High Sierra Independence Day irony: Englishman wins the day

Plant onstage — The modern day Robert Plant performs with a backdrop of a younger version at the Gramdstand Stage.

Tim Parsons / Tahoe Onstage — Tara Payne displays Robert Plant’s High Sierra Music Festival set list in 2013.

Plant’s interaction with the audience was spirited.

New Orleans rock band the Revivalists had the Big Meadow Stage crowd dancing from the first song in 2013. Tim Parsons/Tahoe Onstage

Tahoe Onstage — Cecil Wilcomb, left April 9, 2013, from Campo, Mexico hiking Pacific Crest Trail. He passed Quincy but hitched back, bought a 4th of July shirt on the way and surprised friends at the High Sierra Festival in 2013.

Kayte Udow of San Francisco and friends at the High Sierra Music Festival. Tim Parsons / Tahoe Onstage

Natalie Stone and Amy Cernekn had New Orleans spirit during the show by the Hot 8 Brass Band.

QUINCY, Calif. –The 23rd four-day High Sierra Music Festival opened on a sweltering Fourth of July. Robert Plant was the day’s star, but there were many fantastic performances, including those of the Revivalists and Allen Stone. Tahoe Onstage Images by Tim Parsons

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Tim Parsons is the editor of Tahoe Onstage who first moved to Lake Tahoe in 1992. Before starting Tahoe Onstage in 2013, he worked for 29 years at newspapers, including the Tahoe Daily Tribune, Eureka Times-Standard and Contra Costa Times. He was the recipient of the 2011 Keeping the Blues Alive award for Journalism.

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Tim Parsons
July 5, 2013
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