super Heavy Organ
4. Tea Leaf Green

I hope the line up gets better, or I'm selling my ticket.

My Morning Jacket? What is the obsession with these guys? They are terrible! They remind me of the way people creamed over RadioBore a few years ago. Wont these guys please go away? They are a grey cloud over the 'Roo every year and now they have to go and infest High Sierra. Who keeps booking these guys? And what's with the SPIN Magazine bands playing all the jamband festivals? If High Sierra isnt sacred enough--what's next---The Cure at Telluride Bluegrass or the Black Eyed Peas at All Good Fest? Enough already!!!

this is the best fest out west

High Sierra rules all, and sorry Kellerhead if you can't get My Morning Jacket, who are one of the best new bands I've heard in ten years. But oh no, there not a jamband! Maybe we should exclude them and stick strictly to a diet of bands who noodle incesantly, or sing meaningless trite songs about freakers and speakers. Quit hating. MMJ and Jim James are a breath of fresh air and I'll catch each set they play at High Sierra, I hope they get a late night, better yet, I hope Keller opens for them.

well said kellerhead! Tom i can't believe you like the DB...they are terrible. possibly the worst.

this is the best fest i'ver been to. the line up does seems a little weak to me. i definetly am into tea leaf, drew emmit, and hot buttered rum. check out meltone, the new mastersounds and especially backyard tire fire if you haven't seen any of those acts yet.

just wait until you are standing under the sierra mountains and jim james's voice is floating in the trees and stars...

this festival dosent mean anything unless yonder decides to play, im sure many people will agree with me on this!

YMSB would be a great addition to the line up.

lots of good bands umphreys, lotus and tealeaf. I've never been to this festival but I had my eye on it for a few years. I wasn't sure of I was gonna go this year until they announced the diso biscuits. Any other East coast kids goin?

How's about Brain Damaged Eggmen? (members of Biscuits and Umphreys) These guys were the highlights of Jam Cruise.

Brian dude, RU kidding me??

ALO
New Mastersounds
Tea Leaf Green
Blue Turtle Seduction
Hot Buttered Rum

are awesome as well

plus many more big names will be added?

Lets pray for Zero / kimock, Denson or Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Rads, etc.

Oh man, I can barely hold out for the next 5 months. If ALO was the only band playing this thing I would still be there every year. 4th of July in the High Sierra's is pure bliss.

I am looking for those up and comers from Cali that have been rocking High Sierra like Delta Nove, Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra, Aphrodesia etc.?

ALO has talented musicians but the music is BAD. If they were the only band, High Sierra Music would be out of business.

Al Howard and the K23 would be a great addition. the K23 is now a 5 piece and they sound better than ever.

HBRSB (same as ALO) they remind me that YMSB doesn't play here more than once a year. They need to write better music.

No problem with "Zero / Kimock, Denson or Greyboy Allstars, Galactic" or JFJO.

Let's skip on Les this year. he hasn't started on time EVER.

let's not forget that they haven't finsihed the whole line up yet too. bela will headline a night, as will mmj. but what about the other 2 nights? i don't think um or the biscuits will headline but maybe i'm wrong. still the line up seems weaker than in the past for me. ymsb is doing summercamp which is in my home state so i'm happy as hell. hopefully for all of you going to hs they'll play it too. nothing like lookin at the nice scenery and hear some sweet mountain music.

Tishamingo would be a great add for this fest!

This years line up is OK, but for me its all about the line up when deciding on a festival......i may be out at high sierra, definently not roo and positively wakarusa. My decisions are solely based on the line up. WAKA 06!

Acts I would try to add to the bill to make this more interesting:

Shelley Doty X-tet
Devendra Banhart
Joanna Newsom
The Pleased
Vetiver
Decemberists (or Colin Meloy solo)
Vashti Bunyan
Sufjan Stevens

if you all want something different try azamusic.net

this would be a great addition to HSMF

i just want to marry the disco biscuits.

I've never been to this fest (almost went on two occasions) so perhaps I'm not fit to comment. The vibes, organization and location apparently are some of the best of any festival in the country but the line-up has become markedly and significantly weaker over the last three years while the prices have sky-rocketed. The fact that you have to pay extra for parking and late-night shows is complete rubbish.

rossco- the line up last year had yonder mountain, les claypool, and gov't mule headlining for 3 of the four nights. throw in groups like garaj mahal, railroad earth, tea leaf green, and jerry joseph and that make one hell of a kick ass line up. and that's only the groups i like, there's also keller williams, michael franti, and steve kimock and you've got some pretty big names. as for the late nights and parking i know that summercamp does the same thing only there's only one late night each night instead of getting to choose between several. so i don't think that's too out of line. but that's just my opinion.

east coast represent....my first year i will be going to HSMF....the biscuits have caused me to travel out to the west coast for the first time.......i wouldnt mind seeing claypool show up on this lineup.....or even brothers past or conspirator again....medeski with scofield would be nice too!

DELTA NOVE ..DELTA NOVE....they would be a great addition! I saw them at the Knitting Factory this weekend, and I feel they are the next IT band. HSMF should add them for sure....that would help this festival. After all isn't IT about GrAss RoUteS.:).....:)

Thats it? I mean, no offense, but if you're gonna make an additions announcement, make it more substantial than THAT! I'm pretty stoked about Lotus and the Biscuits and Bela and Robert Walters and MMJ and UM and everything, but have you checked out the lineups for other festivals this summer!? 10KLakes, Wakarusa, Bonnaroo, JamCruise, Langerado, hell, even Lollafreakinpalooza, they all blow this lineup away.

Hey High Sierra organizers, get on it! I really want to go to your festival. I already know you have an amazing location, awesome grounds, that killer vibe, but so does everywhere else. In my opinion these organizers are resting on their laurels, content with their sweet venue and the fact that they've had successful gigs in the past, all the while getting out-scheduled by damn near every other major festival in the country, with new festivals jumping into the mix each year. Live up to your fine reputationm High Sierra, and get better bands than these new upstart festivals...Give me something else to get excited about, like a competitive lineup. Add some YMSB, some Keller, some Radiohead, some Manu Chao, some Galactic, Everyone Orchestra, some Greyboy, Trey band, Robert Randolph, MMW, moe, gov't Mule, some Kimock, some Roots, someone besides the Slip. I actually like the Slip (which by the way, Surpirse Me Mr. Davis is the SAME BAND!), but they can't even sell out a weekend show at the 400 person venue down the street from my house (The Goodfoot, Portland OR), and thats who you're using to justify your big Additions Announcement? You're not kidding, which is sad. Give us something BIG! Exciting. And yeah, you'll probably have to dig into your coffers and PAY for a big band. You're collecting a massive amount of bank at this thing. You are asking us to pay by far the highest prices of any festival in the country ( $145 ticket plus $75 vehicle pass plus more for each latenight show???!!!???), and giving us perhaps the 10th best lineup of the year in exchange. Sweet. Nice job.

In response to the last poster, I totally agree with much of what you said. BUT High Sierra is WORTH the extra $$ because of the incredible VIBE, and Ease of the whole festival. Its smaller than most of the other fests you mentioned, which is a plus, and the late nights are Incredible. They still have almost 40 more bands to go.

I am almost positive there will be some big additions before the first week of April when they announce the Late Night Shows. RRE, Robert Walter, Umphrey's, Bela, Disco are all confirmed for late nights. I cant wait for more bands, but my schedule is already full as of now!

I am thinking the next lineup additions will be:

Pnuma trio
Dumpstafunk
The Duhks
The Cambell Brothers
The Radiators
North Mississippi All Stars
Rose Hill Drive
Little Feat

Not huge bands, but these are my guesses based on where these bands will be (near High Sierra in July/June), and just hunches. I am not totally stoked on bands like the Radiators, but lots of HS folks seem to dig them. Lets all just be patient, but still Where's my Artist Additions?!?!

Is this fest on the West Coast ?,.......come on, there needs to be way more heavy hitters !!! Every band at a festival can create magical surpises but there needs to be a "show stopper" blow the roof off style band......ie. Greyboy Allstars, Widespread Panic...Phil and Friend's....Galactic...Particle....North Miss. Allstars...and it is not a fest w/ out Warren Haynes !

True the lineup is probably nowhere near completion
so who knows? =o)
I thought that last year was Awesome!!
My whole family went, I Loved The Mother Hips and I
could easily hit up 2 shows in SLO & Santa Cruz for about $15.00 each night But, H.S.M.F is so much FUN!!
I have Last years Hips if anyone would like to check it out? I think the price is a bit hefty, I am freaking out about the $ increase come'n up! but, when you think about how beautiful Quincy is & the summer sun, some cold Sierra's.... I'm there!

"There's some boys I know
Who play that rock and roll
They've slept on a lot of floors
To get that California Soul
They've got that California Soul"

JVH I agree with you, hopefully there are many more names to come and Trey, Panic, Phil, Ratdog wouldn't hurt either. That is a hefty price for the fest and paying extra for the "vibe" seems a pretty weak justification for that ticket price. I'll spend that on a flight to CO for Panic on the Rocks where at least I know I'll get 3 days of Panic.

HSMF is one of the only fests you can go to where you relly feel like you are on vacation with everyone there. Im sorry but Im sick of people trying to sell me stuff around every corner at other fests. That is one of the many reasons the vibe attributes to a great fest IMO.
High Sierra is also an innovative festival. You will see some of these "no name' bands next year on the WAka line up.
HSFm was the first fest to break out Hot Buttered Rum, Yonder, Tea Leaf Green to name a few.
Patrons of High Sierra are adventurous in their musical taste.
And one big band never dominates....another plus. Its not Panic dominated, Cheese dominated, etc....
So bitch all you want, people....one of the things that keeps HSMF so sweet is the fact that its a shmorgasboard of smaller bands doing HUGE things. Hot Butter gets more love and attention at HSMF than they will anywhere else in teh country.
Plus, the late nites at HSMF are unbeatable. The only ting that could come close would be jamcruise or jazz fest, maybe Roo. There is NOTHING like the HSMF late nites, thats is where everything goes down, and til daylight. Summercamp late nites seemed burned out and half ass. Not The Sierra.
Those dissin on the line up, your loss....I prefer festiin with folks that are into the vibe and the feeling of being there with 10,000 other people ON VACATION. Thats priceless. Bands raise the bar at HS, rise to the occaison in a big way. ANd ther is no other fest wher you feel so a part of the bands....at HSMF, youre camping right next to them, impromptu jams and RV top jams are frequent. Plus playshops and parades and 4 late nite venues going all night long.....You guys can all hit up your Relix friendly tour folk fests. I'll be a HSMF staple until arrmageddon hits. Aint no place like SIerra. Open your minds and get into something new....or dont go and we will go adventuring without you. If you are going to HSMF for one band only you are missing the point.
My guesses fgor late nite predictions:
Umphreys Thurs night
Railroad earth Friday night
Bisco sat
Bela/Drew sunday

and that is just 4 out of the 16.
Is it July yet?!?!?

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HSMF rocks. There is music pretty much round the clock even if you do not go to the late night gigs. The $75.00 parking price is optional, you don't need a car. I have seen some of the best shows ever from bands that I have never heard of. It is not just about the music. Check out the fire dancers.

Last year was the same, the heavy hitters (Les, Mule, Karl D. etc..) are announced way late. It is done intentionally. If you had multiple bands like WSP, DMB, and Trey announced the experience would not be the same. The place can't support 80,000 people, thank god! HSMF is mellow. The crew keeps it that way on purpose so the fest does not get overun by trustifarians and frat boys looking to cash in on a cheap fix.

Every year they seem to pull off the best festival..Just a WORD to the wise...at the main gate, last year, there were cops at pretty much any time during the festival and I know of MANY people who weren't doing a God damn thing wrong at the time, that got pulled aside, searched and arrested. Check yo-self, B4 you wreck yo-self. PS see ya there if they add Steve Kimock Band.....a festival is not a festival without the Little Toaster!!!!

PS If they add Zero to the line-up instead of the straight Steve Kimock Band - this year will immediately register OFF THE CHARTS!!!!!!!!!!!! Shady Grove just got shadier!!!!!!

The irony in all of this, which is, of course, soaring well above the heads of the folks bitching and moaning about the cost, the bands, the scene, etc, is that the genuinely unique thing about High Sierra is that people like you aren't there. The vibe has been spared your constant drudgery and, thankfully, continues to maintain a very positive, happy vibe and small profile that permeates the entire event and is precisely what the people who go back each year go for. So here's a plan for you: take your dollars, your negativity, and your self-absorption to Bonnaroo or any other mega-fest where you will blend into the general melange rocking out to enormous bands we hear daily on the radio. If you think you'll get more for your buck there, by all means, carry on. You will not be missed. And to all those stoked once again for a weekend in Quincy, I look forward to seeing you all there in the discovery of new tunes, renewed interconnectedness, and a broadened perception.

Evan