uh, the only way to get an accurate head count is to see a head count. who cares what it was anyway that will come in time, trust me. the people who like the band went. those who couldn\'t, that\'s ok, cuz what can ya do, but those who just didn\'t wanna go, eh, fuck em. more for us....whatever that means.
anyway....the music in set one was quite good.....the sound however, was quite bad. i\'m ALWAYS happy to see Language, but Mayfly and Echer\'s were my favorite though. i can\'t put my finger on it but Echer\'s had like a weird minstrel/gypsie kinda sound to it that really made me like it that much more, if that\'s possible. The "groove" for lack of a better term, in between the choruses during Mayfly was about as bad-ass as could be produced acoustically imo. Really went to some strange places musically, both dark and happy at the same time, before finish up very powerfully, i really liked watching adrian enjoy matt\'s playing, it looked as though he was actually struggling to get a better view. that only seemed to contribute positively to his own playing. christ, i can\'t wait to see an electric Mayfly with matt...
set two was really like a completely different show though, so tight. form begining to end it was really, really good, either matt has changed some of these songs in his own way intentionally or they just naturally worked out that way. I\'m really loving this new sound A LOT. i really can\'t pick a favorite, from the jazzy/latin sound in both GBFB and STL, which seemed to also have a nice little bluegrass touch to it as well, to the early days of jazz in Dig, it was all great. I was wondering how Buquebus would translate over to acoustic, and i gotta say, WOW. jen said in the car or before we left, now all they have to do is play Fairy, well once i heard those ever so familiar mandolin of all instruments, notes i got a little jolt, much like when she wanted me to ask for Merge at the wheel house, but then told me not to and they played it anyway. yes people, i know these are just stupid coincidences, but their still kinda crazy.
can\'t wait for the next one and daniel street, where they always bring it. to beat a dead horse; based on the time i actually HAD there, i will absolutely check out the next two.
