4/18: Tate-A-Palooza in Bozeman

First and foremost, I’d like to wish our good buddy Tate Chamberlin of Chamberlin Productions a very happy, if not belated, birthday.  You’re one bad ass motherf**ker, Tater.

Josh and John started their night at about 3 p.m. in a stretch limo with Tater and 12 of his crazy friends.  Levi and I, being the pussies that we are, decided to play it safe and keep our alcoholism to a minimum by meeting up with the rest of the crew during at about 9 p.m., smack-dab in the middle of metal band Modifyde’s blisteringly awesome set of bad ass hard rockery.  Smack my buns, those guys were frakking GOOD.  Despite only having been together since January, their songs displayed a tight rhythm and steady beat that we couldn’t help but bob our heads to.  Their set showed us all exactly why they won the battle of the bands back in November.  Sheeyit.  On top of that, they were very nice guys.  They stuck around for our whole set and definitely wasted no time in getting their groove on with their gals.  They have skills to pay the bills.

Ever since the events of March 5, it seems to me Mixers has been the place to be on the weekends.  Sure, there are other bars that perhaps have some similarities to the R Bar, such as the Pour House and 317, but Mixers has been the only place that has been fully able to encapsulate the aura and attitude of the fallen bar, which could and should be attributed to the staff and management.  Mike Hope and both the R Bar and Mixers staffs have done a great job making Mixers Bozeman’s destination for good times and good tunes.  That said, it was great to be back at Mixers for the first time in about two months and play for the people who helped us become who we are today.  The crowd was a healthy mixture of first-timers and Clintons vets, and both found common ground on the dance floor, shaking what their mothers gave them.

We did things a little differently this time around.  With the absence of the R Bar, Mixers has been aiming to cater to the hip-hop crowd in addition to the country crowd, and I kept that in mind while constructing the setlist.  The evening consisted of many of our own country-tinged originals, a few of our rockers, and a dash of the hippidy hoppidy to keep it interesting for everyone in between.  The result was one kick-ass show.  We’ll be at Mixers after we play Bobcatfest with 10 Foot Tall & 80 Proof and the Black Mask on Friday, May 1st.  Be there or be square, everybody.

Highlights:

–Can’t say enough about Modifyde.  Don’t stop-a-rockin’, gentlemen.

–George did our sound again.  His soundboard ain’t got no knobs.

–We had pretty much the best medley ever in the second set.  No joke.

Setlist:

Free Ride
Alright Tonight
Friends
Birthday Suite
Potion
Lil’ Miss Perfect
Undercover World
Fishin’ in the Dark
Kegger
Save the World
Real Man
Brandy
Baltimore
Fan o’ the Bean
Excuse
Highway

Acoustical Jam

Strypez
Three Day Bender
That Girl
College
Dub-T Bootay
Dust on the Bottle
Best Medley Ever featuring Kyle “Chen” Chenoweth (a.k.a. Chen)
–Magic Carpet Ride
–Too Much
–Billie Jean
–One verse of Let’s Get Retarded
–Rapper’s Delight
–The Humpty Dance
–Jump Around
–Fresh Prince of Bel Air
–Hiphoppopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous
–Back into Magic Carpet Ride
Money
Outta Her Mind
Abercrombie (Rastified)
Leave Me Alone
Jesus