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Watertown Riverfest Appearance

 

Sunday, August 3

3-5:30 p.m.

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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 .