Less than 24 hours from taking flight to Denver and I am super stoked about Mile High Music Festival and completely jazzed about seeing Slightly Stoopid. Let’s forget the fact that I’ve seen them live eight times already and get ready to rock out to some of the best music around.
Blending acoustic rock with blues, reggae, hip-hop, ska and punk, their shows are some of the most high energy and fun live music events you could attend. By now everyone should know Slightly Stoopid but if you don’t, know this; they were originally signed to Skunk Records by Bradley Nowell of Sublime and continue to build an amazing following through no major record label instead choosing to release their albums under their own label, Stoopid Records.
They’ve played with everyone from Dave Matthews Band and G. Love to The Roots, Ozomatli and Pepper among countless others and are constantly touring and making new fans every day and in every city. And for all you hip-hop heads out there, last year the fellas co-headlined a tour with Snoop Dogg.
Two of my favorite memories are from several years back but too good not to share. In the summer of 2003 I went to the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour in Irvine; we’re talking The Roots, O.A.R., Robert Randolph, Talib Kweli and N.E.R.D., and on a small side stage there they were, Slightly Stoopid. First time I got a chance to see them live and thankfully we were outside because if we were inside, they would have blown the roof straight off the building. The vibe was unlike any other and everyone was getting down as if they were the headliners. My second favorite memory comes from Vegoose 2005 which was a music festival in Las Vegas that lasted three years. So the line-up comes out and I am adamant on seeing them no matter that they were the first act of the day and on mad early. We had been out til the wee hours the night before, rally together and head on down to the festival grounds only to find out that they are playing the main stage inside, Sam Boyd Stadium. With a football stadium as the backdrop it was music paradise and set the stage for an unbelievable festival.
So Miles, Kyle and the gang – see you Saturday.
Do You Hear The Music? 