SET 1:

Punch You in the Eye: Coming in hot out of the gate. >

My Soul: Many aren’t huge fans myself included but this does manage to keep energy levels high.

Drowned: included a Couldn’t Stand the Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughn jam. Nice bustout, 52 show gap – LTP 3.18.97. Awesome placement too. This one of course goes to funk town. Loops get it all started. Page has an awesome solo that is lengthy with Trey in particular very energetic in strumming behind him. The last two minutes of this version are spacey – especially the last 45 seconds. Would recommend this Drowned for sure.

The Old Home Place: Standard.

Gumbo: This jam is very minimalistic. Trey finally breaks that up at the 6 minute mark. As .net mentions, this one definitely has a sinister edge to it. It dissolves into Page plinking away at the baby grand and it almost sounds like he is hedging for Rock A William. I would recommend this version of Gumbo. >

Also Sprach Zarathustra: contained Super Bad teases from Trey at 8:17. Trey just killing that Super Bad theme while Page supports him with some super sick effects and then it slides into the second peak while Trey keeps Super Badding – this is ridiculously good. So much fun!!! Would recommend! >

You Enjoy Myself: Page teased Smoke on the Water in YEM. Trey crushes both runs at the Note, and the crowd is going absolutely nuts during the second one. This is one seriously locked in crowd. Check out that weird scratching effect at 9:20 as they hop onto the tramps. I have heard this before in YEM but cannot currently place it. Anyway, this turns out to be a pretty run of the mill version and short too. Still, it’s a great way to end a great set! The band and the crowd are completely locked in.

SET 2:

David Bowie: Bowie was preceded by a Charge! tease, included Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer at 0:05 and Baby Elephant Walk by Henrry Mancini at 0:33 teases, a Simpsons signal, and was unfinished. The extended intro is all kinds of crazy. Intense Bowie jam through and through – what you would expect of a high velocity version. But at 17:50 or so this one takes a sharp turn into major chord bliss jam, very rare back then. Would recommend. ->

Possum: Good enough version with a solid peak for the era. >

Jam: Oh, what’s this now? Woooooo! Lots of energy that piggybacks right out of the typical Possum ending. Trey strumming along quickly here. This goes along much like it starts for the majority of its seven or eight minutes until it suddenly slows down with about 50 seconds left. ->

Prince Caspian: Patient intro out of the segue. Strong solo from Trey. Not good enough to necessarily assign it as a replay value type of version though. This version is noted as a jamcharts version though. >

Frankenstein: Standard. >

Harry Hood: Solid Hood, nothing that stood out for me though.

ENCORE:

Crossroads: Shredded.

Summary: Not nearly as high on that funk jam after Possum as many seem to have been over the years. In general, I am just not as high on this show as the current ratings reflect and what I have read over the past couple of decades. I loved the Drowned and 2001. Gumbo is good and Bowie is really good. But for me, the rest of the show does not match up to the prior night. I understand I am likely in the minority here but it’s my hill and I will take a stand there. I think this show should be in that 4.3 range, current rating on .net is 4.539/5.

Replay Value: Drowned, Gumbo, Also Sprach Zarathustra, David Bowie