OK Festivarians, I am hearing that 1 of the 2 “big name acts” yet to be announced is none other than THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT!?!?!!! Say it ain’t so? Don’t SAY?
Any truth to these rumors? Anyone from Planet Bluegrass shed some light on these recent revelations?
Not saying this is going to be the best thing for the festival, especially considering tickets are largely sold-out, but I would like to hear some of your thoughts.
I’ve heard the rumors, It is What it is What it is what it is. I hope they get a slot as they have a nice history with the festival. If they do play TBF, it would be nice to get a Telluride Conference Center show as well from the boys. I bet this thread will make a lot of old school festivarians nervous. :festivarian
It isn’t meant to make the old festivarians worried, although I’d like to hear anyones perspective on this. The tickets are almost sold out for the entire festival already anyways, but it will definitely increase demand exponentially for whats left and for the entire festival…
I’m old school, and it doesn’t make me nervous at all. I’ve missed 'em, and could use a little Cheese infusion.
But they’d better choose their setlist carefully. As much as I’ve loved Cheese over the years, they can be as boring as Railroad Earth sometimes. :eek
Thank you HuckinFappy! This is exactly the sentiments I hope to hear!!! I love SCI and TBGF, although I would never want SCI or the fans to tarnish what TBGF has become and what it means to so many people. It is probably better PG waited for the tickets to be sold…I just hope it doesn’t turn into chaos.
Completely agree on SCI choosing setlists too, their song selection of late has been uninspired and they better BRING IT for the (rumored) return to the Telluride stage. You are obviously wise to the Cheese!!!
But M&S can bring in their hoards of fans, yet play whatever they want? :lol
As long as Andy Goessling is on stage, I don’t see how RRE can be boring, but to each his own.
I’d be very much in favor of a SCI return to Telluride. Since their reunion, they haven’t been quite up to the standards I’d expect from them, but I still very much enjoy them and would love to see them back for the 40th. Plus, if they’re there, that increases the likelihood of Emmitt-Nershi or some Cheesey Salmon (as the OP so elegantly puts it).
How would SCI fans tarnish TBF? Cheese fans are for the most part some of the friendliest and socially conscious people I’ve ever met. We’re not talking about Phish here. As far as uninspired set-lists go, they only play 15 times a year or so. What do you expect?
If people were hoarding tix for friends or peace of mind (or worse, to flip extras at a profit) when passes first went on sale, then unfortunately a late announcement of SCI will only reward their behavior and encourage the same sort of thing for next year … since the bottom of the market won’t drop out like it did last year as the festival nears.
Similarly, it’s now clear to me the release of single day tix prior to the announcement of the full lineup also feeds into the frenzy of people wanting to “get in” & rewarding those who hoard by decreasing supply & effectively tightening demand.
SCI would have to really bring it to be one of the “big names” still slated. Otherwise, I’d feel like I was checking the boards several times a day for a disappointment.
I hate to sound like a curmudgeon, but I just don’t get it. If someone wants to point me to a show or several to listen to as a mind-changed, I’m happy to listen and give them several hours of a shot, but I saw SCI with Phil & Friends in '01 and damned if they didn’t bore me. Maybe it was the daylight, or maybe it was the guy next to me who barfed at 5:30 p.m. during the SCI set, but I’m not convinced by their albums and I wasn’t convinced by that show.
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SCI? Why not just go ahead and announce Phish and Panic while we’re at it? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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I just have to add here, ever notice that bands draw certain vains of fans, some like to slam dance so they find that vibe to do so. Each band carries a vibe they send off, almost like direction.
Yes I do have to agree here not the correct venue IMO. :flower
It could get a little dicey if SCI plays a nightgrass show as well. One festival set by the Boys will most likely not add to the population of the town or disruption of the festival experience. However, if they add a Telluride Conference center show/or at the Palm, then we may see an influx of people that are there just for Cheese. If they do play a nightgrass show, it will be the hardest ticket to get. You can bet on that! :cheers
Yea if anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them. Have tried to get into them, but just havent heard anything that I fell in love with.
Please don’t let this happen, I love cheese did most of their shows las year, but not at telluride bluegrass, I know that they have a storied history of playing there, but they are no longer the same band that they were then, and definitely draw a different crowd of young kids. If they wait to announce until after its sold out, it won’t stop any of cheese’s wook fans from coming 
SCI was quite core to the festival in the 90’s. Their late night (all night) Quonset Hut and Art Factory shows were legend, set the stage for what we now know as Night Grass, and pre-dated Yonder’s Conference Center and Sheridan shenanigans by years and years. I don’t care how bluegrass they used to be, or how un-bluegrass they became in later years, those guys would be quite welcome, by me anyway, at any future TBF. And given their low profile in the recent past, I can’t see that having them there would be anything like having Phish or Panic on the bill. Besides, their “fans” are us. Bring it!
I can’t argue with that, but it happens. Some background: I used to hang around the Stanhope house in Stanhope, NJ…it was a great little dive with awesome music on the weekends, ranging from locals to really big-name touring acts (Really?? Pinetop Perkins and Gatemouth brown for $6?).
Two of the bands I saw a lot were the Blue Sparks from Hell and From Good Homes. Good times…lots of good times. These bands, were of course the genesis of RRE. I’d heard of RRE, and where the bandmates had come from, and was pretty jazzed about it, but they got going around the same time my growing family got started, and I didn’t have a lot of cycles or energy for new music. So I didn’t really hear them until they came to Telluride, 10 years later.
I was psyched…they were on my “top 3” list 2 years ago…and I couldn’t wait to check them out. I was completely bummed that it hit me as a total snoozefest. I appreciate the talent, I love the band members on a personal and a musical level, but their output on that night was (to my ears) a droning, repetitive, sedative. Very disappointing. And I should give them a chance and listen more, but life’s too short and there’s too much good music to have to put in time to learn to like a band.
I was at the 30th anniversary, when SCI was last there. I loved them! I don’t know if they’re boring now or not, but would love to see them back. I also love RRE, but was disappointed that we got no “Head” the last time they were at Telly. 
Then again, y’all could be barking up the wrong “could sell out Red Rocks” tree. 
Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green