i remembered!

ok so as i said last night, i didnt realize that i forgot to mention jamboree so that post was not what i had intended on writing. anyway, what i wanted to post was about milwaukee's summerfest. that band i saw at jamboree, greek fire is so good that i started following them on twitter. im also friends with moon aka phil sneed on facebook. so ive been listening to them nonstop since jamboree. i then accidently stumbled upon the summerfest lineup and greek fire was in there. so i talked to anna and she said she would go see them with me. we drove 2 hours in my truck that has no air conditioning on what was probably the hottest day of the summer just to see a one hour performance then we drove back home.....that was the plan & it was totally worth it. so i bought the tickets the day they were playing which was saturday july 2, anna came over then it was off to wisconsin! we drove 2 hours, got a little lost when we were supposed to get off at the right exit, got there, parked, watched the previous performaer finish their set (which was horrible & scary) then we moved up to the second row to watch greek fire. it wasnt a pit, there were bleacher seat benches so at least we were able to sit down and wait for them to come on. they came out and no one was standing. then kinda one by one everyone was getting up. the energy these guys bring is insane! they really know how to connect with the crowd and make everyone feel like they are part of the show. johhny on drums, mark on bass, ryan on lead guitar & moon on vocals....all in all, an amazing & talented group of people. moon was walking around in the crowd and walking acrosee the benches, dancing with people, giving everyone high fives and really interacting with everyone. at one point, he was walking in front of the barracade giving everyone who had their hand out a high five so i hopped over the bench and stuck my hand out and got a high five from him hahaha, cleverness :) so they performed for an hour, and people really seemed to enjoy them. after their last song, which was "dreaming in deja vu" (which i happen to be listening to now) moon said that he would be over by the merchandise tent for about an hour & invited people to stop over and say hi, maybe get a picture & an autograph. so me and anna went over there. we waited for about 10 or 15 minutes and i got my summerfest ticket signed, talked to him a little about how much i loved them at jamboree & how when he was walking around the crowd, his microphone cord got wrapped around me and anna and how happy i was to drive up from chicago just to see them then anna took a picture of the 2 of us. in the end, it was totally worth the gas money to go there and back and it really was a fun time. i really hope to see them again in the future and mybe meet the rest of the band. theyre first cd is coming out on itunes next month, so im really excited about that. i really want to support these guys in every way i can because there are really doing so well for themselves thus far. i think after their set, more people walked away with a new band on their mind than they did when they first got there.


(via RKNPHOTO)


me & Moon after Greek Fire's performance :)