We're back from a much needed break with Part 1 of our recap of Summer Meltdown! This marathon episode is packed with goodness! Jump in the car with us as we head to Darrington Music & Bluegrass Park for the most amazing festival Washington has ever known! We've got interviews and live music from Sara Clarke of Dirty Revival (45:55:00), Nahko Bear (01:29:00), Dirtwire (02:10:00), and finally a campsite interview and music from Portland's own Hillstomp (02:57:00). If you were lucky enough to be there this year this episode will bring you back to feel the feelings all over again and if you couldn't make it it'll be the next best thing to being there! So, put on your best festival costume, let your freak flag fly, and come along with the No Simple Road Crew as we begin our Melt!And don't forget to stay tuned for next week's Part 2 where we'll have interviews with Ryan Stasik from Umphrey's McGee, the guys from Spafford, High Step Society, and a live podcast from The Forest Stage of Summer Meltdown complete with tears and Om's! Music in the commercials by:The Higgs - Live at the Fox TheaterAndrew Hendryx - 'Franklin's Tower'Marco Benevento - 'Let It Slide'***THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE NUGS.NET, SHOP TOUR BUS & DEFYNE PREMIUM CANNABIS!!!!NUGS.NET:Nugs.net is THE live music app featuring over 15,000 shows from your favorite bands, on demand and ad free. You can listen to a show from last night, or from 40 years ago. You can download music to listen off-line, and create playlists to share with your friends.   As live music fanatics like us, the folks at Nugs.net are offering our listeners a free 30-day trial. Listen free for 30 days and cancel anytime. Visit nugs.net/nosimpleroad to get started. SHOP TOUR BUS:Visit shoptourbus.com or @shoptourbus on IG and pick up some wonderfully creative and beautiful Grateful Dead inspired shirts/hoodies. Use the code nosimpleroad for free shipping!!!!!!DEFYNE PREMIUM CANNABIS:Defyne Premium Cannabis here in Oregon with two locations to serving the most incredible premium cannibis around: HILLSBORO: 1775 SE Tualatin Valley Hwy. Hillsboro, OR. 97123 and FOREST GROVE: 3821 Pacific Ave. Forest Grove, OR. 97116Head over to defyne.life to learn about their products and get ahold of some sweet Defyne Premium Cannabis Swag!SHOW CREDITS:ENGINEERNORMAN MARSTON (norman7norman7@gmail.com) co-owner/operator of Wall of Sound Recording Chicago, ILWall of Sound Recording of FBand @wallofsound_recording on IGPRODUCERJUSTIN ELROD (justin.g.elrod@gmail.com)MUSICIntro Music - 'No Simple Road' written and performed by 'THE HIGGS'Check them out at: thehiggsmusic.comOutro Music by: THE CHILLDREN OF INDIGOCheck out their website chilldrenofindigo.comcheck out this amazing video created exclusively for NSR!REDDIT AND OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTCOREY HURST (u/DogKnees2001 over on Reddit)LOGO DESIGNS AND RELATED ARTWORKJust Elrod (NSR Hand Logo)@wickedawesome (NSR Skulls)@hairofthewolf (NSR Van Logo)Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Play so more of us can find out about the show and this thing grows into a juggernaut of love, and laughs, and exploration of this long strange trip we call lifeJOIN THE NO SIMPLE ROAD FAMILY! Become a Patron through Patreon.com You can give as little or as much as you'd like and earn our everlasting...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.