[Billy]

That happens to me quite often, but I notice it the most at Hip concerts. In particular it happened the strongest when I saw the Hip in Aspen in 98. Before the show I was mingling and talking to many of the concert goers. Most had never heard of the Hip, so I gave them a run down of who they were and what they meant to me. The Hip took the stage and within a few minutes of Grace Too, the band had the crowd in the palm of their hands. I was teary eyed for much of that concert because it was amazing for me to watch "my band" woo and win an unfamiliar crowd. This was the music at the moment talking. In Canada it's a different story. The band has a reputation, and even if you have never been to a Hip concert, or heard many of their songs, you are familiar with "The Hip".