BirdPhest

Let's get hypothetical here for a second. There are a crapload of music festivals out there and I love seeing the combinations of artists that come together for these weekends of music. Louisville has its own in Forecastle which I am very grateful for. But I have another idea....

It's called BirdPhest. Let's just say The Black Crowes, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Counting Crows get together and say they have something going with the crow thing and they think, dang, let's do something about it. BirdPhest is a festival where every band involved is required to have an animal, the word animal, or something associated with an animal in its name. Welcome to my world.

BirdPhest lineup: Counting Crows, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Black Crowes
Phish, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, Cage the Elephant, Fleet Foxes, Imagine Dragons, Modest Mouse, Noah and the Whale, Phoenix, Reptar, Trampled by Turtles, Wolf Gang, Doves, Animal Collective, Fruit Bats, Animal Kingdom, The Sheepdogs, Dr. Dog, Deer Tick, Grizzly Bear, The Wild Feathers, Gov't Mule, A Lion Named Roar, Wolfmother, Freelance Whales, Dinosaur Jr.,

Imaginary animals count (Phoenix). Electric Zoo would be a perfect name for the festival, but someone else claimed it first. Phish is not a founding member of the festival but I could not pass up the Phest.

If I missed a good band with an animal in the name, tell me.