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Rolling Stones fans reflect on concert By ERIC NEWHOUSE Tribune Projects Editor Wednesday's concert in Missoula was the seventh time Tom and Karen Harant of Great Falls, have seen the Rolling Stones on stage. "And it was their best show so far," bubbled Karen Thursday. "They were in our house (Grizzly Stadium)," she said. "And I got the sense they liked being there." During the show, in fact, guitarist Keith Richards told the crowd: "This is new territory for me, and I've been around a lot. You've got beautiful country here. I'm thinking about moving in." Harant wasn't a super fan until 1994, when she took her husband to Seattle for a Rolling Stones concert as a 30th birthday present. Now they've seen the Stones in concert twice in Seattle, twice in Las Vegas, and once each in San Diego, Denver and Missoula. Next month will be No. 8. "We've already got tickets to their concert in Boise," Harant said. Before the Missoula concert the Harants joined a bunch of friends for a drink at a local watering hole. "We must have had 40 people from Great Falls," said attorney Mike George, who was joined by his wife, Sydnee. "It was fabulous," he said. "They're great entertainers, and the stage was awesome." A blast of fireworks opened the show, with Mick Jagger and the rest of the Stones rushing the stage to perform "Jumping Jack Flash." Some 21,000 fans roared as the legendary band performed pieces of rock and roll history, backed by a 90-foot backdrop of metal and lights that was both blinding and dizzying. A 40-foot screen hung in the midst of the dancing light images so the audience could see both the real performers and their much-larger-than-life image. "They went hard for a couple of hours, and just as they were ending their last song, the rain started," George said. "It was a perfect night." Gov. Brian Schweitzer took his family to the concert "and had a wonderful time," said spokeswoman Sarah Elliott. That triggered a mass evacuation of his staff, she added. "Our office was empty yesterday," Elliot said. "Hal (Harper, the governor's chief of staff) went and all the attorneys went. There were only about five of us left here. "They all came back with Rolling Stones T-shirts," she added, "and I could just catch a faint scent of whiskey." Angela Plunk, a Memphis native who moved to Great Falls two months ago, was among the lucky few who got backstage. Plunk's sister-in-law works as a backup singer for guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood. Plunk and her husband, Clay, watched Richards and Wood from afar as they mingled with guests at an upscale backstage dinner. "Nobody was making a big deal about them," Plunk said. "So I didn't want to stir the air and act like a country person and say, 'Could I have your autographs?'" Wood sported tight red corduroy pants, Plunk said. She didn't spot Mick Jagger or Charlie Watts. For most, just sitting in the stands was a thrill. Mike MacKenzie, 50, was still hyped about the concert a day later. He traveled to the concert with a group of friends from Quality Life Concepts, where he is a group home manager, and Easter Seals-Goodwill. "It was spectacular," he said. "People asked me what will I remember most about the concert. At the very end, the four original Stones got up there and they took their bows in the spotlight ... You realize you're watching legends." MacKenzie has seen Led Zeppelin, The Who and other rock 'n' roll greats, but none, he said, compared to Wednesday's performance: "The place was electric." Staff writer Karen Ogden contributed to this report. greatfallstribune.com