echo project

[tinkerlion]

The Flaming Lips, the Killers, Umphrey's McGee, Cat Power, the Disco
Biscuits and Cypress Hill to Join Phil Lesh at the Echo Project

As first reported by Relix, the first annual Echo Project will take
place from October 12-14 in Fairburn, GA, 20 miles south of downtown
Atlanta. In addition to previously confirmed headliner Phil Lesh &
Friends, the Echo Project will also feature performances by the
Killers, the Flaming Lips, Umphrey's McGee, the Disco Biscuits,
Cypress Hill, the Roots, Cat Power & the Dirty Blues Band, Michael
Franti & Spearhead, Polyphonic Spree, ALO, the Avett Brothers, Stephen
Marley, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Perpetual Groove, the Spam Allstars and
RJD2, among others. The event is being billed as "the south's first
green music and arts experience" and Super Early Bird Tickets and
travel packages will be available on July 31. A number of additional
artists will be added to the festival's line-up in the coming week.

Date: Sunday, October 14, 2007

Venue: The Echo Project
Address: 20 miles south of Atlanta, GA
Ticket 1 - $155.00
Ticket 2 - $175.00
Ticket 3 - $195.00
Gate - $215.00
Cap: 40,000
Public on sale date: 7/31/2007
Ticketing link: http://www.the-echoproject.com
Venue Website: http://www.the-echoproject.com
ALO's Showtime: TBA
Gates: open Fri., Oct. 12th at time TBA
This is an all ages show.



this is so very close to me. it just so happens that i'll have 1 vacation day left after colorado, and this might be the best time to take it in conjunciton with my weekend off:cool:. moe. isn't listed up there, but have been "confirmed" to be there as well.

[Miss Shark]

Nice line up tink.

[tinkerlion]

The Echo Project, the upstart music and arts festival coming to South Fulton this fall, just keeps getting bigger.

Thursday, organizers announced the first additions to the lineup following last week's inaugural round of acts. They've added Thievery Corporation, Les Claypool, the Bravery, Secret Machines, MSTRKFRT, JJ Grey & Mofro, Son Volt, the Egg, the Album Leaf, Man Man, Tea Leaf Green, the Benevento-Russo Duo, Lazaro Casanova and Telepath.

Last week, organizers announced the first batch of acts — including the Killers, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, the Roots and Cat Power — for the fest, which will be held Oct. 12-14 The event will take place on a nearly 350-acre site along the Chattahoochee River along the border between Fulton and Douglas counties.

Early bird tickets ($120) are still on sale at www.the-echoproject.com and 1-800-594-TIXX.

as great as the line up is i'm also really excited about the fact that one of the goals of the festival is to help clean up the chattahoochee. it's also very focused on the type of energy used and waste management. the goal is to leave the area better than it was before the festival. the organizers are working with sustainable waves and rivers alive.

oh, and moe. has been confirmed!

[Triggin]

anyone going to this don't miss out on Perpetual Groooooooooove... and GLaSS ;-)

[tinkerlion]

performers listed by day (http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=GA_Fairburn&PSKey=Y).

Fri 10/12/07 "The Echo Project"
Fri 10/12/07 Benevento Russo Duo
Fri 10/12/07 Dead Confederate
Fri 10/12/07 Disco Biscuits
Fri 10/12/07 JJ Grey & Mofro
Fri 10/12/07 Les Claypool
Fri 10/12/07 Lyrics Born
Fri 10/12/07 Medeski Martin & Wood
Fri 10/12/07 Perpetual Groove
Fri 10/12/07 Secret Machines
Fri 10/12/07 Snowden
Fri 10/12/07 Stephen Marley
Fri 10/12/07 The Egg
Fri 10/12/07 The Polyphonic Spree
Fri 10/12/07 Thievery Corporation
Sat 10/13/07 "The Echo Project"
Sat 10/13/07 Brazilian Girls
Sat 10/13/07 Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Sat 10/13/07 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Sat 10/13/07 Cypress Hill
Sat 10/13/07 Future Man
Sat 10/13/07 Greenskeeper
Sat 10/13/07 Little Birdie
Sat 10/13/07 MSTRKRFT
Sat 10/13/07 Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Sat 10/13/07 Son Volt
Sat 10/13/07 Spam Allstars
Sat 10/13/07 Tea Leaf Green
Sat 10/13/07 The Album Leaf
Sat 10/13/07 The Avett Brothers
Sat 10/13/07 The Flaming Lips
Sat 10/13/07 The Killers
Sat 10/13/07 Toubab Krewe
Sat 10/13/07 moe.
Sun 10/14/07 "The Echo Project"
Sun 10/14/07 ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)
Sun 10/14/07 Man Man
Sun 10/14/07 Michael Franti & Spearhead
Sun 10/14/07 Phil Lesh & Friends
Sun 10/14/07 RAQ
Sun 10/14/07 RJD2
Sun 10/14/07 The Afromotive
Sun 10/14/07 The Bravery
Sun 10/14/07 The Roots
Sun 10/14/07 Umphrey's McGee

[angischy]

Where's Jangomonkey? ;-):D

OH, and of course, mister "stop breakin down my mother (http://youtube.com/watch?v=UsrC1MaP5gc)" himself.

[tinkerlion]

detailed schedule (http://www.jambase.com/festivals/echoproject/) is up. happy to see few conflicts. on friday mofro and les claypool overlap and on sunday i'm a bit more upset about umphrey's and alo overlapping.

less than 2 weeks away! the weather should be great. i'm so ready for this!

[angischy]

detailed schedule (http://www.jambase.com/festivals/echoproject/) is up. happy to see few conflicts. on friday mofro and les claypool overlap and on sunday i'm a bit more upset about umphrey's and alo overlapping.

I vote for Mofro and ALO, but maybe that's just me ;)
I'm excited for you to see the Avetts for the first time, Tink. A 3pm set shoud be a nice mid-afternoon pepper-upper.
Might I suggest a double espresso http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/idea.gif immediately prior so you can keep your foot stomping at the same pace as those crazy boys will be playing?!?

[angischy]

anyone going to this don't miss out on Perpetual Groooooooooove... and GLaSS ;-)

GLaSS aren't playing, are they? :rolleyes:

[tinkerlion]

i've got eric excited to see the avett's as well. i'm glad there's no one too close before hand so i can get a good spot. i'll give you a call so you can be there vicariously if ya want angi!;) still wish you were going to be there!

[Triggin]

GLaSS aren't playing, are they? :rolleyes:


actually, im not quite sure :-) i guess i just assumed. but still, don't miss Perpetual groove, they bring a high energy fun show!

[angischy]

I like that they're not allowing styrofoam coolers. Those things are crap and shouldn't even be made anymore!
Also, no flicking of cigarette butts!

http://www.upperhandticketing.com/shows/meatcamp/echo/emailblast/images/echo10707.png

[tinkerlion]

it was a great weekend. we heard going in that they had only sold 8,000 tickets. i don't know how accurate that number is, but it was on the empty side. of course that made it nice to be able to get up close. overall it was pretty good for a first (and maybe last) festival. the location was good and the weather was fantastic. it got up to the 80's, but there was a nice breeze and the nights really cooled down as well. there was a ton of great music, but mofro and the avetts had to be my favorite shows.

[angischy]

...there was a ton of great music, but mofro and the avetts had to be my favorite shows.

:D High Five!
You're home early then, aren't you? I'm guessing you didn't hang out for Phil Lesh & Friends.

Glad you enjoyed those two bands. Not that I'm surprised or anything ;)

What about moe and Umphrey's?

[tinkerlion]

so almost two weeks later i remembered to upload the photos we took. here's a few.

some of the art they had
http://a837.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/110/l_a32c3d5d202528661386f16f2da24ee4.jpg

http://a62.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/103/l_9aaa6d7367788c7c94c1e08d9c0bc1a5.jpg

http://a379.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_b7c0f9bca329eae6ab5cd20ec36c39fa.jpg

aftermath of the flaming lips

http://a714.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/18/l_951e67a61fdcd1e32ebe7d8e3aa569e9.jpg

[tinkerlion]

mofro

http://a51.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_9a81224bf39d8848911301155879f7ea.jpg

http://a19.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/l_5b38abd7f2d2ce5c1b413e23bb40c0ba.jpg

http://a86.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/l_9b8de2feb197df09ca44edbf92985a8d.jpg

moe.

http://a698.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_1ade08b384aa3b0783c4526cd25f2099.jpg

[tinkerlion]

the avett brothers

http://a428.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/113/l_5763dbe62c18e7bacb67a86970c67273.jpg

http://a533.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/102/l_73d0eb4dbcdf1d6d9d4d287aee4075fc.jpg

http://a292.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_d8ec3159c3a078c6c8646ea7b96d3a4b.jpg

lyrics born (and that little lady with him had a huge voice.)

http://a550.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/15/l_6b037cf1b539693d62a46c8abbfd543d.jpg

[tinkerlion]

p groove

http://a965.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/l_d1d7d5215283e414a3f3905ee08bc134.jpg

black mozart and his future band (they were great musically, but as soon as the rappers started i had to leave. very meh.)

http://a795.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/l_0d1de0b46b3fdb756a647d5929e473ca.jpg

campside with a handful of jango monkey

http://a225.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/38/l_1b2d798843cd41ac44c67b34abff0490.jpg
(cool side note, on sunday as they were jamming they had a taper stop and record them.)

and lastly me and my freckles

http://a168.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/17/l_12d7cf79bd1015ea7ca9d98713cc6257.jpg

[sway2sway]

good pics tink, looks like they had cool art & stage set ups.
that shirtless guy behind you looks like he had a verrry long day.
what's your shirt say? I had a sticker of that cat before.

[tinkerlion]

it says bad kitty. randomly enough i'm wearing the same shirt. the guy behind me must have partied too hard too fast as that was the first day.

[Miss Shark]

They are great pictures tink. Thanks for sharing.

[Triggin]

hey Tinkerlion, so you saw Pgroove, what did you think? they have been one of my fav bands to date along with GLaSS..... they are a bit harder, but tight nonetheless.

[tinkerlion]

i've seen them before. they're pretty good, but not really revolutionary to me. i see them as a good group to chill out too. unfortunately i wasn't in a chill out mood, so i wondered back and forth during their set.