, attached to 1997-11-23

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround My Soul: Standard.

Theme From the Bottom: Mike compliments Trey exceptionally well during Trey’s solo. Perfection. Amazing how they can play off one another so well. Page with big effects in the mid 7’s compliment all of this nicely. >

Black-Eyed Katy: Longest version of the 7 ever played and the best too. 7:58 – 8:15 Trey is utterly on fire. Mesmerizing guitar playing. He goes on from here to utterly burn the LJVMC down to the ground. An absolute arena rock clinic. Trey in his prime doing Trey things!!!

Sparkle: Standard.

Twist: Great work from Page on the baby grand but this should not be a jamcharts version. >

Stash: Crazy early peak at 8:42 with Trey trilling like a mad man. At 10:45, Trey’s intent is clear. Get as dark and evil as quickly as possible. In the 12’s and 13’s Trey opts for that high pitched guitar tone effect while Page lays down scary effects and Mike is owning with big time bombs. Fishman is just crushing it throughout, driving the bus with extremely aggressive playing. All the while, the tension continues to ramp up and up and up. Things get about more than you can take, and then Trey for some strange reason starts strumming on NICU. It takes the band a good 38 seconds to relent but in the end they do just that and accept the segue. This was a look into the future of ADD 3.0 Trey. Still, this is a fantastic Stash all the same but could have been one of the best ever if completed. ->

NICU: Standard.

Fluffhead: Kind of sloppy in parts (Trey). >

Character Zero: Standard.

SET 2:

Bathtub Gin: Very raw jam. Much of it seems on the brink of flying off the wheels. Trey seems to be doing his own thing for a lot of it, playing the rock star and just shredding for shreddings sake alone. Fishman I will say is awesome as is Mike to a slightly lesser extent. They keep this jam from going into the abyss. By the 20 minute mark, Trey is coming down some and reconnecting with his mates. This section is brief though and things don’t truly settle until the 26 minute mark. This is about the most aggressive playing you will hear from Trey for this extended amount of time. I would recommend this jam for that alone. I love the theme that Trey creates at 26:55. The segue for DWD is set up a good 30 seconds in advance ->

Down with Disease -> Low Rider -> Down with Disease: Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease at 9:36. Great jam that precedes the Low Rider section. They really do drop into this Low Rider out of thin air. Communication on stage must have been all verbal. Great stuff and awesome segue! Trey doesn’t know the lyrics so he puts it on Fish and he makes a gallant effort, lol! The jam is thick as funk!!! Gooey. Signature Fall 97. Great micro jam and the segue back into Disease is fantastic.

Bold As Love: Trey absolutely destroys his solo. Rock God.

ENCORE:

Julius: Ripped up the front and down the back! Smoking encore.

Summary: Another awesome show with two heavy hitter highlights and two other strong ones. The current rating seems on the money to me: 4.581/5 (389 ratings)

Replay Value: Theme From the Bottom, Black-Eyed Katy, Stash, Bathtub Gin


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