The String Cheese Incident

Kyle Hollingsworth Band | NedFest | Franklin's Tower

Following a summer packed with String Cheese Incident shows, festivals, and craft beer events, SCI keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth is back on the road this fall with Kyle Hollingsworth Band on the West Coast.

Electric Forest is a place where you can be anything you want to be.  I wanted to be Ben Franklin so I built myself a big ol Kite like totem and trotted off into the old Rothbury woods for four days and nights of frivolity, fantasy, and purple lasers majesty.

More than 20,000 music fans descended on the idyllic Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan this past weekend for the Sold Out 2012 Electric Forest festival.

Electric Forest Festival - returning June 28-July 1, 2012 to the beloved Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan - today unveils the “2-Day Sat & Sun Ticket,” a reduced rate ticket that allows access to the show on Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1. 2-Day Sat & Sun Tickets are limited in quantity - get them now at www.electricforestfestival.com while they last.

When I first heard about the Dawg Daze of Summer Festival in Lone Jack, Missouri (July 26 – 28, 2012), I knew I needed to go. There are a multitude of reasons for this, some being: The largest swimming pool in Missouri is there, the band selection is awesome, there are hiking trails and it’s on my birthday! You probably don’t want to go to this specifically for the last reason on my list, but the first three are golden!

Opening up the show, the band Onward, Soldiers, fresh off recording their sophomore LP, Monsters, started us off with a tight performance that sourced heavily from their new album.  Rapidly collecting fans and critical attention, this young band from North Carolina gave concertgoers reason to jump on the bandwagon.  According to lead singer Sean Thomas Gerard, “We’ve been a band for three years, but only two years with the current members.”  Despite that fact,

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld Lang syne?

For auld Lang syne, my Jo (or my dear),
for auld Lang syne,
we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld Lang syne.

On New Year’s Eve, Railroad Earth swung into a rendition of Warhead Boogie that, when all was said and done, left me in a state of almost comical ecstasy. During the crescendo and climax, I was twirling and spinning and swirling and grinning, and, then, when even kinetic rhythm couldn’t contain my body, I jumped as high I could, over and over, like a gobsmacked pogo stick.

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