H.O.R.D.E.
FESTIVAL
Gorge Amphitheater
George, WA
September 4, 1998

    Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere

                     Blues Traveler and Ben Harper with the Innocent Criminals are certainly two bands on the horizon of rock and roll. Ben Harper with his eclectic style and improvisational lap guitar work; and the Blues Traveler with guitar virtuoso Chan Kinchla, and the awe-inspiring harmonica genius and lightning fast lyrics which come like a storm from John Popper's long winded and well trained vocal force. So, fitting the profile, these two bands headlined at this year's H.O.R.D.E. festival. Other performers included in the 1998 line-up were Galactic, the Barenaked Ladies, Alana Davis, and many more; as there were three stages at the H.O.R.D.E.  festival, and continuous music from 4:30 pm until 11:00 pm.

                  Ben Harper played a little after 8:00 pm on the main stage, which is set on a bluff overlooking the Columbia river gorge. His music is mostly original songs, but, he also did great version of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile. Blues Traveler took the stage just before ten o'clock and opened with "Stand" and "Crash & Burn," both are songs from their fourth album, properly entitled Four. They were joined by a member of the Barenaked Ladies for these two songs and he left the stage after the fourth song Blues Traveler's classic hit "But, Anyway." Then, Traveler did their standard, but, always enjoyable number "Mountains Win Again." Next, came Chan's solo and then John Popper saying, "We figured it was time to write a new song, 'cause, ya know that's what we do, we write songs." It was called, "Decision of the Skies." Bassist Billy Sheehan and guitarist Chan both beat their axes in extended dual solos, followed by a very unexpected "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Overall, the H.O.R.D.E.  festival was a fantastic time, hope you didn't miss it. Thanks for reading and we'll see ya at the shows.

 

COUNTING CROWS		DEF LEPPARD
CHER	THE OTHER ONES	AEROSMITH
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS	PAUL McCARTNEY	SANTANA
SHERYL CROW	TESLA	JAY-Z AND 311
OZZFEST 2000	OZZFEST 2001	OZZFEST 2002
DAVID BOWIE AND MOBY AT AREA2	THE WHO	JACKSON BROWNE
PAPA ROACH, P.O.D.,CYPRESS HILL, & ROB ZOMBIE	MORNING SPRING RAIN FESTIVAL JUNE 2002	THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
MIDNIGHT OIL	MT. AIRE 2002	BIG HEAD TODD
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG	BUSH AND DEFAULT	INCUBUS
BLUES TRAVELER	LINKIN PARK IN LAS VEGAS	BRYAN ADAMS AT THE FILLMORE
LINKIN PARK & P.O.D.	CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH	STRING CHEESE INCIDENT  NYE 2001-2002
FUEL & SALIVA	AEROSMITH 2002	STEVIE NICKS
THE BLACK CROWES	AEROSMITH 2001	BLINK 182
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	OZZFEST 2001	BAD COMPANY
LINKIN PARK	OZZFEST 2000	MARILYN MANSON
MEGADETH	TED NUGENT AND TESLA	THE OTHER ONES NEW YEAR'S EVE 2000-2001
THE COUNTING CROWS AND LIVE	THIRD EYE BLIND       SUMMER     TOUR 2000	YES
THE FURTHUR FESTIVAL 2000	THE B.B. KING   BLUES FEST 2000	THE B-52'S AND THE GO-GO'S
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	JOE WALSH 2000	ELTON JOHN 2000
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, AND YOUNG REUNION TOUR 2000	NYE 1999-2000 WITH THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	THE EAGLES MILLENIUM TOUR 2000 LAS VEGAS
ZZ TOP & LYNYRD SKYNYRD	TOM PETTY  HOLLYWOOD BOWL	PEARL JAM  HALLOWEEN
WIDESPREAD PANIC	BONNIE RAITT '99	BONNIE RAITT '98
METALLICA	H.O.R.D.E. '98	THE B-52's
FURTHUR '98	VAN HALEN	311
JERRY CANTRELL	BARENAKED LADIES	COUNTING CROWS

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