4/25: The Depot in Butte, America (F**k Yeah!)

Just about everybody and their mother have their own “I got so hammered in Butte that I (insert heinous act here)…” story.  It’s a right of passage for all Montanans.  I know I do.  I’ve been there for St. Patrick’s Day, Knievel Days, Tuesday, and everything in between; therefore, I have a few stories that begin with that little phrase.  I will not divulge them here, however.

That said, I think that many of Buttians will have one or two drunken stories to tell their friends about our show at the Depot on Saturday night.  Everyone certainly had their drinking shoes on that night and had no reservations about emptying their cups and cans down the hatch from the first song until our encore…and beyond.  It was the third time we’ve played in Butte in a little over the year, and it gave us a clear reminder as to why love playing in that town in the first place.  The four of us enjoy partying, but our partying stamina is feeble and weak compared to even Butte High freshmen.  Simply put, those kids–young and old–know how to party as hard as Andrew W.K., whose debut album contains four songs with the word “party” in the title.  They don’t hold anything back and they make sure that everyone else in the room is doing the same.  Naturally, that forced us to step up our game a little bit so that we could keep up with them.  It was tough, but I’m pretty sure we pulled it off and gave the Montana Tech students a night to remember.

Highlights:

–There was a girl there who was wearing a shirt that said “I’m a shit show.”  It’d be like me wearing a shirt that said “I’m a boy.”

–The opening band, whose name eludes me right now, kicked some major ass.  Good work, gentlemen.

–I took second place in a nine-person Twisted Tea race.  Hooray for me!

Setlist:

Free Ride
LMP
Friends
Potion
Alright Tonight
Birthday Suit
Kinky
Save the World
Pride and Joy
Real Man
Fan O’ Bean
Excuse for Jamming
Highway
Three Day Bender
Dub-T
College Daze
Baltimore
Dust on the Bottle
Leave Me Alone
Jesus
Hands to Self

Encore:
Abercrombie