, attached to 1997-12-29

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1:

NICU: Standard. >

Golgi Apparatus: Standard. >

Crossroads: Trey blows the roof off with this one. Unbelievable shredding.

Cars Trucks Buses: Standard.

Train Song: Standard.

Theme From the Bottom: Wow! Trey just seems so much more inspired than the night before. Playing with real intent and purpose. He destroys this theme. Very powerful guitar work in this Theme, would recommend! >

Fluffhead: Now you know that the band is locked and loaded. Adore this placement. Really strong end shred, would recommend.

Dirt: Trey is so locked in. This one is very pretty.

Run Like an Antelope: An absolute, crushing blitzkrieg. Unbelievable intensity. Then they unleash that icky, sticky funk during the Rye Rye Rocco part. Man, that is a great version of Antelope right there, highly recommended.

SET 2:

Down with Disease[1] – When this one finally settles like they all do, they find some glorious passages to navigate. Page on the baby grand is awesome in combination with Trey in the 13’s. From this section, naturally this evolves into a funk jam. This is a good 4 minute section of the icky sticky 97 funk, it’s great. Once the 19’s roll around, Trey ramps this jam back up with some fired up bluesy runs. The last two minutes go quiet again – Mike takes ownership of this section – its sparse and spacy – plenty of room to move around. Then this melts into David Bowie. This DWD is absolutely great. I think I like 12.11.97 a little better, but this one is just behind it in my mind. An easy all timer and highly recommended! ->

David Bowie: Theme from James Bond by Monty Norman at 8:32. This version has a lengthy jam and a workmanlike approach. Nothing about it jumps up and grabs me though, no head turners for me. Awesome segue into Possum, the crowd loves it! >

Possum: Can't Turn You Loose by Otis Redding at 2:08 -> I Can't Turn You Loose Jam > Possum > I Can't Turn You Loose Jam: So much fun in here. The ICTYL stuff flows so well with Possum. Would recommend.

Tube: I Feel The Earth Move by Carole King at 7:45. More of that deep, icky, sticky funk. Folks, its super deep funk. The loops add to it all too, they need to consider bringing them back in certain situations. Outstanding version would recommend.

You Enjoy Myself: Can't Turn You Loose by Otis Redding at 10:05. Standard and short version here, plenty of funk.

ENCORE:

Good Times Bad Times: Standard.

Summary: Another great show. Tons of highlights but the Down with Disease is the centerpiece for sure. Great flow throughout the whole show and played with direction and intent unlike the night before. I agree with the current rating on .net of 4.577/5 (459 ratings).

Replay Value: Theme From the Bottom, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope, Down with Disease, Possum, I Can't Turn You Loose, Possum, I Can't Turn You Loose, Tube


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