As recently announced, Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse will headline during Weekend 2: @ New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024.
As exciting a news as this might be, some of the familiar rustie grains grousing has already begun. Outrageous ticket prices. Sponsored by "Someone". Fossil fuels sellout. Etc
While we all have the "Vampire Blues", a little perspective is in order here.
Look at the photo above from 2016's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Concert w/ Neil Young + Promise of the Real. You see Neil playing directly beneath Shell Corp logo. And to the right is a giant Acura banner.
It's deja vu all over again.
Which brings us to a recent essay by The Flying Scotsman on the topic of New Orleans Jazz Fest/Shell sponsorship:
The world is wildly imperfect. That means our interactions with it are going to be imperfect, too.
Sure, the athlete who objects to McDonalds sponsoring the Olympics can pull out of the event altogether. That sounds like a great way to begin a career as an activist, or a charity fundraiser… but it probably also signals the end of her mainstream career as an internationally recognised athlete.
Compromise, compromise, compromise. Chaos, chaos, chaos.
So what do we do? How do we move on? How do we nip the compromise in the bud? How do we make a difference and make a living, too?
(See The Flying Scotsman on the topic of New Orleans Jazz Fest/Shell sponsorship)
So, in the meantime, travel back to 2016's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Concert w/ Neil Young + Promise of the Real and a concert report from our buddy Brian "Keys Left Hangin'". Folks were literally "being the rain" down in New Orleans that year.
Thanks for the report KLH! We'll see you soon. Be the rain (or snow, as the case may be)!
Awaiting The Promise +
To quote the man himself……”nothing is perfect in God’s perfect world”.
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