[jgardz]

I was 18... So I feel really old....remember taking a limo to the cobo hall show, 3 days before my 19th birthday..still can't believe that became live between us..the mid 90s to 2000'was a magical time to be a hip fan...I besides cobo, I was at Markham '95, both London shows in 98 that much music taped, as well as Edenfest '96, Woodstock '99, Mulcahys in Long Island 98 and 00, as well as Hamilton '99, Rochester, Buffalo and Darien Lake '00, and ARA in Barrie 97. All those shows were mind blowers. It was just pure hip nirvana. Got to meet the boys a couple times as well. It wasn't till 2004 that I got back to attending regularly...some notables include wasaga beach 04, London 04, Guelph lake, Fort York 2 and Stratford in 2006, as well as the Strombo show taping. Hit a few more since than ( Detroit '12, London 2009, Hamilton '09 tour ender, Buffalo 2007, London 07 andArtpark (Lewiston) in 'O7 I think..and as great as many of those later shows were, nothing will surpass my 95-2000 run..although Fort York 2 was pretty damn amazing...glad to say I'll be at the London show this summe, and maybe Kingston, though that ship may have sailed...so glad to see the hip base busy again. Hopefully it'll lead to even more shared recordings, etc.