The Lion The Beast The Beat, Opening for President Obama, The second Grand Point North Festival: both nights' GPN sets (but especially Saturday night!!), as well as highlighting bands like Carolina Chocolate Drops and Galactic, Grammy nomination for "You and Tequila" video, and Grace's soul searching/song writing trip.

Personally, my favorite moment of the year was when my daughter tweeted that I wanted to hear "Big White Gate" because I had seen GPN a bunch of times and had yet to hear it live. And then having them perform it on Father's Day (with Grace dedicating it to HER dad) at the Queen in Wilmington, DE at the end of the album release week (and sharing the moment with my daughter).  That same show, they did almost everything from the new album live for one of the first times.  I went on to see them 3 more times this year--twice at the festival and most recently at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia--another great show!