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Voodoo Fest 2013 -- Day 1 Pics (Anamanaguchi, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pearl Jam, Desaparecidos, Those Darlins & more)

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, Soundwave photos by Caitlyn Ridenour

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Desaparecidos @ Voodoo Fest Day 1 – 11/1/13
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“The Friday Voodoo line-ups are usually pretty slow, so I came into City Park expecting to have a lot of downtime (which ended up being a good thing because for some reason Voodoo never deems it necessary to label anything, so every stage is always unmarked)…. I had some time to kill before the night truly began, so I marveled at all of the extraordinary costumes festival goers brought to the park (Walter White was an obvious favorite).

The night began with Desaparecidos. I’m a huge fan of post-hardcore–I love Fugazi, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, you name it, I probably at least like it. I’ve also been to (probably more than) my fair share of post-hardcore shows (getting stuck in an Against Me! mosh pit is arguably the punkest thing I’ve ever done), so when I say that Desaparecidos’s Voodoo performance was the best post-hardcore show I’ve ever seen, it definitely means something. Conor Oberst definitely brought his best cynical self to the show, spouting political statements and really getting into the music with major head banging.” [The Daily Reveille]

Other sets on Voodoo day 1 included Anamanaguchi, Those Darlins and New Orleans’s own Preservation Hall Jazz Band, all three of which also had over to our Soundwave stage hosted by the funny Dave Hill and Billy Jones (Soundwave schedule HERE).

The day’s big headliner was Pearl Jam, who recently played two big shows at Barclays Center, and whose…

headlining set [at Voodoo] started emotionally when guitarist Mike McCready introduced Steve Gleason, the Washington state native who settled in New Orleans after his days with the New Orleans Saints ended. Stricken with Lou Gehrig’s disease, the wheelchair-bound Gleason rolled to declare, in his computer-generated voice, “This is my hometown; this is my hometown band.” Gleason’s presence lingered throughout the show as McCready wore a Team Gleason T-shirt and Eddie Vedder, a wristband. Vedder later dedicated the show and 2006’s “Inside Job” to Gleason and his family, and announced that the band let Gleason write the set list — which led to the inclusion of a quiet “Chloe Dancer” alongside a number of songs from the new Lightning Bolt. [SPIN]

Pearl Jam’s full setlist and pictures from the whole day, costumed attendees included, are in this post. Pictures from Day 2 are HERE. More Day 1 below….

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ the Soundwave Tent

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Anamanaguchi @ The Soundwave tent

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Those Darlins @ the Soundwave tent

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Pearl Jam Voodoo Experience 2013 setlist
Sirens
In My Tree
Save You
Corduroy
Animal
Lightning Bolt
Mind Your Manners
Given to Fly
Getaway
Even Flow
Present Tense
Severed Hand
Daughter
Jeremy
Inside Job
State of Love and Trust
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Encore:
Chloe Dancer (Mother Love Bone cover)
Crown of Thorns (Mother Love Bone cover)
Do the Evolution
Go
Black
Alive
Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young cover)
Yellow Ledbetter