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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/the_defining_story_of_this_band13958/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: 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. Ballard wasn’t there when the group shared the stage with Merle Haggard and Jerry Garcia; when it played in sold-out stadiums alongside Jimmy Buffett, Bo Diddley, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Muddy Waters. Ballard wasn’t there, but he wants to take you there.