Hindsight
Watertown Riverfest Appearance
Sunday, August 3
3-5:30 p.m.
By Greg
Ylvisaker of the Watertown Daily Times
staff
Hindsight, a band
from the Green Bay area, will cap the list of Wisconsin talent to play at
Riverfest this summer. They bring an impressive resume to this year's festival,
having played their second Summerfest as the opening band for the original
members of Sublime, and winning the 2008 Wisconsin Area Music Award for Rock
Artist of the Year.
This was not the
first time Hindsight played with a high profile band however. In the recent
past they have played with bands like the Black Crowes, Grand Funk Railroad and
newer hit band Puddle of Mud.
They are in the
midst of planning a fall tour that will see them playing in Illinois, Minnesota
and several other states. Although they will be touring, their schedule often
brings them back to Wisconsin. They will be playing quite a few festivals.
"We love
playing festivals," lead vocalist Mike Wendland said. "We recently
played our second, and best, Summerfest with Sublime. Festivals are great
because here are so many different people walking around and exposed to music
they may not have heard before."
Wendland said
the most common demographic they see at their shows so far is generally people
in their mid to late 20s, but he also said they have gotten good responses
where ever they have played.
Their recent
award has had in almost immediate impact on their success as a band.
"It's been
kind of a whirlwind," Wendland said. "We were a little surprised we
won, but we were very happy. We also released a new CD in April. Since those
two things happened, we've noticed that since we won, our shows have been
busier and we've been seeing many new faces at them. More people are bringing
friends to shows. There have been more clubs calling us than there were before,
many from out of state. There's just been a huge response."
In 2007 hindsight
won the WAMI Award for Best New Artist/Band, and were nominated for others.
Samples of their music can be found at their Web site, www.hindsightworld.com .