3G's Music Festival~Grateful Garcia Gathering's Interests
General
-Pre Party Thursday July 30th 2009-
GATES OPEN AT 8:00AM
06:30-08:00pm ~Groovitational Pull~
08:30-10:00pm ~Brok'n Arrow~
10:30am-12:00am. ~IFDAKAR~
(Times, artists and programs are subject to change without notice)
-Friday July 31st 2009
GATES OPEN AT 8:00AM
11:00-12:00pm ~John Statz~
12:30-02:00pm ~Greyleaf~
02:30-04:00pm ~Grateful Beth and the Volunteers~
04:30-06:00pm ~MMC Trio~
06:30-08:00pm ~Jam and the Playground Kids~
08:30-10:00pm ~Mr Cab Driver~
10:30-12:00am ~Vinny Weible & Soul Logic~
12:30-02:00am ~ROOTSTAND~
(Times, artists and programs are subject to change without notice)
-Saturday Aug 1st Jerry's Garcia's Birthday-
GATES OPEN AT 8:00AM
10:30-12:00pm ~THE REGGIE~
12:30-02:00pm ~Elf Lettuce~
02:30-04:00pm ~The Bar Tab Band~
04:30-06:00pm ~In the Dark~
06:30-08:00pm ~Fungus Garden Reverb~
08:30-10:00pm ~Boney Fingers~
10:30-12:00am ~Badgdad SCUBA Review~
12:30-02:00am ~FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY~
(Times, artists and programs are subject to change without notice)
-Sunday August 3rd 2009
Campgound Venue Closes at 5:00pm.
Music
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2004
Melvin Seals & JGB, Boney Fingers, Waterband, Jones Gang, Day Old Bread, Groovulous Glove, Northern Pines, Eternity, Southbound, Green Situation, Floydian Slip, Bed, Northern Lights, The Form, Minglewood, Strange Neighbors, Grateful Gary and Friends, PHIX, and special very appearance with The Dancing Bears!
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2005
Melvin Seals & JGB (2 nights), Del Mar, Waterband (two nights), Fat Maw Rooney, Boney Fingers, Minglewood, The Weavils, Cosmic Railroad, The Green Situation, The Northern Pines Band, T.U.G.G., Bar Tab Band, UnderBelly, Baghdad Scuba Review, Groovulous Glove, Electric Medicine, and Drew Scott.
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2006
Melvin Seals & JGB, Waterband(RIP Dave Keen), Bowser, Bar Tab Band, SLM, Backwoods Revue, The Weavils, Not On Mars, Run Side Down, Baghdad Scuba Review, Cosmic Railroad, Grateful Beth and the Volunteers, Little Marsh Overflow, Boney Fingers, Covert Operations, Drew Scott and Bear.
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2007
Melvin Seals & JGB, Donna Jean and the Tricksters, Moonalice, Baghdad Scuba Review, Bowser, Grateful Beth & The Volunteers, Jana Holland, Covert Operations, The Northwoods Band, The Weavils, Bar Tab Band, Run Side Down, and more.
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2008
Melvin Seals & JGB, Moonalice, David Gans, Jackie Greene Band, JiMiller Band, Covert Operations, Baghdad SCUBA Review, Grateful Beth & The Volunteers, BoomBox, Back Home, In the Dark.
The 3Gs aka GRATEFUL GARCIA GATHERING 2009
~Moonalice~
"Moonalice", members include Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Jerry Garcia), Jimmy Sanchez (Dr. John, Roy Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Tom Waits, Boz Scaggs), G.E. Smith has played with the broadest possible spectrum of artists, from Red Buttons to Allen Ginsberg, from Desmond Child to Bob Dylan and all points in between,(10 years, 1985-1995, of fronting the Saturday Night Live Band, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall and John Oates), Ann McNamee-Vocals, Percussion
Flying Other Brothers, Roger McNamee - Bass, Guitar & Vocals Flying Other Brothers, Barry Sless (pedal steel and lead guitarist from the David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz, The Rowan Brothers (Peter, Lorin & Chris). Jack Casady - Bass Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna.
The Grateful Dead Movie, Back Stage Pass, The Last Waltz, and Festival Express!
Television
Books
Festival attendees though the years have danced and shaken their bones to the sounds of Jackie Greene, David Gans, Melvin Seals & JGB, featuring David Kemper original drummer of the Jerry Garcia Band, plus Stu Allen, Judith Coleman, Mary Holland, Sam Howard, Marty Holland.
Donna Jean and The Tricksters, featuring Donna Jean Godchaux, Mookie Siegel, Wendy Lanter of Hope in Time, and Jeff Mattson, Tom Circosta, Klyph Black and Dave Diamond, all of the Zen Tricksters.
Moonalice, featuring Roger & Ann McNamee, Barry Sless (pedal steel and lead guitarist from the David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz, The Rowan Brothers Peter, Lorin & Chris), Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Jerry Garcia), G.E. Smith (Bob Dylan, SNL, Hall & Oats), Jimmy Sanchez (Dr. John, Roy Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Tom Waits, Boz Scaggs). Also, Back Home Band, Ghost Farm Band, Boris Garcia, Boney Fingers, In The Dark, Waterband, The Jones Gang, Day Old Bread, Groovulous Glove, BoomBox, The Northern Pines, Eternity, The Green Situation, Floydian Slip, Bed, The Northern Lights, The Form, Minglewood, Strange Neighbors, Grateful Gary & Friends, Phix, Drew Scott, John Kadlecik of DSO, Del Mar, Fat Maw Rooney, The Weavils, Cosmic Railroad, The Green Situation, The Northern Pines Band, T.U.G.G., Bar Tab Band, UnderBelly, Baghdad Scuba Review, Groovulous Glove, Electric Medicine, Bowser, Grateful Beth & The Volunteers, Jana Holland, Covert Operations, Macyn Taylor, The Northwoods Band, Run Side Down, The CedarTown Boys, Bear! Our hats off to Mondo, Jason, and Anthony keeping it all together for the fans!
Heroes
Our Music heroes are all these kind people (and bands) that have touched our life in some way or another! Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Billy Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Bruce Hornsby, Vince Welnick, Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Mark Karan, The Dead, The Other Ones, Phil & Friends, Jackie Greene, Melvin Seals & JGB, Moonalice, Donna Jean and the Tricksters, New Riders of the Purple Sage, BoomBox, The Rhythm Devils, David Peel & the Lower Eastside (Have A Marijuana), Professor "Louie" & The Crowmatix, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Nelson Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Jimmy Carl Black, Geronimo Black, Joan Baez, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Jack Casady, The Band, Rick Danko, CSN&Y, Aerosmith, Steve Miller Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Steve Kimock, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, David Crosby, David Grisman, Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, John Kay & Steppenwolf, The Who, Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Cheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hot Tuna, Pink Floyd, Phish, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Woody Guthrie, Led Zeppelin, The Wallflowers, Queen, Tom Petty, Pete Seeger, Frank Zappa & The Grand Mothers, Zero, Little Feat, and on and on!
"I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone;
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms".
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About me: AS OF JUNE 29TH 2009 CAMP NCN IS AN *18+ YEARS OF AGE* VENUE. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL MARV AT THE CAMP NCN VENUE: 715-299-7138
MELVIN SEALS WILL BE RETURNING TO THE 3G's IN 2010! OUR HEADLINERS THIS SUMMER WILL BE "FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY", "ROOTSTAND" and "IFDAKAR".
The 3Gs Music Festival Advance Online Tickets ON SALE NOW for ONLY $30! ONLINE TICKETS AT: http://www.GratefulGarciaGathering.com
Johnny Sanderson (center) with "Family Groove Company"
The 3Gs Music Festival is returning back to the Camp NCN Venue (formerly Jamboree Campground) in beautiful Black River Falls Wisconsin July 30th though August 2nd 2009 where it all began over 6 years ago! Ecomomics is the worse its EVER been in many decades. The *NUMBER ONE PRIORITY* of the 3G's Music Festival will be to KEEP TICKET PRICES THE LOWEST THEY'VE EVER BEEN so that you and your friends can join us to enjoy this fun outdoor music festival weekend! We have leased the campground for July 30th though August 3rd 2009 for our 6th annual festival. Other great music festivals hosted at this venue have been Weedstock, Farmapalooza, Sundog Summer Shakedown, the Big Wu Family Reunion, Campout Roots Festival, Effit Fest, just to name a few!
The venue features 75-plus acres of brilliant surroundings with tall trees that nicely shades your camp site. The venue has a full array of conveniences, including 2 shower facilities with flushing toilets and hot showers and other luxurious accommodations. Other venue amenities include a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, hiking trails,
outdoor/indoor shower facility, full service concessions with food, and supplies! CAMP NCN IS AN *18+ YEARS OF AGE* VENUE.
So please come kick back with your friends and enjoy this weekend of good vibes, camping, dancing, getting together with friends just relaxing under shade trees, and just having good 'ol outdoor fun! The 3G's Festival is going to be a blast! In case this is your first time here, every summer we bring Deadheads and the Kind folks like you a truly wonderful camping and music festival experience. Theres always crazy things going on, with great vendors, crafted handworks, arts, tie-dye stuff, awsome food vendors, and not to mention beautiful hempwear! The 3G's Music Festival in general is aways around the same weekend as Jerry Garcia's Birthday. All of us do this honor to the music, life, and spirit of guitarist Jerry Garcia! This is going to be a very deeply humble, and special time for camping and gathering with friends of old and new! The 3G's Music Festival will be a mix of wonderful music by some of the best JamBands in the Midwest to rock your soul!
Mystix Toyz will be on board at the 3G's Music Festival for tons of fun with Juggling Demonstrations, Juggling Workshops, Face Painting, plus Drum/Fire Jams Every Night! Check out the website for more cool things they they have to offer!
http://www.mystiktoyz.com
Campers will be able to have campfires at each individual campsite and firewood is available at the campground! There will be plenty of awesome vendors on-site for you to check out, a kind and friendly atmosphere, and a stellar musical lineup for all to enjoy! In addition, there is going to be a memorabilia "Jerry Garcia Shrine" near the main stage. All attendees are encouraged to bring pictures, candles, ticket stubs, tie-dyes, old posters with Jerry's signature, any and all related items related to Jerry Garcia, or the Grateful Dead! You can place it at the shrine for all to enjoy!
~~~Vending on Shakedown Street~~~ All persons wanting to Vend on Shakedown Street should please contact Julie for information regarding to space availability. Sorry, nobody will be able to vend ANYTHING on site unless permission has been given. Contact Julie at: vending3gs@yahoo.com
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The 3G's Music Festival will celebrate and pay tribute to the life, art, and music of legendary guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would be his 67th Birthday!
~Venue = A sweet venue with Good Vibes!
~Vibe = Chill and laid back!
~Parking = Tons of parking!
~Re-Entry = No Problem!
~Camping = E-Z walk to and from main stage!
~Security = Very Kind-No hassels!
~Vendors = The Best ever!
~Staff = Very cool and helpful!.
~Bands = Jam Bands!
~Memories = Priceless!
So don't miss the Bus this summer!
There will be plenty of awesome vendors on-site for you to check out, a kind and friendly atmosphere, with a stellar musical lineup for all to enjoy! CAMP NCN IS AN *18+ YEARS OF AGE* VENUE WE WILL BE HAVING A FOOD DRIVE, SO BRING A COUPLE OF CANS OF FOOD WITH YOU, AND MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY! STRANGERS HELPING STRANGERS IS LOVE AND KINDEST!
Happy Birthday America.! Independence Day is this weekend ... Be safe... wishing you continued success and good fortune. How's everything with you..? I hope your summer is rocking. Roll on by sometime and give us a shout... tess@xfactorygear.net
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