Toughest Scheduling Log Jam?

I'm catching RR too instead of Oysterhead. I know everyone is pumped about Oysterhead playing, but their album doesn't do that much for me and Robert Randolph is incredible. I'll either try and catch the end of Oysterhead or I may head over to American Minor....I've been meaning to check them out and what better place than Bonnaroo.

It's definitely Friday late night for me, but I've known it was coming for so long I've gotten used to it.

My personal order of priority for the late night is:

1. Lyrics Born
2. MMJ
3. Umphrey's/Bisco collab
4. Blackalicious
5. Umphrey's
....
then Disco Biscuits and Common

I'm planning on being on the front rail at midnight for LB to start off the hip-hop tent (I'm assuming he's first but not positive) and watching his whole set or about 45 minutes depending on how its going. If he's playing with a band (which I would guess is likely) I'll be a bit dissappointed and might not stay as long (I prefer the LB, Joyo and D-Sharp setup to the full band). I'll probably peek at the Umphrey's tent at that point and then watch the last half of MMJ. I have yet to be impressed my Gift of Gab (Blackalicious MC, my favorite studio MC) live, but I would like to give him another shot and check out Xcel. I'm sure the Disco Biscuits and hopefully some Umph/Bisco combo will be going all night so I'll save that for last.

I'm afraid I might miss Blackalicious and Umphrey's with this plan but we'll see what I can manage. Two of the best openers I've ever seen were MMJ's One Big Holiday at Roo '04 and Lyrics Born's Bad Dreams at a Chicago show, so its really tough to choose which to start at. Without knowing what the Superjam is, I'd rather see any of these three tents than stuff going on Saturday late night, but ultimately I'm really looking forward to that too.

Friday latenight was the easiest choice for me... My biggest conflict would be Dr John vs. Superjam, i'll probably get sucked into Superjam and not want to drift around cuz anything could happen...

beck claypool and medeski martin and wood. though i'll most likely be watching beck

That's what I would do if I were you. I've never seen a Beck show but I'm more interested in seeing Claypool and MMW in this case.

Honestly, You'd probably be picking the worse two of the group live. Don't get me wrong. I love Elvis and CYHSY, but in my opinion, both leave much to be desired live. CYHSY are fun and young. They aren't great live yet. And Elvis...well, part of the strength of his recordings is how he always hits that peak, that part of the song you love, and then never returns to it. Not so live. In theory, an 8 minute live version of "Pump It Up" might sound fun, but in practice, it gets old about the 10th time he repeats the chorus. And a lot of the instrumentation he uses with the Imposters sounds more than dated....it sounds downright cheesy.

Both shows will probably be fun. You will probably come away thinking how glad you are that you chose them. But that's only because you don't know what you're missing with the other guys. Frisell and Guy are two of the more well respected guitarists coming to Roo this year, and Rusted Root shows have a reputation for being high energy. On top of that, both the Costello and CYHSY sets will be overun with people. Personally, I'm seeing Buddy Guy. If I wasn't seeing him, I'd see Frisell.

Just my two cents.

I am headed to Hot Buttered Rum then Umph/Disco. I have no desire to see MMJ.