First Weekend at Riverbend

We had a great weekend at Riverbend. On Saturday, we went to see The Emmitt-Nershi Band - which is the lead singer and mandolin player from Leftover Salmon (Drew Emmitt) and Bill Nershi a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and founding member of the String Cheese Incident. They were AMAZING! In this picture, Emmitt is on the left playing the mandolin and Nershi is the old hippie in the middle.

Here's Sam getting ready to head out for the show - warming up her vocal cords to do a little screaming for the band.

It was a beautiful night out, it wasn't that crowded, and the band was rocking. We danced and danced and danced (and were a little sore the next day). Sam danced on dad's shoulders. She was trying to get the rest of the crowd going with her towel too but the crowd was a little lame.

On Sunday night, we went to the see the Wailers - yes, as in Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was a little warmer Sunday night but we still rocked out at the show. Since Bob is (obviously) no longer with us, we weren't sure whether the Wailers would play the old tunes that we all know and love. And Kirk and I were hoping to hear a little Stir it Up since that was the first song we ever danced too.


We got half of what we asked for. They did play a lot of the classics - Get Up Stand Up, Jamming, etc. - but no Stir It Up. Regardless, it was so freakin awesome. We had a great time!


The heat was a little rough on Sam. She was pretty uncomfortable until the sun went down behind the bridge. She was like "seriously mom, you're making me sit out here in the sun for what?"


But she got over it once the music started and dad started dancing. She loves watching him dance:

Once the sun went behind the bridge, Sam relaxed. Maybe a little too much. She straight passed out for about a half hour.

After she woke up in the stroller, we put her in the backpack and she slept off and on for the rest of the show: