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"I'm not kidding, we came off the stage and looked at each other and said, 'That's the best show we've ever played,' and that's including the old days," Ballew said. "It felt like we time-traveled back 10 years. All the funny innuendo in the songs was working because the crowd was drunk and crazy. And we just played really well, the crowd was raging, the sound was good. We had goose bumps."

Wellman would not release attendance numbers from the Presidents shows, citing Chilkoot Charlie's policy, but did confirm both shows were sellouts. Wellman also said Chilkoot Charlie's would certainly entertain future Presidents shows.