Posts made by phokus

Excellent review of a excellent show at an excellent venue.

The only thing missing is that The Reprise was slowed down quite a bit.

Pherkad does jam!

@bmrobin I am coming with a group of almost 20, most from AZ. Definitely let me know.

@Lopez I totally agree. The studio version is great. I am definitely more pumped to hear the rest of the album now.

I am ISO Fall Tour V2 poster and the Windmill poster from 8/8/2014!

I have a couple blue Spafford cloud pins available.

I’m not too familiar with Matisyahu, and was wondering if the rap he did during LTLO was from one of his songs or made up for the show. Also, know what he said? I could only understand about 5 words.

All In, for me.

@damian guess we will keep pressuring then...it sounds like you are close to breaking!

Colorado x3
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Flagstaff

Was thinking about going to visit some family in Seattle and Portland too, but that is looking bleak.

I would really like to see a show at a club in the northeast...would really be awesome to take my brother, @DiscFreak , to Philly on his birthday!

@azcoug and I will be there...of course.

We have VIP for Saturday, as that is the only day we will be attending.

@Leon That was me!

The Van Buren has a capacity of 1800, so it will prob be a bit before they play there. But don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them there.

The Crescent Ballroom has a capacity of just over 500. They have played there three times before, the last time opening for Hot Buttered Rum. Club Red has a capacity of 750. The Pressroom has a capacity around 1000.

Find the setlist and available recordings here: https://spaffnerds.com/shows/2017-08-12

We checked the forecast daily leading up to the Peach Festival. It changed daily, from rain everyday, to no rain, and back and forth and everything in between. We planned for the worst and that is what we got for most of Friday. In addition to the weather issues, there was a big power issue that plagued the two stages inside the main festival area with no sound.

We were so pumped to see Spafford. We passed out I’m Killing It stickers to everyone we could and told them they should not miss the band. It was great to hear from so many that were already planning on going. When Saturday finally came around, the forecast called for more rain, right around the time they were to start. Fortunately, there was no rain all day. The sun was out, the humidity was bearable, and we were ready to jam.

Prior to Spafford, we were at the opposite end of the festival grounds watching another band when I realized I did not have my mic nor enough time to go get it. I met a Spaffnerd the first night who was hauling festival goers around in golf carts for the weekend. He was able to help us out, and I was able to stream the show. So, a huge thanks goes out to Conner!

We all got out of the cart behind the main stage and set off towards the Grove stage, or as I had been calling it all weekend, the Groove stage. There was already a good-sized crowd when we arrived. The familiar sound of "Check Check" was in the air. We got settled in and I started the live stream. After a moment, it became clear the band was having technical issues. The sound guys and the band were checking all the plugs here and there, trying to figure out what the issue was. When the band started jamming, I thought it was just part of the sound check, to validate the issues were gone. I was mistaken and our Spafford Peach Journey was on its way. As soon as the music started the crowd instantly got into the groove like they had been anxiously waiting for Spafford’s performance as much as we were.

The energy in the crowd was very high and clearly people were ready to get funky. I expected the crowd to sit back a bit and watch and try to figure out what this band was about. But one song in you could see everyone was feeling it and couldn’t wait for each of the next songs to come. The crowd was huge to begin with and kept getting bigger until it filled the entire roadway and stage front area-the largest crowd at the Grove stage for the entire festival. We walked away from the show knowing that Spafford proved to the Peach Festival they could command any of their bigger stages-and they should!

The Peach has been treated to a spectacular set of electro funk therapy by the leading practitioners.

At least for me, I am unable to sign in with Facebook while running the site as an "app". Since it has to open a different site, it does so in Safari.

We decided to attend the Peach last weekend. The lineup is amazing and I've never been to Scranton, PA!

@myanruth it may well be, I've not listened to The Phish is a while.

@myanruth there was a Story of the Ghost tease by Brian in Wolfman's Brother at around 11:00, maybe earlier too.

Also, I was hoping that Inspector Gadget tease would turn into Space Gadget.

Ours friends were in town performing with their band, Fruition, at the Sail Inn. We arrived early to chill with the band; it had been a little while since we had seen them and it was one of their relatives birthday! We were told there was an opener, but they never showed up, or so we thought.... Fruition played a great set of music. Afterwards were hanging out, drinking beer, and taking shots of tequila, when some dudes casually walk in and start setting up. These guys got their equipment setup, got on stage and said "What's up Tempe?", then jumped right in to All My Friends. Needless to say, we skipped the birthday party and stayed for the Spafford Rage instead! It was a great decision.

Show: 2013-03-09

All My Friends from 2013-03-09