Stereogum is an official media partner of this year’s Hangout Music Festival May 20-22nd in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This is the second year of the beach-side fest, and our first time attending. In 2010 the event brought tens of thousands of much-needed tourists to the state’s Gulf area in the wake of the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This year Hangout’s impressive lineup expands beyond the typical hippie fest with performances from Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Black Keys, Cee Lo, and Girl Talk, though there is also plenty of jam band fare (MMJ, Galactic, Ween, Umphrey’s McGee, Widespread Panic) and obviously Alabama’s Drive-By Truckers, who will hopefully be guiding tours in trucks. We’ll be on site doing interviews and tweets and metal detecting, but first we’re kicking things off with a ticket giveaway. One of you gets one (1) pair of tickets to the three-day event. You are responsible for your own travel and lodging, but there are some affordable condos in the area that would love to have you. To enter, just comment below (use your ‘Gum profile OR your Facebook profile, but have a valid e-mail address so we can contact you if you win) with YOUR FAVORITE BAND FROM ALABAMA. We’ll pick the winner randomly when the sweepstakes ends one week from today: 4/25/11 at 6 PM EST. Good luck!
UPDATE: Winner has been contacted. Thanks for entering, everybody.
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The Civil Wars, definitely.
Percy Sledge
Brown Kid!
http://www.myspace.com/brownkid
DRIVEEEEEE BYYYYY TRUCKKKKEEERRRRSSS!!!!!!
The Shaw of Tommy, Mr. Tommy Shaw
Drive-By Truckers
Brown Kid!!!!!
Hematovore
Drive by Truckers
THE BLACK KEYS!!!!
yipee
The Good Doctor!
LIONEL RICHIE!!!!!! C’MON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m goin with Commodores.
Also, you guys know Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma, right?
American Idol’s very own Bo Bice of course!
Either Drive By Truckers or Mt. St. Mtn. I just saw them on the Live From Birmingham local tv show.
The Temptations.
Wilson Pickett is my favorite, followed by Percy Sledge then Martha and the Vandellas!
The Blind Boys of Alabama
dead confederate!! And WSP!
oc00157@georgiasouthern.edu
I am so freaking stoked about the HANGOUT this year! So many amazing bands in one place, so much talent, so good for ALABAMA! AND ITS ON THE BEACH!
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hank Williams
Dinah Washington, Hank Williams, Sun Ra….but if just for bands, then Drive-By Truckers
Drive by Truckers
Hank Williams the Senior
The Temptations all the way!
Drive By Truckers
the temptations
Drive by Tuckers!
Man or Astro-man?
Yelawolf!
But really, if he doesn’t count as a band then Underhill Family Orchestra.
Hank Williams.
Emmylou Harris, obviously.
Hank Williams all the way!
Drive by truckers
The Temptations!
Alabama, the band. “Song of the South” forever.
AA Bondy.
I LOVE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS. PLEASE PICK ME I AM A HARD WORKING DAD. MY WIFE AND I NEED THIS TO RELAX AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
BLACK KEYS
Remy Zero
Jimmy Buffet
As far as Alabamabands go, Drive-By Truckers are my top pick, but man-O-MAN this lineup is sweet! To see Flaming Lips AND The Avett Brothers? That would be like if the posters I have of them in my room jumped off the walls and made my dreams come true! O Blessed Fates, Let them be MINE!
Alabama!
>>>>> FLAMING LIPS!!! Mwauh!!!!!!!!!1
Gotta love those Blind Boys, making Jesus cool again…
da drive by truckersssssss!
Jimmy Buffett
<3 Drive By Truckers <3
Flaming Lips!!!
Oh shit, I promise I can read instructions… scratch that – Drive-By Truckers, it is!
Slave to the Day – great band!
I’ll go all music history nerd with Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music, and the original blue yodeller. I dont’ know if I’ve ever heard a version – original or cover – of “Mule Skinner Blues” I didn’t like, from Dolly Parton to Deke Dickerson, from Bill Monroe to the Cramps. Still sounds as great today as it must have in 1930. Though, his birthplace is hotly contended between either Alabama or Mississippi, with both states happily and rightly claiming them as their own.
The commentor who listed the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section has a little piece of my heart, too, I have to admit. That’s the stuff right there.
The Louvin Brothers!
The Temptations!
Drive-by Truckers!
the BLACK KEYS!!! PLEASEE
Drive By Truckers…BOOM
Maylene and The Sons of Disaster
Man or Astro-Man?
candi staton !!
When I saw this I freaked! I’m from Gulf Shores :) Any way…. Phosphorescent
Carbonari’s got the right idea, Phosphorescent
Hank Williams Sr.
…and fave band that recorded at Muscle Shoals is the Rolling Stones
Dinah Washington
Blind Boys of Alabama
I want to HANGOUT!
Matthew Mayfield! Support Local Music!
Drive-By Truckers
The Temptations
Mariachi El Bronx!
Oh from Alabama, I guess you should always read the entire script! Drive-By Truckers and Blind Boys of Alabama.
Percy Sledge!
I like me some Alabama! (yes, the band)
The Temptations
Man or astroma?
Hank Williams
Kate Taylor
Underhill Family Orchestra! They just released their first single and were featured by 92 ZEW at the blue gill two weeks ago! Great band.
many people don’t even know it — but mine has got to be Hank Williams … he’s from Georgiana …
the man changed so much for music in general, and still leaves an impression today.
he sure did on me.
Bassnectar late night set? I’m in.
Phosphorescent…not sure if that counts…so Drive-by Truckers then.
The Commodores!
Alabama
Jimmy Buffet for two reasons:
1. His music is the beach soundtrack
2. He’s done so much to help the gulf area
Nat King Cole
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster!
The Commodores!
EDDIE HINTON
My favorite band from Alabama is Alabama.
My favorite band playing in Alabama for the Hangout is The Flaming Lips.
drive by truckers!
i guess the temptations :)
Hank Williams
the Drive By Truckers!
the flaming lips for sure!!
that would be the totally space-jazz-funk-afrofuturism — SUN RA!
Paper Route Gangstaz!
Huntsville on the map
Hank Williams SR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess he wasn’t a band though.
The Blind Boys of Alabama!
the Drive by Truckers. best enjoyed with the pitiless sun, a cold beer, and a lawn chair.
The Commodores. I know they got cheesy at times but the funky stuff is sooooo good.