8/1: Clintons Summercamp in Helena

Sweet.

Mother.

Of.

Baby.

Jesus.

Was the first ever Clintons Summercamp successful?  You bet your ass it was.  Holy crap.  I had so much fun that night that it’s difficult for me to compare it to any of the gigs we’ve played so far this summer, and that includes Music on Main and Bert and Ernie’s.  I’m dead serious–it was freakin’ awesome.  For one, the weather was absolutely perfect; in a state where you can’t even count on it to be hot in freakin’ July, the forecast for Saturday, August 1st was everything we hoped it would be and more.  High of 92 degrees, clear skies, and zero chance of showers.  Hell, there may have even been a negative chance of showers.  Is that even possible?  Who knows?!

Everything else–the stage, the venue, the organization, the Lakeside personnell–was fantastic.  I don’t doubt that organizing the event was very stressful for those who put it together (I’m talking to you, Kweej), but everything came together so perfectly and the parties involved were so accomodating and professional that we couldn’t have predicted a better result.

So you may be wondering, “How was the show?”

It kicked ass.  I mean, how could it not kick ass when you have an amazing stage set up (with George Martin doing sound, no less) against the lake in the background with 700 of your rowdiest friends in attendance ready to party?  We had so much fun that we would have played every single song in our catalogue if we could have.  I didn’t want to get off stage and I don’t think John, Josh, or Levi wanted to, either.

I sincerely hope that the Clintons Summercamp becomes an annual event and that it continues to grow.  Even if next year’s is half as good as last Saturday, we’ll be more than happy.

Highlights:

–I was this close to crowd surfing on Saturday night.  Seer!

–We likely set the record for the most on-stage shotskis at a Clintons show, and it’s a record that won’t likely be broken anytime soon.

–Missoula on Thursday, Rockin’ the Rivers on Friday, and Y.V.B.C. in Billings on Monday. Let’s make some more memories, folks!

Setlist:

It was a good one.  I’m in the middle of moving to Missoula right now and it’s lost amongst my crap, but I’ll post it once I find it.  Promise.