Jason Isbell & 400 Unit Concert ~ Party With Yoho & Bordelons 12Jul24-13Jul24

Kala & I enjoyed a GR8 concert with Brock & Anna and Jim at the Dillon Amp Friday. It was a gorgeous eve but was hot before, in the sun, and chilly after, at night. We dined at Bistro North during the excellent happy hour there; 241 tinis & appys, which the team enjoyed, but I was driving, so dry. We are Dillon Marina slip lessees so get excellent preferred parking, even for concerts. We joined the queue for the GA entry with all our nosh, binoculars, blankets, and chairs about 4:45pm with gates @ 5:30pm. It was nearly clockwork on this eve but we were aced from position A in front of the sound man even with our decent entry time... many chose early VIP entry. NP, we sat center stage just in the grass, staking our rightful spot with all our gear (as do all here when unleashed). It was a great spot and a great concert. Sorry Kala; staring into the sun I seemed to have cut you out of the team selfie pic.

First up was country act Adeem The Artist. Meh.

After a set change Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit began quickly from 8pm, "24 Frames" (1st Grammy) was 2nd song. The sound and the band were very good.

The Dillon Amp was rebuilt several years ago (which the muni is still working off) and features an awesome new $800K sound system worthy of the spot. Several guitar changes were managed and soon many were on acoustic instruments. 2nd Grammy "If We Were Vampires" was played with many other great Isbell songs like "When We Were Close," and others.

They played an excellent 70 minute set and then a 3 song encore for another 12 min. The "Cast Iron Skillet" was in the finale, his 3rd Grammy song just this year. We packed up and headed to the car but traffic was bad and it took us 30 minutes to get out of Dillon. NP really, we rallied at the Nest and enjoyed some nice wines and nosh before bedtime. We all thought the concert was excellent.

In the Sat AM we enjoyed breakfast of Dave's Eggs and some tasty citrus blueberry cake before heading out to Sapphire Pt for a brief hike. On the way we passed the competitors of the Triple Bypass race tooling up Swan Mtn without issue. The views were nice of Summit over the Dillon Rez. We stopped in Frisco after the hike to introduce Bordelons to ORB; always good. We closed out with an audit of the NestMT and Brock easily "stumped my catalog" in naming 5 songs I did not own... good times.

Thanks for coming out Anna, Brock, and Jim!