I had a lot of fun summer 22 and it all started at my home town venue Great Woods. I went to this show as always with my show buddy(my GF) and a couple high school friends.

Set 1 starts out Ghost->Set Your Soul Free-> Ghost. I really liked this coming out of the gate, a lot of energy and some solid jamming right away. The Wedge and Mound follow and are always welcome to show up mid first set for me. Mountains in the Mist is beautiful, just so well played. Back on the Train> Ruby Waves is the next duo and the first is standard, but well played. Ruby Waves doesn’t go for a 20 minute excursion, but dam I thought this version ripped pretty good. I Been Around was welcome by everyone, I always enjoyed this one. Tube> About to Run was an interesting call to end set 1. Tube is funky and About to Run really rocked, I like this song more every time I get it.

Set 2 starts out with Chalk Dust Torture-> Plasma-> Weekapaug Groove-> Saw it Again. I’ve listened to this segment a couple times and it is some pretty good improv here for the first 40 minutes of set 2. Chalk Dust Torture has a very peaceful bliss jam, it’s a pretty good jam. Plasma is more rock heavy and nicely explored. Weekapaug Groove has this really cool almost like space robot jam in it and Saw it Again is sinister and evil. The Weekapaug Groove placement without Mikes Song was pretty cool at the time, the crowd enjoyed it. Kind of reminded me of when they did it at Mohegan 19. Prince Caspian> Backwards Down the Number Line> Bug was an interesting three song call after the first four. The set fell of a little and I don’t mind most of these songs. It was nice to be with friends during Backwards Down the Number Line. Sand ends the set with high energy. Punch You in the Eye in the encore… Hell Yeah! Awesome choice. SANTOS follows and does fine on this night.

Set 1 Highlights-> Ruby Waves

Set 2 Highlights-> Chalk Dust Torture-> Plasma-> Weekapaug Groove(Highly Recommended)-> Saw it Again.

For a tour opener I thought this was a pretty good show. I had fun with friends and the music came through at different points. I’d rate this one a 3.7/5.