Bring THE DUDE to Telluride 2011!!!

Festivarian Events Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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Call me crazy, but I think Jeff Bridges would make a nice addition to the TBF 2011 schedule.

I happened to catch a PBS production of American Masters last night about Jeff Bridges. It turns out, after Crazy Heart, he really got into music again and formed a band that actually travels!

The series creator and executive producer of American Masters, Susan Lacy says, “Jeff Bridges is one of our greatest screen actors…He has an incredible body of work but most of us didn’t know that he is, truly, a modern Renaissance Man, widely and wildly talented in, seemingly, all of the arts.”
LINK: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/jeff-bridges-the-dude-abides/about-the-film/1727/

After the show, I visited Bridge’s website and streamed his album “Be Here Soon” and I am digging it, particularly the track, “She lay her whip down!”
LINK: http://www.jeffbridges.com/musicjul10.html

Not only would it be pretty sweet to see The Dude on festival grounds, I really think he too would enjoy the festival and our community’s unique camaraderie and spirit!

Thoughts?!?

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CRAZY!

Actually I also love this idea, I will spend the rest of today focusing all my good vibes toward making this a reality. :vibes :vibes :vibes :vibes :vibes

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I’m digging the album. Thanks for the post!

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Yes sir! I like it :thumbsup thanks for putting this up.

Now if Jeff Bridges did make it to the festival…would an obligatory Lebowski night be in order? at least a good evening of white russians to go around? I might have to bring a robe and my jellies sandals just in case…

:peace

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Yeah…love this idea! This has some potential for a great show!

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Makes one want to take a bath with a ferret! :lol

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“Nice marmot” :eek

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I second… uhhh… fifth this suggestion! :thumbsup

The Dude must abide in Telluride! :lol

Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green

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Sixthing this! :thumbsup

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Ferret, Marmot…they are all just rodents! :lol
The message is the same…dont bathe with them! :eek

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Absolutely brilliant! I would have to find the perfect rug to really tie my campsite together.

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That would be a purty good story. :peace

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:lol :lol

especially when the ferret belongs 3 nihilists that threaten to cut off your…errrrr welll :eek

let’s not forget that housing an…uhh…amphibious rodent within…uhhh…within the city…uhhh, that ain’t legal either Dude.

:cheers

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I like the way you think, JAM Strait! Regardless of the presence of the dude, a Lebowski night is in order! I do believe I have seen Jesus at a previous TBF (2008 if I recall) – full bowling “suit” and all!

Cheers (with White Russian in hand)!

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Can we please have a Dress as the Dude Day!

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Do you mean… uhhhh… kinda like bring and wear your favorite bathrobe and wear it in public? Let me ask you this…

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN TOWN PARK BEFORE NOON? :lol :lol :lol

Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green

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HAHAHA!!! Personally, this is my first TBF in Town Park. I’m glad to know that I won’t stick out like a sore thumb in my robe!

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Honey, your only thought is going to be… “WHY THE HECK DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT???” Trust me, right now, you have no idea what you’re in for this summer!

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This is a great idea! I seventh that emotion!

I saw him in Fort Worth with T-Bone Burnett recently. The guy who taught Jeff Bridges to play guitar, and the guy the movie Crazy Heart was dedicated to (see the end of the credits), and the character Bad Blake was modeled after was a bluegrass musician and Fort Worth native named Stephen Bruton. T Bone Burnett (also from Fort Worth) produced the movie, as well as the newest collaboration by Elton John and Leon Russell, by the way). Tragically, Stephen died of lung cancer in 2009. It would be very fitting to his memory if Jeff, the Dude, Bridges was invited to perform in Telluride.

And of course, he would fit right in with all of us! :lol

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Thanks for the info, Jaci!