Those Easy All Stars....

Speaking of Allstars how about the Long Beach Dub Allstars at Bonnaroo. More Reggae and some Sublime.

The Easy Star All Stars would be a nice add, but I kind of view them as only working in a late night setting. And they're not quite big enough to do a late night set at Bonnaroo. Further, Bonnaroo's sort of stayed away from cover acts in the past. I might be totally mistaken on that, but it doesn't seem to be Superfly's style. I could see them making an appearance down the road once they've really established themselves, but the label's still relatively young, and their reputation is mostly based on compiliations and not live appearances. Give them time.

they did both dub side of the moon and radiodread back to back at all good last year on the rope-a-dope stage. shit was tiiiiiiiiiight!

and as far as establishing themselves, the easy star name has been out there since the mid 90's as producers for a lot of big name reggae artisrts. the allstars are a collaboration of artists from other well known bands that have come together for these "tribute" projects, so most of them are already relatively known. they have gotten TONS of praise from various artists, fans and media outlets throughout their "short" time together for their studio and live performance. (it's been 4 years since dub side came out.) and heck, even thom yorke gave them the nod for radiodread ok computer.

i just don't see them as just a "cover" band. more like a side project of artists that get together under the easy star brand name and do great tributes to some great originals. hence, the easy star all stars.

here is a list of bands the muscians from radiodread came from: Toots and the Maytals, Citizen Cope, Morgan Heritage, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Israel Vibrations, The Meditations and more.

i heard the "dub side of the moon" cover album in my friends car the other day, pure genious! the beat at the beginning of "money" is made up of bonghits and coughing

And it's great! Man, i totally forgot about the Dubbb Stars

Great post

Edit: LBDA would be the love, too! Righteous Dub is one of my favorite tracks ever.

My friend has that album. We used to listento it all the time in 8th grade, then he lost it. But a couple of days ago we found it in his car. It was a memorable moment.

Ever since I first heard 'Dub Side' I imagined a late night rendition of the entire album (of course, with live rips and coughing). I wish I was able to catch that at All Good.

Also, a note to the sublime conversation, I'd love to see Badfish at roo. I've seen em once before and they DEFINITELY do bradley and the gang some justice. Some bright Tennessee sun, brews, a little "rolled up" fun, and 40 oz to freedom ... beautiful.