Medeski Martin & Wood mmw 1996-08-09 Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus?

A Memorial Union Terrace record for attendance that has stood for over a decade. I suppose I didn't need to flood Red Rocks with thousands of handbills with directions to Madison, WI and to Alpine Valley with the announcement of a free Medeski Martin & Wood show, since Trey Anastasio, lead guitarist of Phish, played with them. Regardles, in droves they came to town, not that there weren't enough Phish and Deadheads already in town... and we took over. Certainly, this event was over capacity by several thousand people. I consider this a promotional success. In retrospect, I could have informed the management that we were expecting far more people than they thought, but I was busy. ;)
MMW under the amazing management of Liz Penta were about to release Shack Man. That day I got to see the cover art for the first time and run around town with her for a while before getting to the venue to watch the ever growing masses take up all available space at the Union. The weather was picture perfect. I feel bad that the Union ran out of beer. Eventually, they had an emergency delivery and then again with reserves from Union South. The Union Director Chad Lillethun deserves a huge credit for booking this show a year before they broke! He had a great ear. With a small budget, the Union brings in great shows, especially for this reason!

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[Jebbis]

I love Medeski Martin and Wood

[resacarat]

I love Jesus! and MMW.

[talpajam]

one of the cool ones

[nekromancer1976]

Jesus! I love MM&W...

[chefja74]

Kudos for flooding Red Rocks w/ the flyers. Was a badass set to break up the travel. Thanks!!!

[burls420]

This is sweet!! I have this show in flac. Do you have this full video?

[BenSchau]

I can´t stand their music, nothing against the musicians... they seem nice

[jesamani75]

my name is jesus and i love mmw.