Peak To Sky - July 5th & 6th

1ThoughtKnown

The Smith/Hawkins drum battle!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qG0FWy-4lwg&list=PLagICbgq4Qyr9MbaKnlm3wqN2W64Sn-t8&index=3

ST66483

Thanks for sharing that Purple Rain was great!

demetrios

Peak To Sky - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You - Brandi Carlile, Mike McCready and Friends

https://player.vimeo.com/video/347342155

demetrios

https://instagram.com/p/Bz3fWP8HnxG/embed/

Brisk.

what was the reason for doing this in the middle of nowhere?

Pap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuPl4jZco8k

1ThoughtKnown

Brisk. said:

what was the reason for doing this in the middle of nowhere?

I’ll preface this by saying that to me Big Sky isn’t “nowhere”.  But I’m a person that thinks large cities (including the one I live in) are nowhere and the mountains are “somewhere” .

Mike and his family have a vacation home in Big Sky MT which has a great ski hill, hiking, etc.   According to the first-time promoter (a local business man I am led to believe) who spoke at the show before the boys came on told the story and I will attempt to paraphrase it.
He knew Mike for a while and always wanted to put something like this together in Big Sky. Willie Nelson played there in ‘03 and I believe he started thinking bigger. He finally worked up the nerve to ask Mike while sharing a chair up the mountain skiing if he would be interested.  That got the ball rolling. Mike began to ask his musician friends and the promoter began lining up sponsors, venue, etc.  In his preamble it appears the quality of the musicians was greater than he had hoped or expected. 

In a nutshell, a guy who knew Mike had the balls, cash and connections to make it happen.   Hats off to him! For a first festival
it went off without a hitch and I’ll be back next year that’s for damn sure. It’s an 8hr drive for us but I’ll do it again every year. 

Bonus for us... hiking the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park on the way to Big Sky and visiting Old Faithful and Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone.  It’s amazing how the Rockies change as you travel north/south while still majestic, wondrous and leaving me in awe.  THAT is “somewhere”.   

pjl44

1ThoughtKnown said:

Brisk. said:

what was the reason for doing this in the middle of nowhere?

I’ll preface this by saying that to me Big Sky isn’t “nowhere”.  But I’m a person that thinks large cities (including the one I live in) are nowhere and the mountains are “somewhere” .

Mike and his family have a vacation home in Big Sky MT which has a great ski hill, hiking, etc.   According to the first-time promoter (a local business man I am led to believe) who spoke at the show before the boys came on told the story and I will attempt to paraphrase it.
He knew Mike for a while and always wanted to put something like this together in Big Sky. Willie Nelson played there in ‘03 and I believe he started thinking bigger. He finally worked up the nerve to ask Mike while sharing a chair up the mountain skiing if he would be interested.  That got the ball rolling. Mike began to ask his musician friends and the promoter began lining up sponsors, venue, etc.  In his preamble it appears the quality of the musicians was greater than he had hoped or expected. 

In a nutshell, a guy who knew Mike had the balls, cash and connections to make it happen.   Hats off to him! For a first festival
it went off without a hitch and I’ll be back next year that’s for damn sure. It’s an 8hr drive for us but I’ll do it again every year. 

Bonus for us... hiking the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park on the way to Big Sky and visiting Old Faithful and Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone.  It’s amazing how the Rockies change as you travel north/south while still majestic, wondrous and leaving me in awe.  THAT is “somewhere”.   

That's a cool story. So it's going to be an annual festival? Is the idea that someone curates it every year? Or just Mike?

1ThoughtKnown

pjl44 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Brisk. said:

what was the reason for doing this in the middle of nowhere?

I’ll preface this by saying that to me Big Sky isn’t “nowhere”.  But I’m a person that thinks large cities (including the one I live in) are nowhere and the mountains are “somewhere” .

Mike and his family have a vacation home in Big Sky MT which has a great ski hill, hiking, etc.   According to the first-time promoter (a local business man I am led to believe) who spoke at the show before the boys came on told the story and I will attempt to paraphrase it.
He knew Mike for a while and always wanted to put something like this together in Big Sky. Willie Nelson played there in ‘03 and I believe he started thinking bigger. He finally worked up the nerve to ask Mike while sharing a chair up the mountain skiing if he would be interested.  That got the ball rolling. Mike began to ask his musician friends and the promoter began lining up sponsors, venue, etc.  In his preamble it appears the quality of the musicians was greater than he had hoped or expected. 

In a nutshell, a guy who knew Mike had the balls, cash and connections to make it happen.   Hats off to him! For a first festival
it went off without a hitch and I’ll be back next year that’s for damn sure. It’s an 8hr drive for us but I’ll do it again every year. 

Bonus for us... hiking the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park on the way to Big Sky and visiting Old Faithful and Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone.  It’s amazing how the Rockies change as you travel north/south while still majestic, wondrous and leaving me in awe.  THAT is “somewhere”.   

That's a cool story. So it's going to be an annual festival? Is the idea that someone curates it every year? Or just Mike?

I would say that Mike will remain involved and the plan is to grow the event and hold it annually.  It was estimated 4,500 attended on Saturday from some stuff I read. 
My thinking is that Mike would want to be involved as a way to promote the bands on his label and provide exposure to some bands he admires. 
Overall just a blast.  It really was a great night in a beautiful part of the world.  

demetrios

https://twitter.com/InfiniteClrSnd/status/1151524529409105920

demetrios

https://player.vimeo.com/video/347146163

demetrios

https://player.vimeo.com/video/347165252