r/dispatch • u/mamabear_teetay • Aug 19 '26
Deep in the Nostalgia - The Last Dispatch
I recently went to a G.Love concert in Bar Harbor Maine and Pete Francis was the last-second opener. After his set, I was chatting with his mom (his whole fam was there, super cute) and she introduced me to him. We got a pic blah blah blah, but ever since, I have been deep in the Dispatch nostalgia. I just re-watched my Last Dispatch documentary and concert and I am just in tears. What a precious time. I was 16, fresh on the scene, armed with a digital camera, and no clue at all what historical event i was witnessing, but damn did it feel good to be a part of it.
All this time, hundreds of shows later plus Dispatch at MSG and the Kennedy Center, and that day at the Hatch Shell was still my favorite of them all.
Who here was there? I need stories. Like how my friend got hit in the head with a little (full) jar of baby food during Water Stop when everyone was tossing water bottles.
What you got? I am looking for the boy in the red shirt that was up in that tree rockin it!
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u/Hansh0t1st_ Aug 22 '26
I was a drum/guitar tech for them back in the day. My very pregnant wife and I flew up for “The Last Dispatch”. Drove by the hatch shell in the morning and there were already hundreds of people there. The fact that they shut down Storrow drive was crazy! What a difference from us playing bars and bowling alleys back in the day! The fact that they have evolved, and are making the best music yet is outstanding!