Im going to preface this whole post with....wow.

Wednesday wasnt just some ordinary wednesday. Its the day ive been looking for for over a month now. The minute i saw that Pat McGee Band was scheduled to play at BGSU, i about had a fit. Ive seen these guys live before, and they are so fun its not even funny. As one of my top 3 bands(i say top 3 cause they keep switching order) I was amazed to see they would come play in a town like BG, but i wasnt close to complaining.

I had my last management class in the morning(thank jesus) as well as my last classes with dr. border, the coolest professor ever. Kind of sad, but nice to know that im pretty much done with school....only a few classes to go till i graduate...

Had lunch with katie in the union, and on the walk over, i saw the PMB tour bus parked outside the union. I got pretty giddy, and the whole time she and i were eating lunch, i was looking around, telling her that i KNEW that PMB was the type of band to come down and eat at the food court, hang out with people, etc...she just laughed at me...

I went back to class, then decided to stake out at the union to try to get good line position. HAAHAHAH! If that wasnt the joke of the day. No line formed untill AFTER 7, which is when they said the doors were going to open...yeah. In the meantime, i watched Brian Fetchino and John Small, both PMB members just walkin around the union. Wow was i geeking out, but i was trying SO HARD to not be "that guy"....

Waited for a while with all 10 people in line, then got to go in. Waited for a while, met up with donna, then Alice Peacock came on around 815. Shes ok...nothing that really blew me away. However i was right up at the stage. I felt kind of bad for her, cause stupid college boys decided to yell how hot she was, and that to me just makes you look like a dumbass. Anyways, her set was over, they tore down....and out come PMB. Pat and Brian first, just walking around like nobodys business....just wandering....john small was just kind of hanging out. Now, you have to remember something, the other times ive seen these guys has been in HUGE venues like the House Of Blues in chicago, where they sell out 2 nights in a row, have tons of people there, and security is MAD tight. Now here we are, with them just hanging out like this is like their living room. They take the stage, and the room is eerie quiet. With under 150 people, it was like having them play a show just for me...in my living room....When Brian Fetchino came out, he was totally 3 feet from me, and he and i started chatting. Yeah, i was making small talk with the lead guitarist from Pat McGee Band.

Set list was awesome, opening up with one of my favorites, Passion. After that, they played some new songs...and then did something that made me go nutty. Pat was talking to us about how intimate of a setting this was, and asked for requests. All the jackholes that barely know the band were like "Rebecca"..made my toes itch, but Katie just said "Minute" which is her favorite song...Pat's response? "Minute sounds good", and looks over to us Pat talked to the crowd, people asking "wheres home?" when he said this was the last stop of the tour, and i shouted out "virginia!" and tons of little things. When they went to start a new song, he said "This is a song called Annabelle, we hope you kind of like it"...i said, "oh, im sure we will pat". Pat went "You havent even heard it yet!". After the song, i shoulted out, "we liked it", he got a kick out of it. Played more new and old stuff, switching the setlist up alot, played a pretty neat version of Havent Seen, which was kind of bluesy. Came to the last song, and pat asked again for one last request....and i shouted out Pride, which has to be my favorite PMB song. He looked at me, and i could tell. He turned to the band, said pride, and there we had it. The whole night, i had been messin around with Chardy, the percussionist and Chris the drummer, like chardy would do wild things and id point at him, i got chris to do a drumstick flip, etc....so when i was the only one to start the "woos" during the pride intro, needless to say, Chardy about had a cow. The rest of the crowd got into it, and the song just rocked. Set was over, and chris the drummer took his setlist off of his drumset, came up front, handed it to me and shook my hand. After that, Pat came out, did a solo version of Shine as an encore, and that was the concert.

As far as the rest of the night...wow. I got the setlist signed by the whole band (pictures to come) chatted with each band member for a while, especially Chardy, who has been my hero since day one. All those guys in the band are really cool. They all were totally down to earth. I was just in total shock, cause this sort of thing will never happen again. Im not saying PMB is a huge band, but the chance of having a concert like this with a band like this...wow. Never ever again. Here are pictures from the night...prepare to be amazed...

Now Katie and I need to get our little selves onto the Rock Boat cruise....PMB, Sister Hazel, Edwin McCain....wow..

Well, back to work....heres to another concert as frigging incredible as this.....

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Positive: Could be the best concert experience ever...
Negative: People bringing back memories
Quote: " Mlufkin44: pnp
KKB Firedancer: the whole night, i was just thinking
Mlufkin44: those pics are so classy
KKB Firedancer: luffys gonna love this"
Song of the day: Pat McGee - Shine
Cool Mac Moment: itunes 4...dddddamn.
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