It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead read more

It became almost the biggest event in Montana. If you were coming from Kalispell you had to start hours ahead of time and it took hours to get out of town...those days are gone.

We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes read more

We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes the whole town.

I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people read more

I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people who prefer the way our first records sounded, but if we had more money and time back then, we would have made them sound better. I always want our albums to sound more polished, as they say. Polished is the point for what we do.

I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on read more

I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on Friday, we will get embarrassed at home. If we don't come and run well, we'll be in a lot of trouble because there is a lot of talent coming.

Marimekko meets Machu Picchu.

Marimekko meets Machu Picchu.

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For read more

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For us the Showdown is like having hundreds of talent scouts evaluating tens of thousands of artists.

I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell read more

I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.

He threw threw the crap out of the ball in that pen. We have to wait to see how he read more

He threw threw the crap out of the ball in that pen. We have to wait to see how he is today, but right now I'd be very surprised if he doesn't make the start Saturday.

You won't recognize it when we're done.

You won't recognize it when we're done.