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Warren Haynes, Nissan Pavilion 8/15/04

Setlist:
And It Stoned Me
Way Faring Stranger
Wasted Time
To Lay Me Down
One
I'll Be The One
End Of the Line
Soulshine


The Dead, Nissan Pavilion, 8/15/04

Set 1:
Liberty
8 Miles High
Easy Wind
Little Red Rooster
Stagger Lee
Dear Mr Fantasy
Lazy River Road
Like A Rolling Stone
Casey Jones

Thanks for goin' tonite TR!

any pics tonight Rob?

is the venue full?

Hey Rob...nice seeing you last night. Thank you so much for coming by. It was awesome.

How was the 8 Miles. We caught a version in San Diego which needed some fine tuning, but otherwise was fun as hell.

wow... it's ten o'clock and only six posts here...

Rob Thanks for the update!Peace!

Thanks Rob. Long trip to Va!

sorry, but i am not there tonight... my tour is over.... but the updates will keep on coming

>> sorry, but i am not there tonight..

No wonder there are no updates \

Thanks for sharing everything with us while you WERE on tour.... it was great as always!!! Thanks TR!!!

Rob,

Great tour, huh?

Ed

TR - so nice meeting you at PNC! We went to the last 7 shows and now our tour is over also. I had a terrific time but am thankful to be dry today! Cheking out your pictures everytime we made it back to a computer has been great! Thank you!

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Warren Haynes, Nissan Pavilion 8/15/04

Setlist:
And It Stoned Me
Way Faring Stranger
Wasted Time
To Lay Me Down
One
I'll Be The One
End Of the Line
Soulshine


The Dead, Nissan Pavilion, 8/15/04

Set 1:
Liberty
8 Miles High
Easy Wind
Little Red Rooster
Dear Mr Fantasy
Stagger Lee
Lazy River Road
Like A Rolling Stone
Casey Jones

Set 2:
Hard To Handle
Mexicali Blues
High Time
The Weight
Loose Lucy>
Self Defense>
She Said She Said>
Drumz/Space>
Stella Blue>
Cumberland Blues>
Samson & Delilah
Donor Rap
enc: Johnny B Goode


thanks to GT for the list

looks like bobbys up to his old church trix...sampson on sunday! Yip Yipeeee

JBG....I wasnt at the show but dang ive seen this twice already!

how was the high time? It was way sweet @ creek!

I'm back from this (Local shows are nice!). Great weather, relaxed crowd, I
had no hassles coming or going, but I "know" the place. First set was amazing;
second set is, as the cliche goes, "better than it looks".

Like a Rolling Stone was the single hottest thing I saw in 3 shows (the others
being Camden)... big-time "in the zone". It reminded me of the Rolling Stones'
version as far as tempo and intensity. Phil's vocals are Right On Target (I
didn't know he could sing that well!), and the bass was pumpin' something
fierce! Nice little jam into Casey, too. Other first set highlights were 8
miles, Easy Wind and Fantasy, as you'd expect.

2nd set could have been great, too, if the song selection had been better. It
reminded me of 2nd night Camden: very well played (probably even more so than
that Camden show) but *no chances*... no real improvisatory jams at all. (I
thought I heard Spanish hints during the Space, but alas...) Given that, the
set rocked; Self Defense and She Said were rippin'. Also, Stella was really
really good, much better than Camden IMO, and Cumberland cooked.

Lowpoints... Mexicali... ugh... what a way to rip the energy right out of a
show. And, I could definitely do without Samson to close a second set.

Overall, though, It's Only Rock n Roll, but I Like It.

Bzl.

The High Time was excellent along with eveything else.It was so good I kept waiting for one of them to do something for me to pick on, sorry it never happened.What a show.

Thanks Phil and the rest of the band.

Warren was a treat and thats about the best Warren performance I have ever seen.Mad props to Bobby and Phil for letting Warren do his thing.

Outstanding show.

Aaaand heres my take on the Nissan deal. We get to the show at 4, cruise right on in and chill in the parking lot. Me and Lisa, we’ve got over 600 shows and 40 years of touring between us and we quickly agree that we’ve never seen a lot like this, no shakedown, no vending, no real action or sense of community, just a bunch of folks cluttered around their respective cars with their friends. The day is beautiful, fabulous weather for a show, so we miss warren ad head in at &, getting to our seats just in time for the show to start at 7:15 and the boys treat us to a show that is utterly fantastic, one of those shows that reminds why I suffer through the Montage mountains and 1st night Holmdel’s, that just shows why I truly love these guys.
First set absolutely nails it, the best first set I’ve seen this tour. Starts weak with liberty, I dunno, I just don’t dig this song especially as an opener when I’d prefer something upbeat to get me moving, then we hear the DOM DOM DOM of 8 miles high and we’re flashing back to red rox, and Warren slaughters it dead, he’s got his guitar doing that cheesy 60’s lead sound that I love so much. I swear, if they ever let Phil go and wind this sound tight and fast, they’ll blow the roof offa the building. Next outta nowhere, they break out easy wind, the ultimate Pig song and our aisle is chanting along
“Gotta find a woman be good to me
Won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea
'Cause I'm a stone jack baller and my heart is true
And I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will”
and its simply beautiful, a magic choice which is followed by bob pulling out that ol’ chestnut Rooster. Now, usually I hate this song, its traditionally one of those time to go to the bathroom tunes, but I hang out through it and am rewarded with a great version, bluesy, laid back, warren pulling the slide and Jimmy filling in the slots, far and away the best rooster I’ve heard in forever. At this point, they’re doing what they’ve done all tour, laying back, taking it easy, bringing it up to a certain point, but just when you think that there gonna cut loose, bringing it back down. Give em credit, they’re building their own identity and feel as this incarnation of the dead. Next up, stagger lee, memories of SPAC back in the eighties, a good serviceable straight up rocker that gets the crowd going. Bobby’s mike isn’t high and is sometimes tough to hear his vocals, but WTF, he’ll probably screw em up anyhow. Then warren slides into DMF, second set song in first set and the place goes nuts. Me, I’ve never seen this tune with the sun out, I’m used to Brent howling at the moon and it gives it a completely different feel, just a sweet version, that has the crowd rolling along with warren as hes howling
“Play us a tune, something to make us all happy” and happy we are indeed. Lazy river goes next, its good to see the guys playing slow dead songs instead of something else, covers for instance. They got enough stuff of their own, they’d can keep us happy just playing them. I’m thinking that A) this band can’t really let it loose anymore, and B) I hope this isn’t the set ender cuz that would be weak when they break into Casey Jones and what a fu@#ing version they do. Phil just takes over at the end, winding it tighter and faster and the place is going nuts and its probably the hardest I’ve danced to a song all year and I don’t even normally like this song!! Freaking great set, leaves us gasping for breath and wanting more.

Everyone is delighted at set break, talk is all of what a great set, not a naysayer in site, we cruise out buy some overpriced pizza then head out and chill on the lawn and enjoy the crowd, which is ridiculously well behaved, I didn’t even smell any nuggets cooking the whole first set, what the hell is this. The boys break seems a bit shorter than the hour they’ve been taking all tour and we get to our seats just as they whip out hard to handle, a starnge choice, laid back, a touch of the blues, but reasonably well done anyhow, then bob breaks out the acoustic and pulls out mexicali, which is allright, but we can’t hear the vocals cuz the previously mentioned miking problems. Chiamanti carries this song, his keys rolling along up and down, adding punch into it and making it fun to dance to, then comes High Time, ain’t seen this since Richmond 85 and I just shut my eyes and I’m spinning in the aisles. Warrens great at this, garcia once said that he loved the song but his voice didn’t have the range to pull it off, all I can say is that warren plainly does and its wonderful, mellow mellow mellow, an interesting choice of songs to start a second set, but their well played and put together so not only am I not bitching, I’m happy as hell. Next up the weight, Allright version of an Allright song, would rather have seen something else here as its probably the weakest pick of the night, but hey, its allright into loose Lucy and this is what we’ve been waiting for. Crowds of heads bopping up and down screaming,”wanna thank you for a real good time!” oh yeah! Now phils already sng two(rolling stone, lazy river), so its mickeys turn and he breaks out self defense, a song I like a lot cuz its funky as all hell and appropriate for the times that we live in into drumz space. Come outta space into stella blue and its incredible, warren rolling, jimmies picking, a more lively version than most of jerrys heroin induced comatose versions that I’m used to, then cumberland, relaxed’jimmy fingerpicking and rednecking and then bob throws out samson and we’re done, JBG echoing in our ears as we take our happy asses to the car to brave the northern VA roads home.
An awesome show, wonderful through. First set smokes, second set is laid back but still killer diller. My only beef was the security, it was absolutely nuts. We had this Attila the Hun chick in our section; she took smoking like it was her personal vendetta against her ability to perform her job. I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen someone so enthusiastic about busting people. One guy got thrown out for giving her lip about it and ended up being arrested. OUCH! The security guys wore lead lined gloves for punching people out and didn’t seem shy to use them not cool. What with the “strike force” squad in Jersey and now blackjack bearing thugs, what have we come to when paying guests are treated like the enemy, not cool at all. What does it say when a venue hads its own police station set up at the spot with equipment for video arrests, I dunno, not what I want to see. The ride home on 66, 5 cops in the first four miles, aiming at heads, hope you all drove safe and arrived home feeling as good about the band as I do, a great show that reminded me, once again, why I love this band so much. good shit, see ya in raliegh

This was a very well played show with few risks involved. I care more to see them fuck up than to nail a full show with little chances being taken. The first set surpassed the second on playing and energy. The second set felt like an extended first with a drums/space thrown in because its expected. WAY WAY WAY WAY low on the Jimmy solos. Even Warren, who had most of the vocals took no longer than a minute solo break. Drums/space>stella was the highlight. Space was very nice with jimmy and mickey playing off eachother. They stopped playing 5 minutes before curfew which wasnt cool. The Like a rolling stone was fuckin fantastic. Phil was singing very wonderfully, he should own lazy river road, which was very nicely done nevertheless. All in all not a bad show...they just didnt push any space in the songs...very small jams that were focused and tight but not exploratory or any where remotly close to psychedelic. I dug the show, i simply wanted more of the good stuff. However, bonnaroo's setlist, and playing, spoiled the shit outta me. Whens the next tour?

PS: mikey was down signing shit for people who are already or were getting registered with headcount. So i met him...he looked a little pissed becuase he ended up signing things for everyone. Before he signed anything he asked if I was registered, which i replied "my first year I can vote and I sure as hell will." I shook his hand and he signed ticket stubs for me and my lady.

thanks for the reviews everyone!
sounds like you had a blast, crispy-t...

taper rob, thanks for keeping us informed with
all of your posts this tour... the pics rock!

thanks for the reviews everyone!
sounds like you had a blast, crispy-t...

taper rob, thanks for keeping us informed with
all of your posts this tour... the pics rock!

"How does it feel?"

Just a fantastic show in my opinion.
Each song - lock-step tight.
I have not seen much post 95, but this was the best I have seen hands down.

Sound was loud (where we were), Everyone played well and had some time in the spotlight.

Tons of highlights. Set 1 to start.

Song selection was first rate IMHO. Not familiar with Self Defense but it seem to fit the night nicely.

No complaints here.

Scene was ok. No Shakedown really, no biggie.

Had a great time..........only dissapointment was missing Fog again! I saw Jerman & DEan....... I thought you would be with them Dan......wasup bro?
Anyway, it was delightful, and nothing could have ruined it for me!! I had a blast......

> Just an excerpt I wrote to someone, sorry I can't delete her name out......mean the whole thing for everyone really! It is real important......and something for everyone to think about! "BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR!!"
Peace Always,
Martino

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Hey All....."Wassup" !!!

Barbara.....
Liked your post, and quite a few valid points there.....although I have the sweetest little siamese girl cat sitting on my lap right now who might disagree with the part about herding up the cats, or even getting them to voice their opinion on quite a few issues (LOL)!!

Anyway.......I thoroughly enjoyed the show tonight, but even more so, I enjoyed my first ( and may I say somewhat successful) attempt at passing out flyers for life-Net, and Unos for Organ and tissue donation!
The thing that I found , I think most satisfying.......but yet probably the most unorganized and unstructured of any tabled event to date, is the simplicity at which I planned the whole event (LOL)!

Well...... let's start with the fact that I never used the table or chairs that I brought along. Why....you ask? Well, besides being the unorthodox and "spur of the moment" character that I am: I decided to take a basically mobile strategy, and one where I found I could deploy some thoughts and feelings that I'm not sure would have ever made it....had I set up a table and passed out "flyers" and brochures!

I won't go into the whole song and dance routine......except to say, that I felt that through "one on one" encounters with pholks (which sometimes turned into lengthy conversations).....I was able to hopefully get across what it meant (to me anyway) to be an organ donator, and it just seemed much more personal than simple passing out flyers to people I barely have time to even make eye-contact with at a table.
Oh, I'm not saying I might not do it differently next time, and I do believe in organizing things ( rather than anarchy)........but I also feel strongly about doing things spontaneously......and this worked out well. I also met alot of great pholks which is always a blast!! ( Yes.....there is a method to my madness)

With that, I'm signing off, but not until I lay the setlist on you. Hey....I can't believe I'm even posting this......as any sane person who has to work tomorrow morning like me, would be in bed already!! AAAArrrrggghhhh........I must be loosing it, but I'm sure enjoying the ride!
I am so sorry, that I missed Warren solo........my one true regret, and one that I'm sure will haunt me for time to come! I was in the parking lot passing out the "flyers"........and when I just read that he did "Soulshine" as his encore...... my heart just sank. Here I was the whole rest of the evening saying; " Man, I wish they'd do "Soulshine"!! No wonder a few people looked at me like I was wasted (LOL)!!

Maybe when I regain my sanity ( do you realize it's 4:30am), and I have to work in a few hrs,,,,,,,, I might actually comment on the show itself. After the way I've rambled on here......I'm sure your all waiting with "baited
breath", to here my long-winded review. I'll spare you the "grief"......and somehow come up with a "readers digest" condensed version.

First set rocked the house! How do you feel? I feel great!!!! 2nd set could have used more energy and better song selection but no real complaints.

The lot was ok but Shakedown Street and the scence just was non-existant what a bummer! Lots on pigs creeping... keep one eye open, great weather!!!

B

I read alot about "no risk taking"with the band... what?..... the tunes are tightly played and incredibly powerful to be sure....but when it was time to let the beast breathe, was I the only one in the crowd listening to Hart and Herring exploring the beam and incredible guitar playing
that weaved around so many corners, pitching feedback, Hart banging his head off the beam, and meandering out of space, the front five cooking it down, until you could hear a pin drop, dropping us into stella....
it was all improv. it was surfing on the edge of 60 foot wall of water.......

Show exceeded my expectations. The first set was beautiful. My highlight was 8 Miles High with Warren playing an electric 12 string. I found it unusual that such a jam oriented song didn't transition into more explaratory spheres. Regardless, while it lasted it was pure psychedelic bliss. Like a Rolling Stone was well suited for Phil's vocals and delightfully executed. Watching the constipated look on his face and tenseness of his body made it clear to me that Phil was putting all the energy he had into this one. The payoff, a sweet layer of emotion that I feel this band has been lacking for some time. Casey was the version that speeds up towards the end and always gets the crowd energized and smiling.

I was pleased with the second set although I felt the inclusion of Self Defense between Lucy and She Said felt like driving past the speed limit only to have your car stall out. Stella made it clear to me why Warren will always have a welcomed space in this band. Guitar slinger status aside, this guy has the capacity to pull those subtle heart strings too.

>>>was I the only one in the crowd listening to Hart and Herring exploring the beam and incredible guitar playing

no.

I think Warren adds alot to this band.
His singing is quite soulful and his playing is really off the hook. Jimmy ain't no slouch but the edge that Warren brings, is another deminsion of music. Maybe its just a southern thing or whatever, I don't know, but the crowd loved it and so did I.
I was impressed with everything he did.
High Time was really good!!!

I would stack last nights first set to any of the tour.

fog & hr, glad you guys enjoyed the show! wish i could have met up with you guys again this year. really wanted to hit this show but to no avail.

mickey and jimmy doing space was one of the highlights of the darien lakes show for me. sounds like they might be on to something.

The Mickey Jimmy section was a highlight, Mickey playing the beam with a rubber chicken!

Whole heartedly agree with the above post. The Hart/Herring space was captivating stuff.

no major complaints on this night. As all previous posts have pointed out whole 1st set was hot, despite feeble bobby singing (mike troubles or not). Seems he doesn't know what planet he's on most of the time. he had the good sense to stay outta the way and not cut short any jamming (of which there was little extended stuff but no matter). Loose Lucy even rocked despite Weir's one wrong verse melding into another.

Everyone else's vocals were great. Nice timing on The Weight, Warren's High Time was beautiful.
Could hear Jeff on keys despite tons of complaints over previous shows where he was nonexistant. Jimmy was spot on all night as well. His playing shouldn't be overshadowed by Warren's vocal display.

Everything was so well played kinda wished for more adventurous material but all in all any apprehension I had from reading so many negative posts over the past month or so were gone early into 1st set.

Well Damon it would have been nice to see you, next time.Martin also, your the only person I missed.

That whole night was a great experience and a good vibe all around.It was like a dream, sitting 2 rows in front of me was one of my good buddies Tom from 10 years ago that had moved to Richmond, ran into another friend Eric right as the show started, saw HR before the show, Jerman and Deank in the lot, saw another friend heading out(he called me 5 minutes later and said he was sorry he missed me and asked where I was, I said dude I just saw you 2 minutes and said what a Phat show huh..),,then I ran into another old friend in the lot..It was a flurry of familiar faces that just seemed right.Like clockwork karma..Also excellent show company during the show, thanks sis.

>>>was I the only one in the crowd listening to Hart and Herring exploring the beam and incredible guitar playing

I felt this was the best part of the show and one of the most beautiful moments I have seen in the 4 shows since fall TOO....very exploratory and inspired. But like someone said above...the playing was so good that I just was hoping they deliver more. It was a great show though.

my highlights:

liberty (bobby sounded great actually)
8 miles high
lazy river
Like a rolling stone (PHIL!!!!!!!)
High Time
Space(mikey & jimmy)>Stella>Cumberland

man, I wish I would have caught both a Lazy River Road and a Like a Rolling Stone this summer!!

weird show
never going back to nissan pavillion
band played like they were racing against the curfew
first show I have ever seen with NO TRANSITIONS! (Space into Stella does not count.)
It was like one long first set.

On the plus:
AWESOME High Time
time stopped between space and stella WOW!!!

>>>>>man, I wish I would have caught both a Lazy River Road and a Like a Rolling Stone this summer!!

ME TOO !

A newbie's review:

What everyone else said and more.

Unlike 99% of you guys, this was only my 2nd Dead show EVER and I only saw the GD with JG once, eons ago.

First off, Bob Weir does not dominate and in fact, I thought the show was pretty much handed over to Warren Haynes (who lost his place in Liberty) from 8 Miles High on out. The Weir bashing here is a bit extreme. Hey, he's old like me, ya know? Thank God for the keyboardist and the energizer bunny Warren Haynes for shoring up the older folks!!!

The covers were great, -- 8 Miles, The Weight, Hard to Handle, She Said She Said, Like A Rolling Stone, Johnny B Goode, Dear Mr Fantasy --

High Time and Stella -- exquisite. If I could die hearing Warren Haynes sing -- that's all I require. Sweeeeeet!!!

Casey Jones -- SO MUCH FUN!

How did the guy make the chicken noise?

I just thought the whole thing was awesome and I'd love to see them again. I also think they are smart to include someone like Warren Haynes in case they need someone to take over the reins in the future; I don't say this as sacrilege, but to be cognizant of the fact that some of the older members are not going to be here forever. :-(

Well, I am sure I offended some of you hardcore types, but this is my review.

Love ya.

agree that show pacing played like one long first set, also agree there were no real transitions. but thats not new news of late. At least the level of precision they put to each and every song bodes well for the future and the band can build up to some nice open ended jamming,longer explorations and smooth transitions . . .
But for now, take this for what its worth, a very nice cohesive show

I've seen 11 shows this summer, 6 out west and 5 here.... this was clearly the best. They were incredibly tight, didn't trainwreck once!

BTW - that's me with the clipboard and tattoo in this Headcount picture with Mickey!

http://www.philzone.com/other/headcount.html

REGISTER TO VOTE!!!!

This is just the reality as it appears to me. for too long I've been expecting to see the band that I feel in love with originally and history says that that's just not the case. Too my mind, there have been at least 5 distinctly different incanations of the grateful dead, each simultaneously the same band, yet radically different, each having their own strengths and weaknesses. The would go as follows:
1) 64-69 psychedelic blues band
2) 70-73 traditional americana with that peculiar GD twist, includes long jams. etc...
3) 76-79 exploratory world music, melding jazz, fusion, reggae(shakedown, estimated), even disco
4) brent 79-90 spectral, haunting jams,lost of spooky jazzy stuff
5) the vince years...bleah!!
this doesnt count TOO or PNF, just bands that call themselves the dead. as for this one, it seems incapable of extended jams and improv, in fact for the most part can't even really get rolling to far.I don't know why this is true, I mean PNF kick ass on a regular basis and do everything that these guys don't, but what the hell. Their strengths seem to be that they are usually pretty tight, not a lot of clutter in their playing, just straightforward and get it on, playing best slow bluesy things and polka, in fact, they may just be the worlds greatest polka band. Their harmonies are tight vocally, but the mixes are consistently muddy, that particular GD emphasis on ridiculous quality sound is noticably absent here.because they hve setlists(and teleprompters) they don't waste time meandering in between songs, actually, they usually play as if on the clock, consistent times, one hour 1st set, one hour break, 2 hour 2nd set. They have sacrificed improv for continuity. they are a good cover band, personally when a band has as versatile a playlist as the dead does, I don't understand why they don't just pull more nuggets out of the past, but thats just me. in a way, they kinda remind me of the band when brent first came on board, quick, choppy, songs without alot of manuevering room. I say, give em credit where it's due, they seem to be trying really hard to escape the (incredibly long) shadow cast by Garcia passing and establish their own identity. they have the guts to, in their own way, not do the same okld thing, nut rather try to break some new ground for themselves. I don't get the warren haters, to me, he is the strenghth of the band along with Phil, but thats just my opinion. anyhow, good show, as always, highs and lows, but would it really be a dead show if it wasn't. i think that it has to e remembered that i tend to loom at the past through nostalgia fiiled eyes, and forget that for every 89 hampton, I saw many 93 star lakes.

great show last night. my only complaint was to many covers. jimmy really shined in the 2nd set

My last show of tour - figuring on a 2-first-set type of show after 2 in a row not like this - was "Dead" on with that - GDTS set me up w/a pair right in front of the board - perfect place - EXCEPT the sound people actually had the balls to demand that everyone in the row SIT DOWN DURING THE SHOW!!!!! - and everyone always thought tapers were buzzkillers - fortunately I was off to the side enough not to be asked but the folks next to me were and they were nice southern hippies and obliged - keep in mind sitting down meant basically missing the show both visually and audibly - man whoever created this situation FUCKED UP BIG TIME!!!! - another issue was the nasty attitude of the crew "demanding" that folks who paid $56 for a ticket SIT DOWN!!!! - if it was me, I woulda demanded they move me down to the pit or give me a refund - I woulda probably been dragged out by security. This same type of thing happened when Phil played the Orpheum in Boston - they didn't want people dancing due to the balcony shaking - at least there you could see/hear the show sitting.

On to the show - first set was uniformly great all the way through - best versions of tour of all the repeats I saw, especially Lazy River and Stagger Lee, no miscues, vocals done with passion, well played - I got a second Easy Wind which alone made the trip worthwhile - even the Casey Jones done with much passion - 65' long set.

2nd set gets off to a similar start, well done rockin' tunes - especially liked High Time and The Weight - I am liking it up until Loose Lucy, a total throwaway tune where they shoulda launched some jamming - wouldn't have minded the Mickey tune 'cause it is well jammed, but another stop then She Said - again, not 2nd set material, and doesn't Warren already do this often with Mule? What does The Dead add to it? Not much. Right into drums, space is very well done, Mickey with a rubber chicken making strange noises, space is long and exploratory, with the full band for awhile - I bummed when it was my 3rd Stella of the tour, but I'm sure many were pleased - the last 2 tunes I woulda liked but just as at Mansfield they were up against a strict curfew (a sign at the soundboard said the cops would pull the plug at 11 pm with a $5,000 fine) - so we got rushed 4 min versions of Cumby and Samson all to make room for ANOTHER dreadful JB Goode - ugh! what a lousy last song of the tour - we headed out to beat the traffic and drive 7 hours home . . . and to think they coulda done China Doll (which is shorter than Stella and had only been done by Joan on this leg of tour) and had time to actually PLAY the Cumby/Samson!

I didn't attend this show because it was slightly out of range. So instead went to Dover DE raceway to see what they called Classic superstars live. ELO,Blood,Sweat&Tears,Bo Diddley,Peter Framton,Creedance Revisted and CSN. Well i have to say that it paid off not going to Bristow and going to this, they all played very well. Because two songs into Crosby,Stills&Nash a magnificent rainbow appeared over the raceway(there really was two but one was blocked)and stayed there till right before it was over.there was also a brilliant sunset going on also. It truly was a golden moment, something that we all look for and never know when or where it's gonna come up. Everyone got off on it including the boys in the band.Anyone remember other shows where this has happened before during or after? Philly in spring of 87 was one, and i believe in Florida in the 90's or maybe Ohio, though don't remember that as well. If you know anyone or i hope someone recorded this. Because of the energy that was created by this. by all means get the tapes. Gonna go see if i can find pictures of this show.

What was the deal with micky & the chicken??

>>>and to think they coulda done China Doll (which is shorter than Stella and had only been done by Joan on this leg of tour)

they played it in Cleveland too!

good pick phil as i heard it was a good show. i should have done that as it is just up the road and nissan is so far away.....

Having heard what transpired at Jones Beach, my expectations for this show were not very high. And indeed, it turned out to be a sleeper. Not sure how some folks got their groove on for this one. Highlights for me were Lazy River and, well let me see....that was it. Of the four shows attended this tour - Portland, Gorge, and Scranton the others - this was for me the least of the shows. And I thought Portland was a dud! I was forever waiting for the energy to buildup, but alas one soft tune after another. The playing was tight, just a lacking setlist imo.

Got into the venue at 7:30 thinking we had at least fifteen minutes before the show and was pretty disappointed to hear them playing already. The venue was very decent. No issues with security or event staff - especially after Scranton. Finally a venue with restrooms and plenty of them - no lines! They definately needed to turn the sound up, could hardly hear the vocals.

still a pleasure to see the boys keep on keeping.

<<The playing was tight, just a lacking setlist imo.

definatly..only show i could attend this year and i believe they didnt want to waste the big tunes because everyone was at coventry..most of the other setlists have kicked ass

Oh yea i'm sure they held back the biggies because everyone was at coventry...What a bunch of bullshit.


Kerry that's about how all the people I saw after the show were reacting and saying, what an all around fantastic show.Good energy, nice setlist.

>>>everyone was at coventry..

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Whatever.

Tight, solid and right on time.

Foghorne ain't lyin.

If anyone wants to check out the rainbow that that came out at the Classic super stars show in DE last sunday. That was there for most of CSN here is the link, this was goin on right about when yall were goin into see The Dead http://crosbystillsnash.com/content/TOURS/CSN2K4/_galleries/20040815_DOVER frame 37,41