Son Volt - Downtown Fort Worth, April 19, 2008

The headliner for Fort Worth's Main Street Arts Festival was Son Volt, an old favorite of my bride's, so we got the gang together and headed West. The festival was impressive, with lots of quality art and a very large crowd (probably due to the perfect weather). Son Volt took the stage around 9:30 and was impressive in an hour plus set featuring several of their most well known songs and a couple of new songs, including Big Sur, with lyrics from Jack Kerouac's novel of the same name. Frontman Jay Farrar has a quiet charisma as he sings his songs, and the rest of the band was tight and clearly enjoying the show.

Click below for more pictures, including the drunkest woman I've ever seen:



Below is the scene with a very odd couple, including a woman that was so drunk the cops came and got her. Great entertainment, though, as she did her "Cherry Pie" girl routine to melancholy alt rock.