Dos Gringos June 13th - Denver

Rain· Host0:00

Whacker, welcome back, man. Good to see you. Looks like you're having a really rough layover.

James "Whacker" Reeman· Guest0:04

Hey, Rain. Thanks for having me back. Yeah, it, uh, life is good right now on, on, uh, on my airline layover, but I appreciate you having me on.

Rain· Host0:12

Absolutely. Well, we talked last year about this time because you were working with Wings Over the Rocky and Dos Gringos for a benefit concert, and sounds like that is also in the works for this summer as well. So I'd like to hear a little bit about that.

James "Whacker" Reeman· Guest0:27

Absolutely. So the date to mark on your calendar is June 13th, and, uh, it's become an annual tradition in, in only its second year. [laughs] But, uh, at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, we're hosting Dos Gringos again. Uh, this time instead of, uh, at a restaurant, we're doing it at a hangar, an open air hangar with airplanes and, uh, a little bit bigger venue, food trucks, drinks, all the fun stuff, and an opportunity to celebrate fighter pilot culture and camaraderie, and then also with the grea- greater aviation community. Um, last year, I think one of the funniest moments of the whole thing was after one song, Trip looks out into the audience, and it's a lot of kids from the Air Force Academy and pilot training bases, and his quote was priceless. Just off the cuff he goes, "Man, you guys must have terrible parents." [laughs] And he confessed that, you know, his daughters know all the words, too.

Rain· Host1:21

Yeah.

James "Whacker" Reeman· Guest1:21

But it's such a fun way to bring together, you know, old fighter pilots like us with the younger generation, and anybody that can