Michael "jersey" gerity

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Schoolbus Libby is a 1984 GMC School bus that was purchased in Libby, Montana(hence the name!) in March of 2000. She was quickly renovated into a mobile RV for traveling, and began hitting the road and attending festivals in April of the same year. Libby traveled the US extensively that first year, and again in 2001 - covering nearly 20,000 miles in less than two years.  In the winter she resided at the scenic and historic State Bridge Lodge on the Colorado River in Bond, CO.

In 2003 Libby began a couple years in storage just off I-70 at the Downieville/Dumont exit. By the end of 2004 she moved her way outside of Nederland in the Rollinsville area. From there it wasn’t long before she had made her way back up to the State Bridge Lodge.
On June 2nd 2007, the Lodge at State Bridge burned to the ground in an enormous blaze. Libby had attended the Shakedown Street memorial day celebration the week before and was still parked next to the old lodge. Miraculously, Libby only sustained burn marks and melted lights. Somehow she survived.
In 2008 Libby made a trip over the pass and down to Denver for the Leftover Salmon/moe. show at Red Rocks. Unbeknownst to her and her crew, this would be her last trip over the pass and down to the famous Morrison Amphitheater.

After a few more festival trips, The Realm Festival (New Castle) and YarmonyGrass (Rancho Del Rio) Libby was retired to State Bridge due to engine failure. Libby was about the only thing other than wildlife out on the majestic land after the Lodge burned, and the property ultimately shut down until a buyer was found. It was a quiet, introspective time. Then the property was sold, redeveloped and brought back to musical life. Libby went on to re-invent herself into a creative hub for the music magazine entitled Mousike, which ran for nearly three years out of State Bridge.
In 2013 Libby left State Bridge, and was towed out to Rancho Weirdo in Gypsum where she has spent a wonderful time of rest, surrounded by dogs, cats, horses and two wonderful caretakers, in what has ultimately become an ongoing five year hiatus from public view. But whatever the location and whatever the year, Libby has become synonymous with two things above all else: great music, and great friends.