James Lee Jobe's Blog

Woodsquawk. The final day. There's so many people to thank:

- Navy Seal Team 6 for providing security, which mostly consisted of keeping the local county police out; many thanks.

- To Dos Equis for the beer; many thanks. Many, many thanks.

- To the volunteers in the food court, the side stages, and in the campground; many thanks.

- To those Eagle listeners who kept the beer on ice and the BBQ going at the Jobe Manor tent... for 4 days... many thanks.

- To the classic rocks acts who came from so far for no pay, and played just for love; many thanks. (Especially Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and John Bonham, who had so far to travel.)

- Especially for Sir Paul McCartney, who did set after set, walked the grounds and partied with everyone and anyone, and caught fish to fry in the VIP tent in Keller's Creek even though he is a vegan. At one point Paul even 'talked down' a fellow who discovered his wife with another fellow and was ready to do violence. Paul sang 'Let It Be' to the guy, and lent us his private chopper to get him to a lawyer. He even rooted for The Giants and swapped stories with the World's Most Interesting Man. Thank you, Sir Paul.

- To Charlie Thomas, the bear of a man, who personally erected many of the tents; thank you. (And those people who got in his way, we apologize.)

- To Bob Keller, who hooked us up with Grandpa Max Keller in the first place, giving us this prime location for free; thanks, Bob.

- To Derek Moore, for searching the countryside for bells to open AC/DC's Hells Bells, and for bitch-slapping Donald trump when he wouldn't leave the Speakers Stage after his time was up. Thanks, man.

- To Doug Thomas, for convincing Charlie Sheen that prostitutes would be inappropriate for a family event.

- To Kat Maudru, who gave Sting back when she was done with him; thank you. (We were worried about that one.)

- To Tom Nakashima, for providing what came to be called The Baseball Tent for those of us who just can't give up The Giants for 4 days; thank you.

- To station manager Curtiss Johnson and music director Brian 'Booger' Lopez, for their intense work scheduling and negotiating for the acts; many thanks to you, gentlemen.

- To general manager and VP John Geary, for staying the hell out of it, year after year. We appreciate it more than we can say.

- To our sponsors and sales department, which helped pay for the whole thing. The electricity alone was in 6 figures. (Maybe next year Pacific, Gas, & Electric could be a sponsor). Thank you.

- To the shuttle bus drivers and chopper pilots, who moved people in and out of an odd location for 4 days without incident; our thanks. In fact, this year we misplaced fewer people than ever before, only 22.

- And to the Eagle listeners, who came, partied, camped, and helped clean up the grounds before leaving; thank you. We'll see you at the upcoming party for Bob Keller's 50 years in broadcasting.