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Saturday Nov 7, 2009

Mission Mountain Wood Band album photo shoot 1977. Christian Johnson, Terry Robinson, Rob Quist, Greg Reichenberg and Steve Riddle, left to right. - Photo courtesy of John Hennessey via MontanaPBS

‘The Defining Story of This Band’

Michael Ballard is too young to remember the Mission Mountain Wood Band’s heyday in the 1970s, when five buddies from the University of Montana became the biggest band to ever emerge from the state.

By Myers Reece

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