Start with the Beatles and Te Rolling Stones

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Try Alvin Lee and Ten Years After. Early Fleetwood Mac before the women. Also, maybe Deep Purple and some Beck Bogart and Appice. Jeff Beck just passes away yesterday.

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For entry level, I’d say check out his song voodoo Chile, or Spanish castle magic.

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I suggest some of the following I prefer to suggest just artists and let you chose for yourself

Humble Pie-

The Who- Too many to pick just one song. If you've ever watched any of the CSI tv shows the title songs are from them.

George Throughgood

Bad Company

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Jimi Hendrix is essential

First three that jump to mind are The Cars, Hall and Oates, and David Bowie. You've got a somewhat broad list there, so I think all three of these have some overlap.

Do not sleep on Cimafunk or Charley Crockett. Absolutley LOVEEEEE them both. Cima is cuban funk/soul and Charley Crockett is vintage country and western.

Not mutually exclusive things. Been to it 7 times from Year 2 through 2019. It's gotten more organized over the years and I've never left disappointed.

It's gotten less jam band focused, sure, which is a valid complaint if that's what you like.

Even the first year, they had hip hop bands, but ones who also fit the ethos like Blackalicious or DJ Shadow. I kinda stopped paying attention to Bonnaroo after like, year 3 or 4 I wanna say. It just became the same corpo stuff you see at Coachella or Outside Lands.

It used to be good, now it's full corpo.

Yes

Knocked Loose would bring energy. I find rap/pop to be quite anticlimactic both on record and live. Not for me.

Is Tyler Childers big enough for that spot?

It’s a nice lineup for sure. I’ve been to Lolla a few times. It’s so massive in such a small space. I guess it’s not that small of a space, but it’s different being on an old farm. I remember when RHCP was playing with little to no others at the same time and I could barely see them I was so far away in Grant Park. I’m okay to camp, as I have 90% with festivals, but I would much rather stay in a hotel if I could afford it.

Only festival I've ever been to is lollapalooza. But I'm absolutely going to try and go to this. Insane how many artists I love here.

Other than Thursday, of I have no clue who any of those people are.

What does make it worth it for me:

Friday: Kendrick, Vulfpeck, Fleet Foxes, Alex G, The Midnight, Matt Maeson.

Saturday: lil Nas X, My Morning Jacket, Korn, The Band Camino, Sheryl Crow.

Sunday: FF, Paramore, Marcus Mumford, Pixies, Jacob Collier, Peach Pit, Franz Ferdinand, and Men I Trust.

And honestly with this many I'm happy with, I'm excited to find what else I might enjoy here.

I mean, really it’s not 1989… yeah they just are on the same level as Nirvana to me in terms of influence. Not that I expect them to be super popular with that audience. I imagine Dave Grohl feels some reverence for them, so must be cool for him, though maybe they’ve played together before. Just mean, I’m not surprised but reality sometimes just reminds me that I’m older than I feel.

Also feeling old because I have never heard of Drew Holcomb. But hey, I know Turnstile and Kodak Black (sits in rocking chair a shakes fist at cloud).

Funny, my reaction was, wait they get a higher billing than Drew Holcomb? Anyways, love the Pixies, but it ain’t 2002, bruv

This was my reaction to Saturday. I thought Lil Nas X was like the hottest act in town, and then you got Korn, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Sheryl Crow. (Yeah I'm in my 30s)

Never heard of the headliner.

I just wish they’d stop resisting putting metal bands back on the list.

Completely agree.