
I have fond memories of listening to his hits on the radio and singing along to them – and now I, and thousands of others, can add the fond memory of seeing Church powerfully headline the start of the Big Gig’s 55th anniversary at American Family Amphitheater to that list." ( Read the rest here.) " Whenever I think of foundational country artists I grew up listening to, I think of multi-award winner and ten-time Grammy nominee Eric Church. But before we move on with all the other festivities and celebrations, let's enjoy an encore of the past three weekends – the good, the bad and the Smash Mouth – and raise one final cheers the 55th Summerfest before we already start the countdown to number 56 next year. We still have plenty of Great Milwaukee Summer to come over the next few months – heck, we've already got another giant festival revving its engines up for this upcoming weekend.

Most of all, the musical memories from this 55th anniversary edition of the Big Gig are still playing on repeat in our minds.

Summerfest may somehow be already over – but our ears are still ringing, our knees are still hurting from all the dancing for hours on metal bleachers and the smell of Saz's sampler platters still deliciously hangs in our nostrils.
