Just touching base to share my pics out of Springfest 2008’s astounding variety of musical acts. If you’re only going to see three bands next weekend, these are the ones to catch:

1) Three Dog Night — Just to get the obvious out of the way first. You know this is the one everybody’s going to be talking about. Tickets for the big show run $15-$35 dollars, which is really a bargain for a national classic-rock name with  almost all original members. And really, can’t you see yourself sharing the Inlet Park sunset with a tipsy but good-natured crowd of fellow vacationers, belting out “Joy to the fishes in the deep blue see, and joy to you and me”?

2)   Bill Haley’s Comets — okay, I am NOT OLD. I just, um, really enjoy a lot of the same music that old people happen to enjoy. It is genuinely good music, seriously. And Bill Haley and his band may not be the newest hipsters on the indie scene, but I guarantee that they will make you dance more than that new Silversun Pickups EP will. The band is known for getting audiences moving. After all, there’s a reason why people have been dancing to this music for the better part of a century.

3)  Randy Lee Ashcraft — There are a lot of musicians coming to play from all around the country, but I had to round out my list with a local boy whose music represents the spirit and culture of the Eastern shore. This is real beach music, and you owe it to yourself to give it a listen. Especially if you, like me, are a native Marylander with a soft spot for your home stomping grounds.

See you all at the shows!

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