who's here?

Run me out in the Cold, Rain and Snow!!

The Venue formerly known as the "Odeum Colorado." Money talks, naming rights rule.

i came in from NY to catch these two show w/ my brother.

your all in for a big treat

Getting ready to fly out to Denver in an hour can't wait.

1st night of the tour Miami
Everyone this weekend should be a blast.
Hope to they decide to return to Miami QUICKLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn-0LwuH_S0


http://www.youtube.com/user/99rforman#p/a/u/0/ZgBi ZRGE1dU

>>>>Also, here's an article about the venue from the Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_1450742 5?source=pop


"... an impressive 130-foot screen that arches over the stage like vampire fangs. More than $500,000 in projection equipment will illuminate that screen with custom images chosen by the venue or artist.".

Wonder if that means we'll get something like they did at RCMH?>>>>

COULD BE AWESOME.

Have fun ya'll.

Seven hours and change until showtime. You East Coast folks will be asleep before we get to set 2, sweet dreams.

"It's all a dream we dreamed..."

Only 3 hours and I am on my way there. Recently got transfered to Denver and havent really been doing anything. I am so excited to see Phil again. Going early, got a huge chocolate for the show and am going to really boogie tonight.

The light show at RC put those shows over the top.
What's the word on a shakedown in broomfield.

TONS OF STEEL WITH PHIL AND JAY VOCALS!!!!

First time poster so be gentle.... and not sure how this works, but answering a question from the thread from night 2 in Chicago. So here goes...

Don't know the story behind Jay and his newly found sister, but the first girl he introduced was Johnnie Johnson's daughter. Johnson is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who was a longtime piano player for Chuck Berrry, hence the JBG reference.

In regards to the So Many Roads post above, I have to agree with it being my highlight as well in a show with absolutely NO lowlight. I saw close to 100 shows between 86 and 95 including Jerry's last show which, albeit messed up, saw probably the most moving version of So Many Roads ever played. Anyone whose heard that version knows what I'm talking about. I still get chills when I listen to Jerry's soulful "screams" of easing his soul. I brought a friend Wednesday night who has also seen about 100 shows, but his time was between 77 and 87. Very jealous of him… Anyhow, he hadn't seen any version of the Dead since 87, and had never heard So Many Roads before. He said the song blew his socks off, no less than Comes a Time or To Lay Me Down at it's finest would have.

But the coolest part to me is that they would fit it in a EPIC set list that I was blessed to see live. Whoever picks the setlist - Jill, Bob's manager....- didn't pick that song lightly to squeeze in between all those others. And IMO, JK doesn't take playing it lightly. Did anyone else notice him look up at the sky after singing "ease my soul" the first time?

Anyhow, we are all truly blessed to be getting a second chance to hear the music I remember falling in love with the second I walked into Alpine Valley in 86 at age 17.

Wednesday I got to bring my 13 year old who, God help me, likes rap!!!! When they finished Rider, he turned to me as said "Dad, that was Awesome!" That was really my highlight moment of the night.

Peace everyone, and enjoy the ride as long as you can!

Last Tons of Steel -
09-23-87 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa.

Very Interesting Request.

Everyone have fun tonight!!

great story tim
My 13 year old loves rap too unfortunately

Taking off soon for the venue, hope you all have a great night. Show reviews later.

PS- Just spoke to my friend who will be recording tonight, OTS. Recordings will come in due time, rest easy friends!

The Utah crowd is representing tonight!

Thanks mike. Maybe Wednesday nights show will help give him some sense. I've taken him to 2 panic shows and a Springsteen show as well. I keep trying.....

Have a great time tonight Colorado!!!!

Any peeps making it up from New Mexico?
I got one good friend who will be there. He has not seen them since Red Rocks 2004, hoping he gets it good tonight. Have fun ya'll

Ok. Does anyone know how to turn off the background music that just recently started playing on this site? Its a great jam and all but I'd like to listen to other things as well. Thanks for helping a technically challenged brother.

Nevermind. Just closed the main page and it stopped.

ya, i second a big BOO on background music on websites(this one, furthur.net or any webpage)..

agree its a great jam but annoying when you cant listen to anything else
'round-n-'round tonight?

whos gonna put 3-3 up on archive with the closers?

;-) snuck on to furthur at work to check on release dates while I had my mp3 player headphones on and didn't relize I was turning the office onto a nice jam.

LOL CCB. Did everyone start dancing?

3-3 flacs were up last night on archive - dl'd the first set and went to bed. woke up this morning and now all the flacs for 3-3 r gone.

not sure what is up w/ that. anyone know?

i was sooooo excited to dl the second set today only to be bummed out that they vanished.

that sucks!

list anyone?

have a nice show people.

when does fun time begin?

showtime is 8pm colorado time.

about 1/2 hour from now, or so…

hello to all, good evening

thanks happy
yo joe

mr mike good evening
http://www.archive.org/details/furthur2010-03-03.a kg483.frank.106391.flac16 this is 3032010

Blew the city off the map, left nothing there but fire
The wife of Lot got turned to salt,
be causeshe lookedbe hind her.

come on john K

i'm not a techny joe-guess i have to wait for the mp3 zip file---goin crazy though

missing the encores too

does anyone know where i can download the last two shows 3/3 & 3/4 ?

me niether mike but sometimes some people hook me up with other sites that have the mp3 file

3/3 >> http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=533177

This one is supposed to have the encores - still downloading so I don't know for sure. You'd need a bit torrent client to get it - else wait til it makes its way over to LMA

is a torrent file safe 99

The station was empty
trains were all gone
reached in my pocket
and waited for dawn
the clock played a drum
and I hummed a sax
and the wind whistled down
the railroad tracks
hey 3 for a quarter
1 for a dime
I'll bet its tomorrow
by Rocky Mountain Time

-John Prine

>> is a torrent file safe 99

It has the security issues inherent in peer-to-peer applications. If you don't have a bit torrent client, it's probably best to wait until it's up on LMA.

i downloaded that show. it has the encores.

mike do you know how to download torrent

99 can i play that file on itunes

Best one to use is utorrent....and yes you can convert the flac files to mp3's to play on itunes....but you need a conversion program to do it. Like roxio, or the such.

lol... joe, we'll have to go offline and discuss. it's a process. be happy to help you later...

Thanks Critter... Joe, my Friend, you wanna keep it FLAC... Itunes still doesn't get it.. Although the boys at Itunes say they do, but um...

hey Joe, there are MP3 versions on Archive.org - ready to put into iTunes.

whats LMA?

Live Music Archive. www.archive.org

also, vlc player will play FLAC http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-136 32_4-10267151.html

internet archieve right? IA

Live Music Archive is LMA www.archive.org

Also, any word from the show on opener - we should be 10-15 min in?

same same.

OK... We got Joe all set... Um, Now it's time to be searchin' for the sound.

poor denver

Viola>>>>

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/coloartist-streams

thanks nka! sounds great

viola > miracle > mason's

SWEET.

Can ya edit the post so we don't get taken down?

Thanks Mike

Bertha!

i had to moooooooooooove really had to move

tell me that doesnt sound like jer

JK is the shit!

how 'bout that lead Mike?

Jeff!

so is it viola-miracle-masons-bertha so far?

:^)P Jeff you know... is the shit happycat!

Fellas are on fiyo tonight!!!!!

Dam JK. Bring it!!!

Viola Lee
Miracle
Masons
Bertha
BR EYED WOMAN

Furthur 03-05-2010 First Bank Center, Broomfield, CO Set I Viola Lee Blues> I Need A Miracle Mason's Children > Bertha
brown eyed

Looks like rain

hey hlp

llr

Looks Like Pain

i like the live stream

me too wish there was video

hlp, can i buy one of your paintings of bobby?

Any idea why I can't pick up the stream from the link above?

like being at the show huh mike, wondering what there playing next

stream went out but just came back...........whooo

andy, goes in and out, just reload and wait a min or so

Thanks for posting the stream!! It sounds goood...can't stand it na...na...here it comes again

so anyway this duck walks into a bar

bob is jammin if you ask me,,, bobby fans are people too

no they aernt joe

hahahah mike

estimated

nice slow one huh

This Estimated is insane...

Bobby is playin and singin better than ive heard him in years

estimated prphet......

dank you all!

Phil makes him play a mean guitar - have a cigar JK!!

wow jam it John

wowwwww!!! that was hot

feb 22 was the last time this was played, delaware

help are you on facebook? mike?

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet

http://ratdog.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24 4154

am but not often -by choice

mike whats youe name on fb, i can send you friend request

thought they were goin into truckin there for short bit

safe to say jam?

trrrrrrrippinnn

lady with a fan

yep... we all saw this pup coming...

Lovin' it.

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>

Hlp did you get my message about the painting and fb

gonna get the dew tonight i feel

Who gave you your orders, someone from the sky
I heard a voice inside my head in the desert wind so dry
I heard a voice tellin' me to flee the very same voice I always believe

sweet
john is soooo smooth

cant get the stream...can someone post a link...please...thanks!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/coloartist-streams

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

there goes the stgream

WOW AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY AMAZE ME....

We Want Stream!!

Dam. outstanding terrapin. i gotta get my computer hooked up to better speakers.

cmon stream!

speechless after terrapin thank you for the stream!!!!

i got a surround made for laptops by altec lansing with subwoofer, its nice

Mike - keep goin with the gomorrah. make it happen bro!

Have my pc hooked to a Klipsch RoomGroove OR this late at night, listening through Grado SR60's which I just adore the heck out of.

Anyone know if the stream is coming back?

because she looked behind her...

Hopefully terrapin ended the set and it will start up again for set II.

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

Set Break

Andy Bear - you like them better than sennheiser??

I'd mix an album through the Grado's, love the seperation I can hear with them. I don't know if I like them MORE than the Senns, but they were 1/2 the price. I like em as much.

The senns are not cheap, but I have had these bad boys for a long time...it is time for a new pair. What's the word on the stream??

seems to me if you like them = and they are .5 the price, by default you like them more....unless you are bill gates

but what do i know...i'm just a caveman

stream back on

stream back!!

why I'm I not getting it??

just came in and linked the stream. are we waiting for set 2?

All good - here we go

This is by far the best intermission stream ive heard this tour.

lol

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

Set 2

The Music never stopped

jammin

2/24 radio city was the last this was played

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

Set 2

The Music never stopped
The wheel

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

Set 2

The Music never stopped
The wheel

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/coloartist-streams

I hope these "Phil designed" setlists continue. THIS is why I still go see these bands.

Set 1

Viola Lee>
I Need a Miracle,
Mason's Children>
Bertha,
Brown Eyed Women,
Looks Like Rain,
Estimated Prophet
Lady with a fan>
Terripan Station

Set 2

The Music never stopped
The wheel
Unbroken Chain
Shakedown Street

good to hear these boys still on fire from chicago. thanks for the stream~

For Real......

wow!

Sick drums>solomans

holy crap this is smokin

someone must of poured some high octane fuel on these boys after chicago.

HGH

Black Peter

woooooooooooooooo!

Truckin'

A messy, teased transition with Caution is a welcomed one. And then like bookends.

Revolution!

John got to sing 3 songs all night. I'm sorry, but somebody has got to talk to Bobby, this is getting ridiculous.

Sick show! I loved the RCMH shows over Hammerstein, but this one trumps them all!
Great sound. They were so dialed in tonight!

To continue from Shakedown:

Shakedown ~>
King Solomon's Marbles
(with a wicked cool drums solo intro)
Black Peter ~>
Truckin ~>
Caution-esque jam ~>
Viola
Sugar Mag

E: Donor Rap
Revolution

"In the Land of the Dark, the ship of the Sun is steered by Phil Lesh."

Too late for words now, it was amazing. At the beginning of the big jam in Sugar Mags Bobby teased "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Words fail.

Sounds good! Hopefully they will keep this momentum for the summer.

This was seriously off the hook. Venue was sweet. Luxury box was excellent. Sound was great. Amazing!

Good looking set list.

w..........o........w.........

this tops sets 3 and 4 from chicago.



colorado got the shi*ts !!!!!!!!!!!! so sweeeeeeeeeeet.


love u phil
see u in a week <3

I went to bed for school but I called like 5 of these tunes for my buddy there and I just read his texts. He freakin' loved it. I mean an Viola Lee opener? Best band he has seen since Jerry
Can't wait to here those reviews peeps.

ted ..........

more like a Viola sandwich




in heaven all nite

>>>>>> w..........o........w.........

this tops sets 3 and 4 from chicago.





come on now.........

>>>>someone must of poured some high octane fuel on these boys after chicago<<<<


dah..............

This band is just getting stronger and stronger. I'm giddy with delight! WOW!

WOW.
This was a great show.
I would be satisfied with this for a while.
So now whatever they do tonight is a BONUS

This show simply smoked from front to end. The energy level was high all night from band and audience. The venue is nice, large enough to get good energy, small enough to feel intimate, maybe 6000 folks in a hockey arena.

Viola exploded in being like the Big Bang. Phil was on his game from note one and led the boys into interesting jams, during Viola and in many other places. JK follows Phil right down the rabbit hole and is able to go into those dreamtime spaces. Beautiful stuff.

Weir clunked the into to Miracle by playing conductor, he quit after that! Mason's, Bertha and BEW all smoked, nice to have some stand-alone first set tunes. LLR provided a much needed "water out" moment, big ending. The Estimated was simply a melt-down, Phil playing the bass line like a mobius strip, JK with drippy leads, post-jam was excellent, then the Terrapin. Simply massive, JK sang and set a stately pace throughout, Bobby leading the last vocal section. End jam spectacular.

Just before set 2 I told the good folks behind me "they are going to level this place." MNS a festive opener, the music playing the band. The Wheel was big and soulful, transitions smooth, great jams. UBC was spectacular, Phil was in great voice, the jams went to uncharted territory. Shakedown St., only repeat from Chicago, the wave continued to build. Drums was a bit longer than previous outings and strong- Joe is a great drummer and he held the foundation all night long. KSM smoked!

A short break and then Black Peter, gentle, sublime and rich, my personal favorite Bobby vocal outing all night, I really liked his delivery. I felt Truckin for a while and we got it in spades, many songs were huge sing-alongs, but the "long strange trip" lyric gains power with each passing moment in time. The return of Viola Lee Blues was exciting, unexpected and brilliant. I and those around me thought this would end the show, as they cranked the ending, but then Sugar Magnolia! This was the gravy, full on and slammin'! After the last vocal as the big jam developed Bobby was playing the chords to "The Greatest Story Ever Told," crazy! SSDD rocked hard.

Boys came out for the encore after Phil honored Cody in the donor rap, JK ran on late with a piece of paper he put at his feet and they blew into Revolution. Great version- the fire of the evening continued through, a great encore choice because they have this song NAILED.

Show started at about 8:20 and finished at nearly 12:30! They ran roughshod over us, leveled the place indeed! As noted above tonight we are in bonus territory, perhaps the psychedelic show with an unplayed Dark Star waiting in the wings.

WOW!

good set...
but not as strong as we had Wednesday 3/3 in Chicago...
that one will be very hard to top

This band is the shit. I'm surprised at this setlist after 3/3. Looks like they kept the momentum going.

I said it after Tabernacle and I'll say it again,

THESE GUYS ARE FOR REAL!!!

I am stoked beyond words for Portland and Phil's birthday!!

please Bob with adr please let John sing poor peter

WILL THERE BE AN INCREDIBLE STREAM AGAIN TONIGHT?

Not much reviewed here yet. Got there at 10:30 and there were seven in front of me and my wife. My ticket didn't scan and that held me up over a minute at the door. The scanner the lady had was broke.

All's well that ends well though. I still managed to get in front of Bob with the help of a teammate. Thanks Stephan!!! You had my back.

I took a bunch of pics:
http://s856.photobucket.com/albums/ab129/garyhodge s/20100305%20Furthur/?start=0
Cannon point-and-shoot, but some turned out pretty good.

Wife got to feeling sick to start the second set, so we bailed for some seats way back. So most of those are from the first set. A little vid clip of Shakdown too. I have the entire Revolution, but the file is too big for Photobucket.

Hope you like them.

great pics Homer!

In front of Phil I mean... I must have been looking at a Bob pic when I said that. Glad you like them Mike.

I can email full res versions if anyone sees some they like.

Do'h! Great shots there Homer.

please maslf@aol.com
they are perfect

i really like 1109, 1110

First set was a litte sloppy. Viola was really going and then just stopped going into miracle which kind of bummed me out. Then miracle into masons bobby totally cut the band off and they stopped leading into masons. The bertha and brown eyed women were pretty standard. To me the set really took off with the looks like rain and then the estimated. They both were really well played. Terrapin was good but nothing unbelievable about it.

second set smoked.Highlight were the intro to the wheel out of the music never stopped which really ripped. I thought they were going into uncle johns band then jack straw and then i realized i was flat wrong and man was i happy because that wheel was unbelievable. Then it got even better because the unbroken chain was dirty just absolutely mean. What i like about the dead is when they get like the meanest road house blues band in the world and that were unbroken chain took me. My blood sugar is kind of low with my diabetes so Im going to wrap this up. The jam back into Viola Lee was really special. Phil had his hand which was kind of in a fist just moving it around on his bass getting this kind of distorted strange sound which I have never seen Phil do before.

All in all a fun night with a much better second set that was much tighter and how I like the sound of Phil. The first set was well played but the transitions were non exsistent and chopping. I cant wait till tonight though. Got married on christmas and then the following week moved to denver for work so I kind of needed a little excitement and Phil always gives me that. Have fun all

there was a stronger then dirt either out of shakedown or after trucking. not exactly sure though, but that was really jamming and Phil was just thumping. I thought I liked that new bass of his until I heard him again with his older bass, Phil was amazing as always.

Review and travelogue:

Pre-gamed with Tar & Kelly at Rock Bottom, then showed them the "secret probation" way to the venue. Parked my car and called JJ Wood while walking over to the venue - they were elsewhere and I decided to just get in line for the doors since it was close to when they would "open the floodgates" and a fair bit of folks were lined up already. Ran into Tar & Kelly again and they were going to line up with me, but they had to go back to their car due to the "no backpack" rule first (thankfully there was security there to tell them before they got in line - sort of a plus, I guess?). Got inside after a fairly thorough pat down, and got to jump the ticket line because I had a real ticket they could tear the stub from (guess the scanners were down or something). Found myself in the wrong part of the stands and thought I would have to walk all the way around, but a kind usher let me take a short cut across the floor. Grabbed a bunch of seats on the Phil side 12 rows up and back far enough for a decent angle of the stage, but not too far. Tar & Kelly made it in shortly thereafter and soon after that, JJW and Lance showed up. Nick arrived maybe five minutes before the show started (oh that Nick!).

OK, the show:

Set 1

Viola Lee Blues (v1 & v2) - seems that every Dead related ensemble with Phil plays this when I catch them, and that's fine with me. I love the tune, it's always a good version and this one was no exception. A nice almost "funky" groove to get things started. Ended with what I would call an "abstract" jam that was almost a "Space", ending with Bobby (IMHO) conducting things down to a transition that was almost a cold stop (but not quite, again IMHO).

I Need A Miracle - Bobby steps up on his first trip to the plate, and hits respectably. Good tempo for the first Bob tune.

Mason's Children - nice rendition, tempo picks up some more, energy well maintained from "Miracle" although it does seem that not all of the folks in attendance are familiar with this one.

Bertha - lots of folks we talked to in the crowd were hoping for this one, and they were rewarded with a suitably smoking version.

Brown-Eyed Women - fun version and the crowd of course loves Phil singing the "old man" line. First time I specifically noticed the contributions of the backup singers - adding them is one of the best ideas ever for this music, IMHO.

Looks Like Rain - the usual heartfelt Bob rendition, with just enough histrionics but staying more restrained than I've seen before.

Estimated Prophet - totally stoked to hear this as it is a personal favorite (what can I say, I like odd time signatures), and it was not a disappointment. Absolutely fantastic second half jam which had an energy that I thought for sure would lead into one of the typical first set closers, but not with this band. And now for something completely different.

Terrapin Station - hey, if you want to close a set with flair, what's better than this epic? As he was with everything else so far, JK was fitting in wonderfully, and even more so with this tune. Sure, Bobby does the "Inspiration" part, but it still all works like a well-oiled machine. And even those need pit stops, so after that first set workout, it's time for a break.

Intermission observations:

1) Longest line was at the drinking fountains
2) Bathroom lines were pretty good for a show (for the guys; not sure what it was like for the ladies)
3) Concession lines looked to be fairly reasonable too for the amount of people, and from what I heard, all the staff were very personable
(all I can comment on is the merch table folks, and they were very helpful, even answering a question about a totally different show at a totally different venue; same promoter though, that's why I tried asking)

Set II:

The Music Never Stopped - OK, this was kind of odd; tune started out at a fast almost disco tempo that seemed to be out of swamps near the Miami suburbs, but Bob throttled it back to something more like the MS delta, and although it might have been more suitable, it seemed to throw thngs off until they got to the "middle break"; it seemed to recover after that and did finish up nicely, but I'm going to have to go back and listen to it again to see if it was as weird as it seemed at the time.

The Wheel - enjoyable version with more tasty contributions from JK, and enthusiastic crowd response.

Unbroken Chain - what can I say? anytime I get to hear this, it's a treat, and it was the centerpiece of the "odd time trifecta" that would be completed later in the set.

Shakedown Street - this just exploded, and so did the crowd; great version that at one point (to me anyway) went into what I would call the "Another Shake In The Street (pt. 2)" jam, then came back; they also did a "Brick House breakdown" at one point in the tune as well.

King Solomon's Marbles - never ever thought I'd hear this and "Chain" in the same show, let alone in the same set, but I don't have a problem at all with it happening; started out with Russo and Lane getting to show off more of the drum skills they had been contributing all night, and was welcomed in that respect since I thought the drums & percussion were mixed a little low relative to where we were (so was Bobby's guitar, but I can live with that).

;-)

Black Peter - a much welcomed slow tune after the workouts that had preceded it; again, Bob delivered a fine rendition but had a squeaky slide tone happening that wasn't really thrilling me, but did add a dimension of eeriness to the tune which kind of fit.

Truckin' - good fun crowd singalong version. I haven't mentioned Jeff C. that much in this review, and I don't recall that he had a particularly "epic" solo in this tune, but he did have some over the course of the night, and he definitely has the skills needed to fill the keyboard chair in any Dead related outfit.
(that was pretty much apropos of nothing, but I didn't really have much to say about this tune, and I hadn't mentioned Jeff yet, and he deserved to be at some point)

Viola Lee Blues (v3) - the anticipated completion and return to the almost "funky" groove; very good but not much to comment about, other than I had thought this was going to be the set closer. Wrong again.

Sugar Magnolia - of course, if you're going to be wrong about a set closer, and they pull out this one to keep things going, it's all good. Lots of energy, not too many histrionics, and a perfect way to end the set.

Encore:

Donor Rap - the usual; Phil almost seemed choked up - then again, maybe he was just short of breath after the show (I could see that - not to mention the altitude)

Revolution - nice mid-tempo way to end the show, pretty much the same way they did it in Delaware (the show I had listened to earlier Friday to "prime" myself)

Checked out the shakedown area outside of the parking garage - nice assortment of stuff, nothing jumped out at me but folks were doing business so there was good stuff to be had.

All in all, a great, bordering on fantastic, time, but not "epic". Maybe that comes tonight?

Great review Maple!

I had a great time. A couple observations:

My seat was in the very corner, directly next to the drums, overlooking the band. What a great view! Tons of dancing room, 2 speakers pointing directly at us that were somewhat loud but still easy on the ears. The perfect vantage point for observing this band, a band's eye view of the crowd, highly recommended for those who felt too crowded on the floor.

Setlist had real FLOW, which has sometimes been lacking this tour. They seem to be improving on that front. I wonder if Phil and Jill's presence on this board has helped...Great BALANCE, mix of emotion, and continuous build up throughout. Kudos to whoever wrote it.

The jamming in Music Never Stopped was more extended. Seems like this band is continuing to expand on the solid musical base they've laid this tour, which is a good sign.

King Solomon's Marbles was a MONSTER. Looks Like Rain, Music Never Stopped, at this point in tour the songs seem to no longer be in "rehearsal mode"

For the most part, Phil sang his song, Bobby sang Bobby songs, JK sang Jerry songs, and that's a wonderful thing. More please! Black Peter and Terrapin were exceptions, the former being surprisingly powerful (Bobby's (over)seasoned vocal strains complement the sentiment of the song quite nicely) and the latter being "it is what it is"

These venues are the perfect size...not too big, not too small - meaning there is enough room for a large crowd to make the place feel electric, but without the myriad inconveniences that come with large arenas.

Very few vocal flubs. Thanks Bobby! Truckin only had a minor tongue twist, that's it. These guys aren't totally senile yet!

Backup singers really benefit this band, adding a solid vocal foundation and light sweetness to the mix that isn't overpowering, at least with the song selection we got last night. It's like the bouquet in a fine wine, light but present. They're pretty funny to watch too, giggling to each other and pointing out things to each other on their lyric sheets. Not a fan of ALL their contributions (a little too much on After Midnight, for instance), but any song that has a gospel tinge or is heavy on harmonies sounds most excellent...Bertha too!

Even though this show didn't reach the stratosphere, it is still one of my favorites i've ever been to. And it's not just the afterglow speaking! I absolutely loved the setlist, the solid and tight playing, in much the same way that I love to listen to a 77' show - nothing overly spacy or experimental, but still trippy and something you can put on the stereo any time without freaking out the neighbors TOO much. And i can play this show for friends too...No phil singing Eyes, Bobby getting lost, or awkward vocal tradeoffs.

Oh, and watching Bobby in his capris and bare feet is like watching a yoga guru, doing all sorts of weird, intricate poses with sound. A real treat when he's not cheesing out!

That's all

HD videos (both shows) up on The Grateful Web.

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longest show of the tour and F'n rippin> Paired with Sat Denver show ... 4 set perfection