ACL Day One: More band photos

Manu Chao (L.A. Reno)

A treacherous wifi failure in Austin’s Zilker Park (somewhere near bad Red Rope licorice in the pantheon of festival disasters) kept the posting slow yesterday, but here’s hoping for clear signals ahead on day 2. As Saturday morning rises over the hill country, we give you more stage shots from Friday, courtesy Observer photographer L.A. Reno, after the jump.

N.E.R.D. (L.A. Reno)

N.E.R.D. (L.A. Reno)

The screaming fray at Gogol Bordello (L.A. Reno)

Del tha Funky Homosapien (L.A. Reno)

Del tha Funky Homosapien Bukue One, who preformed with Del tha Funky Homosapien (L.A. Reno)

Alejandro Escovedo (L.A. Reno)

Manu Chao (L.A. Reno)