Let the music play

I went to Day 1 of the Beale Street Music Festival last night. There's more than music. There are 74,011 eating places. Here's one of them:

The smell is in the air, so you can't resist, don't even try. I had a Corky's BBQ sandwich and a mango smoothie and was proud of myself that I didn't really go crazy.

It always rains this weekend. It can be sunny for 47 days before and 47 days after, but it always rains -- must be somebody's law. Because it rains, it gets muddy, and females wear boots and they've become a fashion statement as you see here:



Lots of characters, shall we say, show up. If you don't see what I mean, click on the photo to enlarge:



This band is called Neon Trees. The drummer is Elaine Bradley (she RAWKS, by the way) and the singer is Tyler Glenn. I need to find out where he gets his hair done. I could use a Mo(jo)hawk like that.



Cindy Wilson, B52s singer, wears some pretty cool shades:



(From the left) John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Keith Stickland of the B52s and Blues Travelers' bass guitarist Tad Kinchla:


Images by MOJO and taken with my P&S.