HAIM playing at Bonnaroo 2013 (photos by Catie Laffoon)
Midway through HAIM’s razor-sharp early evening set, bassist Este Haim squinted over to the left side of the crowd and called out something unusual: a little boy in the front row, large yellow muffs covering his fragile ears, his tiny fingers gripping onto a sign that read “KISS ME ESTE.” The bassist, of course, obliged, first running off the stage to deliver a smooch on the cheek, then hugging the child tightly, then seizing him into her arms, and finally bringing him back up on stage to help out with a performance of “Send Me Down.” The little boy, whose name was Isa and whose age couldn’t have been more than 5, received some hearty applause upon returning to the crowd.
“They can all say what they want now but they’ll never do what we’ve done.”
