NEW ORLEANS - he danced, drink in hand, to the music of the British artist of rhythm and blues Jon Cleary, but there was one act which attracted Ray Ladonceur to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival the day on Friday.
"Really no matter who is on stage," said Ladonceur, a New Orleans Attorney and accountant. "If you do not find a kind of music you are interested in this festival, then you do not like the music. It is a beautiful, beautiful day. Good food, great people and great music. So what can you most ask? ?
Festival producer Davis Quint stressed the variety in the 2011 festival, call the line-up of the most extensive in the history of the event.
Shows sounds floating in the air as lines initially formed at booths offering ice cream cold beer and crawfish and jambalaya.
There are some of the largest in the State: George Porter Jr., John Mooney and Bluesiana, Lil Nathan and Big Zydeco and Dumpstaphunk of Ivan Neville timers.
And there were visitors.
On stage: Mumford of the Group of English rock folk and son drew thousands. The group, led by Marcus Mumford guitar, got rousing applause, the crowd with hits such as "Little Lion Man" and "the Cave," pumping of their first album "no sigh no more".
"I really love," said Lisa Podzinger, Savannah, GA. "I like their melody set thing they got going.".
In another scene, Jeff Beck has entertained thousands then more that, in the tent of Blues, Keb' Mo' belted down home blues.
Janneka Scherrenberg of Holland said it was his first time at the festival and she plans to return.
"Our friends live here and they kept telling us,"You must go to jazz fest".." We have arrived here, "she said, swaying from Cleary." "All that is just great." New Orleans, the people of food. We will be back. ?
Robert Plant, Wyclef Jean and The Avett Brothers were among nationally known acts, the first day of the festival, which runs for seven days during two purposes of the fair grounds Race Course of closing week.
Gabi Baigel, a South African native living today in New York, danced with the crowd packed in the front of the stage to hear Jean. "I love the pace of him," she said, "and his sense of the third world."
Baigel said it was his first visit to the festival and was surprised at how organized everything was.
"This is a really wonderful atmosphere." People from here and the city have a personality really well. ?
Jean entertained the crowd with Shakira Hips Don 't Lie, "his own take on Bob Dylan" meet' on the door of paradise, "but also a little freestyle." He also revved up the fans when he spontaneously jumped in the middle of them. As they bounced back to his beats and screamed his name, he shook hands while the cameras clicked and roars of approval hummed in the air.
"I have never seen him live before, but it is so closely linked to its audience." It is so much positive energy, said Kelly Ketner, who was at the festival with her boyfriend, Alex Perk, during a visit to New Orleans to Ottawa, Canada.
Advantage said Jean "met on a great show", but its circulation is Mumford and sons. "It's all about music, interstitials instruments for them." "They were unbelievable."
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