I'm sure just about every PJ fan in the state went a collective woo-hoo! when it was announced that Brad would be a late addition and fill-in on the mainstage at last weekend's Sasquatch Festival. It's too bad that none of them showed up to take in the awesome day 1 performance. The attendance was lack luster at best, as it was clear that the typical festival attendee was more interested in video game tents and face paint than seeing the recently rebooted Seattle based project of Stone Gossard, Shawn Smith, and Regan Hagar with Keith Lowe on bass, fill up the Gorge canyon as beautifully as it did. As much a head scratcher as it was, the modest turnout actually worked out in my favor. I was able to snag a front row center spot for the extent of the hour long set which featured cuts from their not-quite-released new record “Best Friends”, as well as Brad hits like “Day Brings”.
Before set’s end, Stone invited Jeremy Lightfoot and John Hoag to the stage for a two song Satchel interlude, telling the crowd. “it was gonna get heavy for a moment”. You got to love the camaraderie between these old BFF’s and their respective projects. There was a lot of love on that stage and closer “Buttercup” ended things perfectly. It's too bad 95% of Sasquatch was none-the-wiser, but at least Shawn looked like he was on cloud 9, making the whole thing worthwhile in my book.
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