Cornerstone Festival 2006 – Bushnell, IL Day 2

THE MUSIC – THURSDAY 7/6/2006

Thursday was supposed to begin with a 1pm Seminar but the promise of fresh coffee and playing with friends seemed a little more appealing.

Two acts I had been looking forward to seeing, Dave Beegle and Linford Detweiler, had to cancel their showings which illicit a big pouty lip from me. I soon got over the loss of my first scheduled concerts for the day by an invitation to go tooling around the grounds on my friend’s newly rented golf cart. Due to medical reason, she had never been to some of the farther areas of tbe Cstone grounds. It was fun acting as tour guide.


Thursday: Annathallo, The Violet Burning, and Michael Pritzl, Over the Rhine.

Annathallo was a new band (to me). They came highly recommended by friends. I totally understand their excitement, but left after 2 or 3 songs. The band names Danielson Family as one of their influences and you can surely tell. Don’t get me wrong, I like Danielson fam – but we already have a Danielson fam…I couldn’t make sense out of hanging around to hear them coming through someone else’s mouth. I am looking forward to seeing what Annathallo discovers about themselves as they continue on their musical journey and discover what makes them different and interesting.

The Violet Burning never fails to bring the rock. I have heard their songs over and over for years and they still bring me to deep thought and sometimes, tears. Sadly, TVB’s set was cut a little short but darn – they performed “A I Am” and I was brought back to the time I first heard that song.

Over the Rhine brought the midnight Gallery show again this year. They performed a few of their new songs along with old favorites. Linford was allowed a couple of minutes to introduce one of his solo CD compositions and then play…sadly, he has been telling the same story the exact same way for about a year now. Time for a new introduction.

It was good seeing