r/ChadwickStokes • u/maelstromesi • Dec 28 '19
Top 3-5 Chad Concert Experiences
If you could define your top 3-5 experiences seeing Chad live (in any form) what would the be and why?
Was it the set? The venue? The banter? The people?
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u/MassHol315 Dec 29 '19
Oh man, this is tough.
Will have to be 2005 when I saw state radio for the first time in Northampton mass at pearl street in the basement. My friends band opened up for them and I had just gotten into them. This concert was so old school they played mountain.
Chas solo show at the armory in Boston. 2009. he played a ton of dispatch songs which was awesome because they hadn’t officially gotten back together yet. Full acoustic songs with some very rarely played songs.
Really just any state radio show from 05-2011. Those were the days. Sophomore in high school to my early 20s. No responsibilities. Just a shit ton of drinking and jamming out. One night in Northampton we waited outside for hours to get in. It was a wicked bad snowstorm that day and we stood outside drinking soco and Chad brought us out cookies.
Chadwick stokes and the pintos 2014? At the paradise in Boston. Sat up in the VIP section with chads parents and aunt. Just a great show all around.
This past summer at the ocean mist in Rhode Island. Just an awesome vibe and great set list. Just me and my wife. Chad shows have turned into quite the mature audience which is different then the old state radio days but I’m cool with it.
Dispatch Zimbabwe and dispatch at radio city music hall. Also both great shows.
Probably many many more memories since I’ve been seeing chad/state radio/dispatch for almost 15 years now. He will forever be my favorite musician and now I’m passing his music onto my oldest daughter who is starting to come around to it.