spatch

Dispatch happened last weekend at the TD Garden. It was another gem in my concert quest of 2011. Dispatch is my favorite band of all time without question. There music has had such a profound impact on my life. If I have only one song to listen to before my time is up, it's passerby. They happened to play it, too. There was so much energy among the crowd. It truly was a show where each song is potentially memorable.

Trying to put something the full concert into words is difficult since it was the type of show that consumes you.  I can say this: when you get 20,000 people together that love what Dispatch stands for, appreciate their role as arguably one of the greatest independent bands of all time and understand their balance of lyrics -- you have a recipe for Saturday's show.  They way in which they joke between songs, tell stories and blend in impenetrable chemistry makes for an energetic and thoughtful performance.

It's funny because they disbanded in 2002 citing "the wrong reasons." That is just other words for they were getting so large. And, it was becoming a head game. Nonetheless, they never signed on to a large record label. Their music lived on and fans could not let go -- and Dispatch did not want them to. Now, as most of the music world has seen, they sell out unprecedented venues because there is that much attraction, that much pull, that much influence. It's all documented in their documentary, Last Dispatch.

"They're your band, it's not like they're corporates band."

Who knows when their next tour will be. It does not come around often.The last time they played Boston prior to this weekend was 2004. Shame on you if you missed it!

I do, however, have some audio of 'decent' quality you can listen to. 

Little foggy -- but Pete sporting some Bruins gear

Stage

JP and his newly purchased kelly green Celtics Dispatch logo shirt

And, of course, I had to capture some Garden rich photos. The band -- especially Chad being a Boston native -- alluded to the Bruins on numerous occasions; wearing jerseys, speaking of the cup during songs, in between song banter and even references to Patrice Bergeron, who was in attendance.