After braving through the parking (it took me about 30 minutes to get from Jefferson to the press pass line) and the line out front, I am inside the Gobi Tent, rocking out with Ryan Bingham.
He blew me away at Stagecoach last year so I had to see him today. He’s playing a lot of stuff off his new record, which is coming out in June and is a bit more rock ‘n’ roll than his debut, “Mescalito.”
He’s getting the crowd nodding along and promised “foot-stomping music.”
I’m typing in time to the beat. It’s fun.
Plus, I think his bassist stole Paul McCartney’s bass.
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Ryan Bingham performs in the Gobi Tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. on April 17, 2009.
CHeck out the cool reflection of the tent I got in Ryan’s shades.