15 M.o.F. - A July 2020 CONCERT (Andy Jessen - Bonfire Brewing) - a podcast by Brian Goldrich

Welcome back to another 15 minutes of fame. I'm excited for today's podcast due to the fact that it is real time. It's right now, and it's a hot, hot idea.  This morning i'm back with andy jensen of bonfire brewing. We discussed the block party about 2-3 months ago. About how it wasn't gonna happen in the year 2020 because of all the things.  There's a long story short wrapped up. All of a sudden, it's july 2020 and the same guy who's gonna be throwing bonfire block party in 2021, next year, has found a way to work with city and all the officials and the human beings of eagle county to throw a concert in july 2020. This is huge. How?  Let's talk about this. We're gonna form this interview today... Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?  It just answers all the questions and it will get us to the point of throwing a live concert in 2020. Dude, i'm excited. How are you doing this morning, brother? I mean, you called me tuesday morning. Maybe moments after you had figured out you were ready to throw a concert. You're like, "dude, you might be like the second person next to my wife who knows about this concert. " and i'm thinking -  "concert? What language are you speaking, sir? " andy, just real quick throw down again, who are you and what you trying to do? Like you said - andy of, bonfire brewing, up here in eagle.  For the past couple of months, once we realized that block party wasn't gonna be a reality this year, given the circumstances, we started trying to figure out a way to bring some sort of music to eagle because it's sorely missed. People really wanted us to try to pull something off and working with optimum events, our block party partner, town of eagle, eagle county, and probably most importantly, my wife, amanda.  We were able to put together a plan that fits within the current state and county regulations. That can be pulled off safely. Obviously, it's a much smaller scale with only 500 people versus 5000. It's something and we're looking forward to trying to set a good example, so future events might have a chance at doing the same thing.  I really like what you said there, "setting a good example" because a guy in your position is going to be under fire on every line until you satisfy each and every one of those lines. Once you do, you're gonna have that little red cape behind you - like that guy is a hero. Andy, let's talk about the who first.  Who is of this concert from bands to logistics to staging all the things. Who is helping this concert happen? Well, you're gonna help us make it happen, right?  I'll be on the stage with a microphone, coincidentally. Robert randolph kind of lead the charge to put together this all-star group that is willing to get out there and wants to get out there.  You've got marcus king coming along. Duane betts from the allman betts band. We originally had a couple members of lettuce, and not just one of those folks is coming. We also added j. J. Johnson, the drummer from tedeschi trucks.  Great local bands that are opening up on friday and saturday, respectively. The evolution and the runaway grooms have been really gaining a lot of steam up here.  Yeah, they do a great job. First time hearing it right there myself. It sounds like there are parts and pieces of bands coming together. I'm only just assuming that is happening because of the current world stasis.  You know what's happened, bands rarely all live in the same place in the country. A lot of these folks were relatively close by and connected through one pathway or another.  While they couldn't get their full lineups together, they all had a similar goal - to get back out there. Every band member is gonna have a different level of comfort, but these guys were okay with coming out.

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