///we were super excited to be back at Tree's Farm... we befriended the family in April on our last tour when our old friend from Moscow, ID -- Josh Kettleshake -- set us up to play in their barn after a show in Cleveland fell through... we had such a good time with them that we routed them back in on this tour... and this time, we were going to help them celebrate their daughter Mary's 10th birthday and what would probably be the last music fest/party at the farm.
with The Grown Children in tow, we rolled in around 5:30 to homemade chili and sunshine and a happy happy Tree and Big Dannie and Mary and friends. after munchin some dinner we got the PA and stage setup on their back porch and got the opening band Rev & The Hot Carls started just after sunset. they had put up some crazy
lights shining on the trees above the stage and this blue light that responded to the music. and a bonfire to help keep us all warm since it was definitely pretty chilly. it was a Halloween Costume Party too, so that definitely helped increase the intensity of the setting. pretty trippy all around.Tree's Farm regulars Burnt Grass played second. and featured our buddy Josh on drums. they were dressed as Alvin & The Chipmunks and were suckin helium balloons on stage. very hilarious set. it was obvious that they were amongst friends and family. even sang a fun song about the farm. amongst other things.
we were scheduled to play a first set before The Grown Children and a second set after them... made for a wild night. our first set was fun and included lots of tunes that we thought Mary would be excited to hear since she probably wouldn't still be awake for our second set... we closed with her favorite song "A President, A Pacifist, An Auto Restorer" and it featured most of The Grown Children onstage in their bandito costumes and sombreros and local trumpet master Jason. here's a video of that tune from a distance... gives you a decent idea of the setting... so fun.
HOLLOWTREE FINN RIGGINS TREES FARM
after that, The Grown Children played a good long set. it was wild and fun as usual. and sounded great in the blue light. really interesting to see them in that setting. once again, Cam played the whole set with them as a bonus drummer. i enjoyed it all immensely.
from there it kind of gets crazy. our second set consisted of Pankakes, Thumbs To Muse, Mahoney > A Whale, A Fish > Blackrock. then we started bringing up members of The Grown Children, starting with Kevin on additional drums at the end of
Blackrock. then Sam (fiddle) and Jake (bass) joined in. they're also known as the appropriately-named Team Of Mavericks. it got crazy from there. played an old tune of mine from the Oracle Shack days called MIC, then a pretty sloppy but inspired Pump It that included my Tall Tales rap... all for our buddy Josh.... then for awhile we jammed on several different things old and new before bringing it back to some tunes to end the set... Geology > Glitch > noise freakout > Battle. it was pretty rad. the six of us really settled in together for the final stretch. really enjoyed the Finn Riggins Mavericky Grown Children set. we've been getting a kick out of recent superjams with our friends. this was pretty damn fun. and the perfect setting to rock it out like that. by the time we were all packed up and crashing out it was around 4am or so. wow. big thanks for the day of rest today. and on that note, i'm off to bed.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Tree + Big Dannie + Mary + Josh + Josh's Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Bob for the cozy place to stay today and tonight and for dinner and for cookies and for the opportunity to watch some baseball + everyone else that made the Hallow Tree Jam such an incredible experience.... it will definitely be much much much different than NYC in 4 days... wow.
///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///gilbert
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