Sunday, July 12, 2009

Recap: Mini-Gathering of Juggalo's and Chief Greenbud

2009-07-11
Nashville, TN

My friend Scary Larry organizes this annual event. It was held at Seven Points Park outside of Nashville on Percy Priest Lake. It is absoultly stunning out there. A friend took me down to the lake to show me a special spot that makes you feel like you are sitting over top of the lake. It was very cool.

When it came time for the blunt rolling competition, Scary gave everyone a blunt, weed and 3 minutes to do the best they could. I was fortunate enough to be the judge of the event. :D I was checking the quality of the roll, how it hits, for stems poking out of the side (come on man!), then I tested the draw of each and ever blunt, checked for runs, seeds, etc... so there I am... with 4 blunts in my hands, of varying degrees of completion... and who goes by... but the cops... hahahha They cruised on by and we went back to smoking.

Next was the faygo chug. 10 extremely high contestants ready to drink an entire 2 liter bottle of faygo pop as fast as they possibly can. I did ask the question if there was a flavor of faygo that may go down easier and quicker than another. There was a consensus that "root beer" may be the easiest to get down and the "cola" would be the most difficult. We had one of each in the competition. As I was watching, I was thinking to myself... somebody's going to puke... and someone did... actually I believe 8 out of the 10 puked and only one guy finished the entire bottle, but he blew chunks before finishing and was disqualified. haha. It was great!!

After that, it was time for me to play a few songs. Now, as you know, I play kinda country music... and these are Juggalo's, that listen to... well... not country music (for the most part, there are exceptions to every rule)... so needless to say, I am a little worried about how they are going to react... I started out talking about the relegalization of marijuana and sung "it's only a weed" and "the legalization song". I couldn't believe how much they were getting into it. Scary told me I needed to play this new song I shared with him a few weeks ago called "Sell Me Something Good"... and they went NUTS!! Once I finished playing I spent some time talking to some of the people that I hadn't gotten a chance to speak with before I had to take off.

It was a great time and I want to thank all everyone there for making me feel so welcome in your circle! I will come play for you guys and gals anytime!!