Once upon there was a kid named Justin…
Once upon a time, before Kanye was jetting him off to tropical recording sessions and everyone and their mother was deservedly passing around For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon was a scruffy and slightly nervous performer making a stop on the Bear’s Place stage with his band Bon Iver with both the accolades and a proper release still on the horizon. Genial and nauseous, he played to a jam packed crowd who traveled from as far as Michigan and California to catch their first glimpse of what the folks in Wisconsin and over at Jagjaguwar already knew: something special was brewing.
Earlier that afternoon a ruddy Vernon stopped by the WIUX studios for some conversation and to play a song or three. The moment was captured by photographer and matriarch of Bluelinestyle Chelsea Sanders. Follow the link below for a photographic walk down memory lane.
