...: Needtobreathe...

I've gotta hand this one to my girl, Jill. Jill and I have such similar taste in music and she has introduced me to some awesome artists, including Needtobreathe. We attended a Gavin DeGraw show last fall and Needtobreathe opened. I'm not sure which act Jill was more excited for but the whole show was awesome and I was a fan right away. I love going to shows with Jill because she requires getting there early enough to grab the best spot in the house to enjoy the show to its maximum capacity.
So, Des Moines does concerts on Thursday nights in the summer down at the Simon Estes Ampitheater. This last Thursday was David Cook, former American Idol but opening for him was NEEDTOBREATHE. The tickets were a little steep and since NTB wouldn't play a full set as the opening band, we decided to hang out on the Walnut St. bridge. Like usual, we got there early... really early. NTB was doing their sound check and messin around on stage. They started to leave the stage and walk up to the street level and all of the sudden I felt the rush of wind as Jill ran past me toward Bear Rinehart, lead singer of NTB. Haley and I followed in her dust and we managed to chat with him for awhile and get this picture.

Then, I turned around and saw Seth, the bass player ... the sight of this made Jill jump up and down three times and yell, "SETH!" That was hilarious. We got to chat with him as well and I shared my knowledge about his day's whereabouts (he visited East Village hot spot Smash where my friend Justin works). He was pumped about his new shirt that says "Des Moines - The Greatest City in the World." True statement. And then after we gazed at his incredibly pearly whites, we got a picture with him as well.