Our Cinco de Mayo show at Santa Fe Red’s in Billings last Saturday was the last leg of what had been a marathon. Thursday night was Dillon, Friday night was Bozeman times two, and Saturday was the home stretch. Kind of. We started playing at about a quarter after six, took a 2o-minute break, and then played till 10 o’clock on the nose. If I were to guess, I’d say we played upwards of 35-40 songs throughout the course of the evening. And we had a lot of fun doing it, too.
Saturday night was the third time we’d performed for the Billings Santa Fe Red’s Cinco de Mayo, and it was probably the best of the three. As I pointed out in the Friday tour blog, Montana weather can be really tricky. The previous two Cinco de Mayo celebrations were cold as hell, even though they both took place the first weekend of May, when everything is supposed to start warming up. This time, it was actually kind of warm, even after the sun went down. Isn’t that something? We all got into the Mexican spirit by drinking Bud Light Lime, and our girls did so by turning their sombreros into weird looking cowboy hats. It was pretty hot. In all, it was a great night for rocking out and a good way to end what had been a very long weekend.
Highlights:
–Someone got a new car. Who could he be?
–Our friend Jessica Lechner performed inside the bar after we were done, and she kicked a lot of ass. Good work, Jessica.
–I think we played almost every song in the Clintons songbook that night. Wowzers.
Setlist:
You imagine it, we played it. Seriously. We were actually running out of songs to play.
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OMG…. Jessie Lechner played and we missed it!!! I am soooo bummed, teaches us to move to Miles City. Josh our son Kris graduated with Jessie, what great gal and terrific talent!!
Can’t ask for much more than Jessie & The Clintons!!