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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Good ol' boys. Good ol' music. Bad haircuts.
Springfield celebrated them all Sunday at its first "Redneck-a-palooza," a daylong music festival that takes its name from the summer rock tour Lollapalooza, which features aggressive, cutting-edge performances.
"It's kind of the anti-Lollapalooza," said Glen Gardner, general manager of radio station WQLZ-FM 92.7, which sponsored the daylong festival with Budweiser. "This is about some good ol' boys (who) play good ol' music and have fun on a Sunday."
For 13-year-old Sarah Sepherd, it was all about having something fun to do on a hot summer day.
"We just came because of the music; it's the only thing here in Springfield to do," Sepherd said.
Boaters on Lake Springfield anchored near the shore to listen to the music, and people onstage at the Oak Harbor Amphitheater periodically hosed the crowd with water to help combat the effects of the hot, muggy weather.
Performers included rowdy rockers Jackyl, Bo Fudd and the Do-Rite Boyz, the Lost Boys and Hayseed Dixie, a bluegrass band that performs rock covers.
In between performances, contestants competed to see who had the best mullet the short-in-front, long-in-back hairstyle associated with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
In another contest, women competed to see who looked the most like Daisy Duke, a character from the early '80s TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" known for the shortness of her cut-off pants.
The event drew roughly 1,000 people, Gardner said.
Springfield celebrated them all Sunday at its first "Redneck-a-palooza," a daylong music festival that takes its name from the summer rock tour Lollapalooza, which features aggressive, cutting-edge performances.
"It's kind of the anti-Lollapalooza," said Glen Gardner, general manager of radio station WQLZ-FM 92.7, which sponsored the daylong festival with Budweiser. "This is about some good ol' boys (who) play good ol' music and have fun on a Sunday."
For 13-year-old Sarah Sepherd, it was all about having something fun to do on a hot summer day.
"We just came because of the music; it's the only thing here in Springfield to do," Sepherd said.
Boaters on Lake Springfield anchored near the shore to listen to the music, and people onstage at the Oak Harbor Amphitheater periodically hosed the crowd with water to help combat the effects of the hot, muggy weather.
Performers included rowdy rockers Jackyl, Bo Fudd and the Do-Rite Boyz, the Lost Boys and Hayseed Dixie, a bluegrass band that performs rock covers.
In between performances, contestants competed to see who had the best mullet the short-in-front, long-in-back hairstyle associated with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.
In another contest, women competed to see who looked the most like Daisy Duke, a character from the early '80s TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" known for the shortness of her cut-off pants.
The event drew roughly 1,000 people, Gardner said.
