FESTIVAL FINDS

FESTIVAL FINDS

One of the food stands at Bunbury was selling grilled-cheese doughnuts, and they were off the chain. A doughnut sliced in half, and then cooked like a grilled cheese. Gooey cheese, crisp around the edges, with a firm bite and that doughnut glaze underneath it.

Friday night was fireworks night at adjacent Great American Ballpark, where the Reds were playing the San Diego Padres. The brief deluge halted play at the stadium, which was fortuitous, because the fireworks – which were shot from a barge in the Ohio River – went off just after the Black Keys set.

Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band was fronted by aforementioned bearded madman Josh “The Reverend” Peyton, who is an absolute master on the slide guitar – and he knew it. His three-piece band just has a washboard player and a drummer, so the Rev also handled the bass, playing it simultaneously on the same guitar with his thumb. Peyton explained how he got so good in “Front-Porch Trained.”

Rapper Lil Dicky was joyfully obscene and hilariously so. You couldn’t suppress a shocked smile at the stories he told if you tried. But the Philadelphia native also has the stage presence and flow to go big-time.

Source: Guy D’Astolfo