With moving songs like "A Little Bit of Everything" and "All Your Favorite Bands," Americana rock band Dawes knows their way around telling a good story – and they and their fans at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard on Saturday certainly have a new one to tell thanks to their night at Summerfest, thanks to dramatic storms and forecasts threatening to shut things down early before the band even got to take the stage.
In the simply wise words of the band, though, things happen – it's all they ever do. And indeed, after the foreboding forecasts and ominous alert messages passed, it was the Los Angeles band's turn to storm the Summerfest stage, rewarding the Big Gig fans who stuck it out through the weather with a set of their signature folk storytelling and stirring old-school Americana rock anthems.
Courtesy of photographer Ty Helbach, here are nine of our favorite images from the "When My Time Comes" band's memorable time at the Big Gig.
