Rothbury Music Festival - July 3rd - 6th, 2008 - Double JJ Ranch - Rothbury, Michigan

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All Text & Photographs © 2008 Jason Kaczorowski


Rothbury Music Festival
July 3rd - 6th, 2008

Double JJ Ranch
Rothbury, Michigan

Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic
John Mayer
311
Phil Lesh and Friends
Primus
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Modest Mouse
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Gov’t Mule
Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Trey Anastasio
Colbie Caillat
Slightly Stoopid
The Black Keys
Yonder Mountain String Band with Jon Fishman
Gogol Bordello
Citizen Cope
Keller Williams and The WMD’S
The Disco Biscuits
Medeski Martin & Wood
Ray LaMontagne
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
Drive-By Truckers
Of Montreal
The Dresden Dolls
Gomez
Brett Dennen
Taj Mahal
Mike Gordon
Zappa Plays Zappa
Crystal Method DJ Set
JJ Grey & MOFRO
The Greyboy Allstars
The Secret Machines
Beth Orton
Jakob Dylan and the Green Mountain Rebels
A 3
Bettye Lavette
Lotus
Yard Dogs Road Show
State Radio
The Beautiful Girls
Sage Francis
Tea Leaf Green
Emmitt Nershi Band
EOTO
Panjea with Michael Kang
Railroad Earth
Bassnectar
Pnuma Trio
Diplo
Flosstradamus
The Juan Mclean
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Dead Confederate
DJ Rekha
Motion Potion
DJ Rootz
SOJOURN
Busdriver

Festival fever hit the tiny town of Rothbury Michigan this past weekend bringing an estimated 40,000+ concertgoers to the 200 acre Double JJ Ranch to witness the inaugural Rothbury Music Festival.

Rothbury strived to bridge the neo-hippie spirit of Bonnaroo with the freak-art vibe of Burning Man and the indie nonchalance of California's Coachella. The festival’s main goal was to draw attention to climate change and clean energy alternatives. The weekend offered "Think Tank" panel discussions on climate concerns, an energy fair where attendees got their hands on related technology and products, and the festivals’ campgrounds strived for a zero-waste experience via composting and carbon-offsetting. The solid line-up up featured major headlining acts such as Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh & Friends, Modest Mouse, 311 and Snoop Dogg.

Rothbury emerged as an all-American celebration, leading the pack of U.S. festivals by pushing the envelope of extraordinary and raising the bar on the unexpected.

(above & below)
Peter Hudson's 24 feet tall, 28 feet in diameter steel and aluminum sculpture "Homouroboros" was a spinning zoetrope portraying a half-ape/half-man creature swinging form branch to branch in
this stylized steel tree, while being force-fed an apple from aserpentine arm/hand. The turning tree top was designed to be triggeredby participants playing electronic drums dangling from the tree. The
piece spins backward at night illuminated by flashing strobe lightsto create the illusion of the creatures moving forward, swining from branch to branch, resembling a massive 3-D flipbook of animal-animation. The public art installation first exibited at 2007's Burning Manand has since been seen at Bonnaroo and Rothbury.




Intelligent theatrical lighting, up lit black lights and hanging glow-in-the-dark
string art illuminated the path through giant pine trees of "Sherwood Forest".

Zappa Plays Zappa
Ranch Arena Stage (above)
Thursday 9pm-10:30pm

The Disco Biscuits
Ranch Arena Stage (above)
Thursday 11:15pm-1:30am

Spiritual Gangsters Yoga
Tripolee Domes (above)
Friday, July 4th 10:00am
Beach at the Wagon Wheel
Big Wild Cat Lake (above)
Friday, July 4th 11:00am
The Establishment (above)
eTown at Rothbury: Energy Revolution
Feat: Michael Franti & Spearhead (above)
Friday, July 4th 1:00pm
Josh Clark of Tea Leaf Green
Ranch Arena Stage (above)
Friday, July 4th 2:00-3:00pm



Naked dude watching The Wailers
The Odeum Stage (above)
Friday, July 4th 2:30-3:30pm


Snoop Dogg
The Odeum Stage (above)
Friday, July 4th 4:15-5:30pm
Danny Ames of Casting Spells
The Tripolee Domes (above)
Friday, July 4th 5:00-5:20pm

Yonder Mountain String Band feat: Jon Fishman
The Ranch Arena (above)
Friday, July 4th 7:00-8:45pm

Widespread Panic
The Odeum Stage (above)
Friday, July 4th 8:45-10:00pm
Of Montreal
The Ranch Arena (above)
Friday, July 4th 9:30-10:45pm

Fireworks
The Odeum Stage (above)
Friday, July 4th Midnight
Primus
The Ranch Arena (above)
Saturday, July 5th 12:30am-2:30am
Thievery Corporation
Sherwood Court (above)
Saturday, July 5th 12:15am-1:45am
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Sherwood Court (above)
Saturday, July 5th 7:15am-8:45am


Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Ranch Arena Stage (above)
Sunday, July 6th 12:00am-3:30am
The Crystal Method
Sherwood Court (above)
Sunday, July 6th 1:30am-Sunrise
Trey Anastasio
The Odeum Stage (above)
Sunday, July 6th 4:30pm-5:30pm
Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon
The Odeum Stage (above)
Sunday, July 6th 4:30pm-5:30pm

Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio & Jon Fishman
Sherwood Court (above)
Sunday, July 6th 5:45pm-6:45pm
Warren Haynes w/ Phil Lesh & Friends
The Odeum Stage (above)
Sunday, July 6th 8:30pm-11:00pm

Phil Lesh & Friends
The Odeum Stage (above)
Sunday, July 6th 8:30pm-11:00pm

50 Feet Tall & Bulletproof

Well I don't know about the "bulletproof" part necessarily but if you happen to be driving along any of Chicago's major expressways this month and spot these giant billboards...



... you'll know who shot that album cover!


Team Rockit's 5th record "Rockit Science" came out this Tuesday, May 13 and is now available everywhere. If you're in the Chicagoland area tonight come on out to their record release show at the Double Door. They'll be performing with Sony Records national touring act Sponge. Show starts at 9:30pm. Look for me shooting!

Team Rockit ~ New Album Release: Rockit Science ~ 5/13/2008

Team Rockit :: Rockit Science
Album Release 5/13/08

Team Rockit's 5th record "Rockit Science" comes out on Tuesday
5/13/08 and will be available at Best Buy, through distributors such as Saki and CDbaby.com, along with itunes.




Team Rockit
April 12th, 2008
Live at Rabatz
Herzogenaurach, Germany


Come out to their record release show at the Double Door in Chicago on Friday 5/16/08 with Sony Records national touring act Sponge.


Team Rockit's new album photography was captured by Jason Kaczorowski.

Grand Opening Gala: Friday, March 28th, 2008

Jason Kaczorowski Photography is hosting a Grand Opening celebration for our new studio which is located on Chicago's north side in Ravenswood inside suite 106 of the former Bull Dog Lock Company building - just one door north of Illinois Masonic Medical Center at Wilson & Ravenswood. The studio is conveniently accessible to the city's Brown Line Western stop and Metras Union Pacific North Lines Ravenswood station while also offering ample street parking.

Please join us for live music, food and spirits:

Jason Kaczorowski Photography
4636 N. Ravenswood Studio 106
Chicago, IL 60640

Friday, March 28th, 2008
7pm-9pm

Sign our guest registry and receive valuable money saving offers!!!

Team Rockit's New Album "Rockit Science" Cover & Promo Shoot

Team Rockit
"Rockit Science"


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All photographs © 2007 Jason Kaczorowski

Umphrey's McGee & The Wailers - December 29th, 2007 - Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL

Umphrey's McGee
and The Wailers

December 29th, 2007
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, llinois

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All photographs © 2007 Jason Kaczorowski

Set I: Words, In the Kitchen > Got Your Milk (Right Here) > "Jimmy Stewart" > In the Kitchen, Padgett's Profile*, Higgins, The Floor

Set II: Pay the Snucka > (new song)**, 2x2, Nemo > "Jimmy Stewart"^ > Nemo, Hurt Bird Bath, Holding Back the Years^^ > Pay the Snucka

Encore: JaJunk

* with Caden Shapiro on "guitar" (son of Scott Shapiro; legal counsel to Umphrey's McGee)
** first time played, original
^ with Jeff Coffin on saxophone
^^ first time played, Simply Red; with Jen Hartswick on vocals and trumpet



The Wailers opened with their irie island reggae style (above & below).










Sold out capacity crowd inside Chicago's Aragon Ballroom (above)



(above) Caden Shapiro on "guitar"


(above & below) Jeff Coffin on saxophone


Jennifer Hartswick guests vocals & trumpet on
Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" (above & below)




Barry Brown (center) and the USTORM
crew held an incredible raffle "for the kids".
One lucky raffle winner winner won this
great UM autographed Heineken guitar!

Headcount registered voters and signed up future
volunteers for their 2008 registration campaign.

Check out my photographs from last year's Umphrey's McGee
three night Aragon showcase: 12/29/06, 12/30/06, 12/31/06