The Sheepdogs (@Beerfest, Exhibition Bandshell, Aug 7)

The Sheepdogs quite successfully transformed Beerfest into Beardfest with a healthy dose of '70s rock and roll. Guitar solos ruled the afternoon as the most recent (and only independent) Rolling Stone cover band rocked the beer swillers much to our delight. That riff on Southern Dreaming brought us through the light rain off the top, and Right On did the same as it picked up. Somehow we were able to get by the biggest downpour with I Don't Get By. Tossing in back-pressed-to-back double guitars and the sweet midsong breakdown of Learn and Burn the crowd couldn't be bothered by the weather (besides there's always more beer). It was all worth it to shout along to I Don't Know as the sun burst through to create a sun shower. From the music to the weather, we had just about all the elements of a blissful Woodstock set.