In a 12 months of devastating wildfires, one which will get misplaced within the combine was the South Fork Fireplace, which began on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, ensuing within the partial closure of U.S. Freeway 70 and the evacuation of houses all through the realm. It will definitely burned 17,569 acres, destroyed roughly 1,400 buildings, and killed two folks.
While you put the fireplace into that sort of perspective, it renders the Down present that was postponed and rescheduled on the Inn of the Mountain Gods totally trivial. But for the neighborhood, the band, and the folks that got here collectively to make the present occur at a later date, it was an essential second of therapeutic for a local neighborhood so typically left by the wayside.
Earlier right now, Down launched a mini-documentary in regards to the present they finally received to play this previous September. Keep in mind, the present on the Inn of the Mountain Gods that originally was imagined to occur this previous June was the band’s first official present again after practically two years. After the wildfires pressured the band to reschedule, they hosted two pop-up exhibits in Louisiana and donated a part of the proceeds to contribute to the Mescalero Apache Nation – South Fork Fireplace aid fund.
Consequently, the band had been honored by the tribe, given blankets from the native native inhabitants, and welcomed virtually as heroes by tribal administrator Blue Shendo, councilwoman Euphrasia Platta, and Miss Mescalero.
It’s all the time cool to see steel bands come collectively to assist out a neighborhood in want. But if there’s one factor I might say in regards to the documentary, it’s that the songs featured in it are far too outdated at this level. We’re gonna want some new Down quickly, guys…
You possibly can try the complete documentary beneath.