Newb post. Almost a year since Missoula, MT . . .
sunvalleylaw
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Hi all. My name is Steve, living in Hailey, ID. I just finally joined the 10 club yesterday after wanting to for some time. Glad to be aboard!
First thing I did was download my free bootleg of the 9/30/12 Missoula, MT show that I got to go see with my brother. He flew over from Seattle, and I drove up from Boise, where I was the day before the concert watching my kids play soccer. I tried to drive the most direct route but ending up on miles of dirt road through the mountains on the way there. Once I got there, it was such a good time.
Yesterday, I took a hike and plugged in the bootleg and listened through my headphones. What a great show! So many good memories.
Plus my brother and I got to go mountain biking on the trails near town beforehand. Who else has good memories of that show!?
First thing I did was download my free bootleg of the 9/30/12 Missoula, MT show that I got to go see with my brother. He flew over from Seattle, and I drove up from Boise, where I was the day before the concert watching my kids play soccer. I tried to drive the most direct route but ending up on miles of dirt road through the mountains on the way there. Once I got there, it was such a good time.
Yesterday, I took a hike and plugged in the bootleg and listened through my headphones. What a great show! So many good memories.
Plus my brother and I got to go mountain biking on the trails near town beforehand. Who else has good memories of that show!?
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Our seats were in the back row behind the stage. It was a very warm night up there! We had a blast behind the stage, so much so that 3 of our shows this fall are in the back.
2011 - Alpine 1 & 2 --- EV - Providence & Boston - Tres Mts - Boston
2012 - Missoula
2013 - Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Worcester 1 & 2, Philly 1 & 2, Hartford
2014 - Detroit, Moline, St. Paul, Milwaukee
2016 - Greenville, Hampton, Columbia, New York City 1, Fenway 1 & 2, Wrigley 1
I was smart enough to keep my water cup security gave me in the front row and Ed poured me some wine after Kick Out The Jams. Seen the band around 20 times, but that was the first GA show and it was everything I was hoping for.
98' - 6/26, 6/27, 6/29, 8/26, 9/22
03' - 4/25
06' - 6/29, 6/30
07' - 8/05
09' - 8/23
11' - 9/03, 9/04
12' - 9/30
13' - 7/16, 7/19, 10/21, 10/22, 11/15, 11/16, 12/06
14' - 06/28, 06/29, 10/1, 10/03, 10/16, 10/17, 10/20, 10/22
15' - 11/20, 11/22
16' - 4/21, 4/26, 4/28, 4/29, 5/1, 5/2, 7/9, 8/5, 8/7, 8/20, 8/22
17' - 4/7
18' - 7/1, 7/3, 7/5, 8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20, 9/4
21' - 10/1, 10/2
22' - 7/12, 7/14, 9/6, 9/8
thanks for the replies all. Yeah, that was a great weekend. I drove up from Boise, as I had been over there for my son's soccer game, so tried to find a direct route. My "direct" route did not end up being so direct, but I made it safely after a beautiful drive, having listened to most all of the PJ I own on the way over. I avoided hitting all the deer that were coming out on the road too.
Got there, met my brother who flew in earlier at a hotel over near the airport, and we headed downtown to the Ironhorse for a couple bevs. Seemed like everyone we saw, at the hotel, at the bar, in town, were all there to see the concert. The vibe was really excellent! As I said, got a good bike ride in the day after, got to sample an EXCELLENT wet hopped pale ale at the Big Sky Brewing tasting room next to our hotel, and then back to the Iron Horse for some dinner and off to the show! It was so great!
Now, I am trying to figure out if I can make a PNW show this year. We will be gone on a trip to Hawaii for portland, and seattle is sold out. I am not sure if I can take more time off work to get to Vancouver or Spokane. We shall see! I would love to take my now 16 year old boy who is becoming a fan.
It was. The terrain was sage hills and scree. It felt good to feel the energy of the show as I hiked.
Plus two of my favorite people meet and fell in love
We drove out from Victoria!
Awesome drive,cheap beer and wonderful people all over the place!
One of those epic weekends!
Thanks again Missoula!
2.5 hours in the merch line up....
-Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
-Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
-Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
-Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24
can't believe its been a year
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
Wish I had more photos to share!
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
good memories is an understatement. I also went with my bro, flying up from Houston. Met some incredible people.
Well, you hit on one thing that I wanted to post about. that . . . FEELING that that show had. I have not seen that many PJ shows, certainly less than a lot of you. And I don't go to all that many big rock shows. But I was just blown away by the feeling of that weekend. When I arrived at around 10:30 Saturday night and found my brother, who had flown in earlier and was a couple brews in after having completed one of those mudder runs in Seattle that morning, he was drinking with some folks going to the show, almost anyone I saw at the hotel was going to the show, and most of the folks down at the Iron Horse where we went so I could wind down from the drive was full of PJ people too. now you might expect this given Missoula is not that big a place, but the feeling was different some how.
Like I said, we got up and went mountain biking on the trails North of town, then got ready for the show. As we had dinner and hung out, more and more PJ people were evident. We walked from the Iron Horse over to the campus, and again the vibe struck me. It was like all these strangers were just checking in with one another, happy to see one another whether strangers or not, and were all just excited to get to go. Maybe it was the reason for the event, maybe it was because it was a relatively smaller show, maybe it was because it was in a smaller town. I don't know. What I do know is I agree that I felt a love and respect for one another that I did not expect to find, and a camaraderie in the crowd that I think makes for a really great bootleg. I can feel the energy in that recording.
I don't have many pictures other than this one, from our seats way up in the back, right near the roof.
They may not have been the closest seats, but the view was great, and the sound was awesome! I cannot believe it has been a whole year. Maybe I can find a way to catch the Spokane show this year.
Yes to both of you. The feeling that characterized the Missoula show was outstanding.
sunvalleylaw, the view you had was much like mine. I was in almost the same position in the balcony but maybe a little lower. The view was great and the venue small enough such that pretty much all seats were good.
cool farmers market, mad fresh carrots, great breakfast in town. hit Big Sky Brewing Co on the way out of town. love the artwork and free beer samples. Record stores nice to check out. Took some short walks by the river dreaming of all the fish hanging in the current.
Waited most of the night not "camping " to get a fantastic spot on the floor. Got to meet many cool peeps.
Hope to meet some new and old friends this tour.
Way in the back, but still great seats.
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