7/17: The Sting in Great Falls

I love Robert Redford and Paul Newman.  Is this movie any good?

The four of us weren’t really advocating band togetherness for our Sting gig last Friday in Great Falls.  Levi and Angie took drove the Beamur while Josh, John and I all drove up separately.  Josh drove his Blazer from Lewiston, where he had been hanging out in anticipation of his sister-in-law’s wedding; John probably just felt like giving Tang a spin; and I couldn’t leave work until a while after the caravan left town.  But it all worked out for the best.  We ended up getting there and rocking the heck out, didn’t we?

Yes, we did.  Last year’s show at the Sting was a total blast and it was much of the same this year, too.  There weren’t as many people in attendance as last year, but it was still fun.  (Apparently, Great White was playing a gig in GF too, taking away some of our audience.  Friggin’ Great White.  Those guys suck.)  Also noticeably absent this year were stage lights, cutting our set short at about 9:45 p.m., when we could barely see each other, much less play our instruments.  

Highlights:

–John and I earned our “Best Guitarists of the Year” award that night.  Sheesh.  The delay in the monitors made our precision and timing really rough.

–Talk about packing up like we’re in Great Falls! I was on the road to the Three Forks Rodeo by 10:30!

–A fight broke out outside the Sting grounds while we were playing “Save the World.”  Apparently that song pisses people off.  I don’t know why–it’s in a major key and there isn’t even any swearing unless it’s improvised.

Setlist:

Three Day Bender
Real Man
Undercover World
Free Ride/Cop Car
Friends w/ Benefits
Suit of Birthday
Lil’ Miss Perfect-o
Outta The Way
Save World
Potion
Come with Me
Fan of Bean
 Baltimore
Outta Mind
College
Ab Jeans
Jesus Christ, Get Me Out Of This One NOW