Repost #2- Spruce moose

Weekend of the Spruce Moose Festival

Whew, What a weekend!  I definitely did not get as much homework done as I was hoping…I imagine that is how the first weekend in school for most students.  Time to buckle down! The weekend started with a Young American’s for Liberty (YAL) BBQ where a handful of us students get together and talk Libertarian philosophy, analyze it and even critique it.  Bacon wrapped tube steaks and pitting polemic vs. polemic lead to quite an interesting evening.

Saturday came and I went to mass at five, there was quite a challenging gospel reading…

S U N D A Y was a blast up in Big Sky! Tate Chamberlain strikes again with the Spruce Moose festival which was an awesome experience, having the privilege to open for Pinky and the Floyd and the John Butler Trio was such a treat and is totally going on my musical resume.  We, Cure for the Common, opened the night at 5:45 and played all originals during our set and hopefully impressed the crowd.  I got to play on a suped up amp bumping out of a HUGE sound system.  If only every stage we played on was that big… The next band, Pinky and the Floyd, is the best cover band in town with a great number of Bozeman’s most talented musicians playing classics Pink Floyd songs we all know and love.  They blew the crowd away with their eleven piece group of close knit individuals.  The real peak of the night was getting to see John Butler in his trio of musicians getting the party raging.  He started on the lap steel and switched guitars every other song, playing greats like Better Man, and I used to get High for a living (do not know the actual title).  If you have not heard John Butler play the Ocean, please do yourself a favor and click here >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAkOhXIsI0 
The true highlight of the evening was when John Butler gave a shout out to the opening bands and his lips opened and he said the magic words “Cure for the Common” that made my spine tingle!