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R15/W03: 11-16-1997 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO

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Caravan2001:
 NICU >--Kinda meager start, they sound a little tired....ok
My Soul- trying to raise the energy.  The crowd sounds pretty fired up at least. Not bad.
Black-Eyed Katy-  I like this track but this one does not come close to the versions that followed on this tour.  It's a new one so they get some slack.
 Farmhouse-  I like this song and I like this version, but it does nothing for the set energy wise....
The Old Home Place- they played this?
Billy Breathes- yep, another slow one. This one sounds a little uninspired too,, but I love this song.
Cars Trucks Buses- I like this track and wish they would bring it back.  At one point it sounds all kinds of fucked up but they snap back into it and the corwd cheers.  That part was cool, makes me think (wish) the fucking up part was intentional.
 Scent of a Mule- pretty lacking version, special guest and all.
 Poor Heart - def not the Poor Heart from the MSU show.  This one actually suffers from having a guest.
Taste- not a favorite version.....
Hello My Baby- goodbye my baby....


 Timber (Jerry) ->  They start this one out spooky and it goes places.  Especially at the end.  Def highlight and a version that will compete with most others.
Simple -> Like the way the segue into this but not much more.
Wilson > - Also like the way the segue into this, but it is pretty sloppy.  I like the placement though.
Harry Hood >- Great version that keeps going and going.  Another highlight for me.
Izabella- I love Izabella and it would have surprised me out of the Hood.  Decent version, not amazing, not terrible.
E: David Bowie-  They redeem themselves with this.  It is a solid version and always welcome in the encore slot.  Not mind blowing, but solid.

I went to the two shows before this and drove back to Vegas after Salt Lake.  I don't think this show is any worse than the Vegas show, but the Salt Lake show pwns it.  The next night is on a whole other level and is the first glimpse of the greatness that is Fall 97....I think the first three shows of the tour are basically throw aways save for the SLC Gumbo which obv roolz.  Still, this is a decent show, the Timber is tits and the Bowie is decent.  Good Hood too, but the rest did not grab me so much.  The first set just never clicks. B-....Still, I have never heard it, so I am always psyched to hear new stuff. Thanks Phil.

Pholy M. Pia:
Am I still doing this? Yes I am. Just laggin' ass big time.

Set I

NICU - I like this song, but it seems like it must be a tough one. For Trey in particular, he just rarely seems to nail it. This is the case here. Still, not the worst, and rhythmically a peppy way to get it rollin'. >

My Soul - Good, sturdy blues rock to keep the bop bopping. Decent solo, nothing stood out pos or neg.

BEK - Sweetness for the wallowing. So far the set is a solid groove. Mike is nicely assertive. Trey and Page making funky muffins. Very laid back sounding Fish. Mike all bulbous. Smooth lead tones and lines from Trey.  This one is solid.

Farmhouse - Ah. This is fun especially with the virginal appearance status. I like the watery effects Page has going on. Pretty soloing from T. Otherwise, a cooldown when we were warm, but not hot, much less On Fiya.

OHP - D'oh. The other unneeded cooldown. I mean hoedown. They play it real good like tho.

BB - I'd be choking up a little if I was in the aud  at this point, but not for the reasons I think Trey was shooting for. Don't really mind this one usually and the playing is good and heartfelt outside the context of the set, but not here, not now.

CTB - I like this one a bunch, but it's feeling like trying to regroup to where we left off before things went drastically limp. Go Page!

SoaM - Here we have another song! With a guest! A song I like, and it's a good version, replete with banjo-y guest-i-ness! I still would have been feeling a tremendous sense of let down had I been there.

Poor Heart - Just no. Same reason as the last one. Still no probs with the playing, aside from the initial mangling. They are tight and on and whatnot, which only deepens my feeling of wasted time and opportunity. Surely some meat is coming  after all the corn and potatoes?

Taste - Sorta. Again, just not really what I was looking for, but a fine, tight, rendition of a song that I like quite a bit. The jam is nicely stretched out, with some very good work by all starting around 7 or so min in. Builds toward the peak and Fishman goes bluesy for a bar at about 8 and a half, sooper smooth. Totally worked the peak. Still pretty weak payoff for sitting through the middle of the set.

HeMyBa - Sure enough.

Set II:

Timber - A step in the right direction, intensely trippy intro w/ loops. Stealthy groove in, w/ Mike stepping down on it hard. Quick return, after the lyrics, to the loops and quiet pulse. Fish and Mike are purring and popping, and Page has a dreamy quality to his piano. Trey is all business. Fish finding fine percussive fills in the valleys of Trey's lead as Mike is keeping the time. Doubler chording begins at 9min and pulls the rhythm down to a grinding ambient buzz, with Fish and Page now flourishing. At ~ 11, Trey starts a quiet, lilting passage, in the higher register as the swarming continues. The jam takes a delicate, questing toned phrase which has nice B&R tease to phase toward the blend into >

Simple - Cool Fishman work on the segue. This song is Strident! Anthematic! And plods just a little taking the corner into the jam. Pretty enough, nothing to pool your face over. >

Wilson - Interesting transition, more loops. Not the finest ode to the Evil King, this has some pace and energy issues to my ear, but not the worst I've heard.>

Harry Hood - Another vehicular jammer. Yeah, they better after that first set. Nice extension of the intro provides lots of room for Page and Mike to do some dangerous murk lurking. Composed sect is snappy. Jam does what a good Hood should. And does it good. Does us all good. >

Izabella - Nice dirty tire-fire rawk to finish the set in much better style than the first.

fucking shitty encore break crowd noise - Truth in tagging.

David Boney - Throwing the crowd one. Excellent creeping-through-a-dark-jungle-mooded intro. The guys charge the composed section and nail it tight. What a great interaction between Page and Trey to begin this jam! As Jon comes in on the wood block, things pick up and just keep spiraling upward in light, sparkling phrases. Mike hopping from place to place to describe the boundaries. This is some real deal shit right here. By 11 min. they are hammering the noise, to bring the energy up to the tension/release sections. Great variances of tempo and theme with Page sounding lunatic keyboard spasms over Trey and Mike's distortions. Guitar flame out extreme to kick folks to the curb.


I get it, the first set is a bunch of "variety" material, and the second set is all "monsters" run together. Plus an epic Bowie encore.

I get the concept, but the execution was lacking in the first.
 
Some cool highlights though, and some fun stuff to review, thanks for the listen!

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