Asheville Music Jamboree update

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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MILLS RIVER – Grammy-winning rocker Warren Haynes and his band Gov’t Mule will headline the 2008 Asheville Music Jamboree (AMJAM), May 23-25 at the Deerfields retreat in Mills River.

Also on this year’s festival are Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk, Burning Spear, The Lee Boys, Jason Isbell, AQ, Afromotive, the Laura Reed Band, the New Familiars, Shannon Whitworth, Kellin Watson, Jeff Sipe and more.

Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday through the festival’s Web site www.amjam.net, said organizer Bob Robertson of Mountain Roots Management. For now, advance weekend tickets will only be sold at $125, which includes camping.