Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas October 28, 2006

This was a spur of the moment kind of trip we decided to go on the 26th and so we could only go for one day, we picked the first day of the festival it had the best bands playing that day. This was the first music festival I've been to outside of the locale music festivals. It was a surreal experience, because it was held the weekend before Halloween 57% of the crowd was in Halloween costumes. Some really cool ones and a lot of girls turning normal costumes into slutty costumes.
The music was great they had four stages and for the majority of the day we stayed at the 'Snake Eyes' stage and we also visited the 'Jokers Wild' stage and the end of the night was devoted to the main stage.
We got there very early due to the time difference that we forgot about so we saw a few of the smaller bands both were good but I don't remember what their names are. A lot of high hippies doing there thing in the crowd. The first Band I was excited to see was Cat Power. I've also heard a lot about her live they say you have a 50/50 chance of a good show or a crappy show. From what I understand Chan gets stage fright luckily she was in a great mood and was an amazing show.

She did a lot of dancing and a lot of hand sighs and movement that matched her lyrics which made it very unique. She played with the Memphis Rhythm Band. They backed her last album.
Here is her setlist:
1.Intro from the Memphis band
2.The Greatest
3.Living Proof
4.Lived in Bars
5.Could We
6.EMpty Shell
7.Willie
8.The Moon
9.Naked if I want to*
10.Satisfaction#
11.Where is My Love
12.$
notes:
* a Moby Graper cover
# a Rolling Stones cover
$ I don't know this song and I couldn't find anything about it so if anyone knows let me know. There were two lines that were recurring and they were, "It's good to see you swell, and I'll give you anything but love". If anyone knows then let me know thank you kindly.



The next band at the show that I saw was the Raconteurs. This is the first time for me with this band and a funny side note. My wife and I stayed at this stage after we saw Cat Power while everyone else went to see the other band perform at the stage next to us while the roadies unloaded the stage and got it ready for the next band. We did this so we could be at the front for both Cat Power and The Raconteurs. Right before the guys came out to play a college girl came up to use from across the fence she had a press pass and she was making a documentary about fans that have to see a band on the front row. Interesting concept. She asked if she could interview myself and a guy to our left, we both agreed and she asked us a few questions off camera and then filmed our answers. It was hard to come up with answers that didn't make you sound like white trash after a tornado. I'm just glad I didn't have to answer the who's in the band question because all I knew was Jack White, So the other guy looked like the idiot. Long story short if anyone ever sees the film let me know if I acted like a shmuck.
The band was great they had a great sound together and they really complimented each other's style. It didn't feel like it was Jack's band it was a real four piece band that held equal rights over the music. I'd recommend anyone to see their shows they were great live.
Here's their setlist:
1.Intimate Secretary
2.Level
3.Steady as She goes
4.Together
5.Store Bought Bones
6.It Ain't Easy*
7.Broken Boy soldier
8.Blue Veins
9.Yellow Sun
note * a David Bowie cover.

The rest of the day was devoted to eating and resting in the shade it was a hot clear day. After the sun went down we saw the Killers and Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, both of them were amazing. I didn't write the setlists down due to no light. I wore my sunglasses and left my regular glasses in the car so once the sun went down I was blind unless I was looking directly at the stage. They played their hits and nothing that stood out at enough to make an imprint. Tom was great my first time to see him live and all I wanted to hear was I Won't Back Down and he played it! Truly a legend. All in all I'd say it was a very cool festival that I hope to visit again next year if there's a good line up.