Like Michael Jordan in his heyday with the Bulls GPN seemed to reach another level of performance during, arguably, the most important music festival of the summer.  Thankfully, most of the performance was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4506431F9B52E662">captured for posterity on YouTube</a> although sadly the AT&T Blueroom original source seems to have disappeared from the interwebs. While my preference leans towards the pedal to the metal opener of "Some Kind of Ride" this version of "Medicine" surely made people pay attention to what the band could do.

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GPN was everywhere over the weekend - making the most of the opportunity. Whether it be in Q&A sessions or simple strumming a guitar backstage.

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The <a href="http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2009/06/19/moe-gpn-moe/">GPN>moe>GPN</a> switchover was viewed as all kinds of awesome by moe fans. (Lots of tunes at that link).

Loving this image . . . (click for fullsize) - credit <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10776142@N07/">simpsonradio</a>
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All in all I can't imagine this weekend working out any better for the band. I can report that website traffic hit all time highs after this weekend and have stayed consistently stronger since.