String Cheese Incident 9/08/2005: Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

I have a friend from Colorado who told me back in 1997 to go see the String Cheese Incident. So, one Friday night that fall, a friend and I made our way to the smoky Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, MA to check them out. For never hearing a note of their music in my life, I ended up dancing from start to finish and was forever hooked. Ever since that time, I had hoped for an extended multi-night northeast run from the Barefoot Boys, but never seemed to get more than 1 to 2 shows a year.

Finally in 2005, the Cheese book Portland ME and Hampton NH – towns a little more than an hour apart – for a four consecutive night run. My dream run had finally come true. Unfortunately, I