High life
Reno photographer Travis Souza explored the High Sierra Music Festival
Rob Derhak of moe. is impressed with the late night energy.
PHOTOS BY TRAVIS SOUZA
Lukas Nelson, son of Willie, was one of the many festival standouts whose names buzzed about the campgrounds.
Robert Plant shows the High Sierra crowd he can still belt out Zeppelin classics.
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters played new tunes mingled with nicely reworked Led Zeppelin hits.
Reno musicians unite: Tim Snyder sits in with Jelly Bread.
Mike Dillon Band’s Carly Meyers is exciting to watch.
From Austin’s The Whiskey Sisters, Teal Collins has a smile bigger than Texas.
How to describe the four-day, spectacular of the senses that is the annual High Sierra Music Festival? It seems a bit like trying to condense the Odyssey into a single, pithy haiku. Even with photos to illustrate, any attempt would fall far, far short.
Of course there's the music. Just the headliners for 2013, Robert Plant, Primus, Thievery Corporation, and moe., were enough to make many fans giddy. Add in another 50 or so acts like Allen Stone, California Honeydrops, and Reno's own Jelly Bread, and you had a dance party just waiting for the dancers.
But a music festival is all about the people who attend. By that measure, High Sierra is very much a family reunion, but some kin have yet to meet. Mix the music and people in the beautiful decorated venue of the Plumas County Fairgrounds and magic happens.
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Published on 05.30.13