The Trio was a wierd and awesome time for The Breakfast/PB. The extra space in the musical landscape let the band explore more, rock out harder, and mature as a band. There is no denying the telepathic connection between Tpalms-The Save- & Animal, and this band felt more like a single unit then ever during the trio period. Tim playing guitar & keys was awesome (IMO). Ron upgrading his gear and stepping up his game big time was crucial for the trio to survive. And Adrian being set up sideways next to the stage, allowed for a unique view of the always insane drumming that Adj consistantly brings to the breakfast table.
Here is my favorite 12 trio shows. They are in order by the date they went down, not by which ones I thought were the best. It would be to hard for me to rate these shows best to worst without going back and listening to them all. I caught a bunch others but these ones stick out in my head as the best ones. There are others that probably should be on this list (the Trio Freakout, Keene State, Providence, when they played "Psychedelic Breakfast" to name a few) but twelve is way more then enough already. Something special took place on each one of these nights. I bolded the highlights. Lots of the shows are completely bold, go figure :wah: :banrock:. The only one of these that I wasn\'t in attendance for was 2/7/07 Stone Church. I shoulda been there, lets leave it at that.
November 2nd, 2006 - Stone Church; Newmarket; NH
I: Vocoder jam > jam > Superfly Phaddy Fat > Gravity, Surreal Radio > Dimension 5 > The Vermont Song >jam > Tribal Funk Affliction > Intension > Tribal Funk Affliction, jam > Taboo Or Not Taboot
II: Episode 3 (Awakening), Love Lake > Buquebus, Escher\'s Etchings > Honey Butter
November 3rd, 2006 - Iron Horse Music Hall; Northampton, MA
I: Space City Affair > The Chase, Psygn > Attraction To Shade Ditty > Dig > See The Light* > Intension, jam** > Bugs > Funky Bill\'s Circus Cliché
II: Hard Luck Harry > Merge > Hard Luck Harry > Sir Psycho Sexy > Tricky Ways,
The Late And The Great > Over Exposure
E: Wild Pack Of Asscracks
* Inverted.
** with \'The Simpsons\' and \'Mickey Mouse Club\' themes teased
December 9th, 2006 - The Saint; Asbury Park, NJ
I: jam > Gravity, Heather > Tricky Ways, Buquebus > Rust > Puppetry, Son Of Simpleton
II: jam > No Regret, Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me* > Intension, The Chase**, Psygn^
E: Welcome To This World
* with \'Bathtub Gin\' (Phish) tease.
** with \'Layla\' (Derek & The Dominos) tease.
^ with \'Tomorrow Never Knows\' & \'Within Without You\' (The Beatles) tease.
December 23rd, 2006 - Toad\'s Place; New Haven, CT
I: jam > Surreal Radio > Score, Gypsy Girl* > Space City Affair > Escher\'s Etchings > Love Lake, Dimension 5, Gravity, Wild Pack Of Asscracks**, Helter Skelter^
II: Space City Affair > Episode 1 (Happy) > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > Episode 3 (Awakening), jam >What The Funk, Space City Affair > Spunk > Drum Solo > Inner GlimpseE: L.A. Woman^^* last played 10/06/03.
** Caitlin Kalafus on drums; Adrian on keys.
^ The Beatles cover; first time played; Adrian on guitar; Tim on drums.
^^ with Jordan Giangreco on keys; with \'Little Drummer Boy\' teases.
December 30th, 2006 - Nectar\'s; Burlington, VT
I: Space City Affair > Tribal Funk Affliction, May Fly Disarray, Garcian Fishbowl* >
Phaddy Boom Baddy > Attraction To Shade Ditty > Phaddy Boom Baddy > Garcian Fishbowl, Intension >
Vocoder jam > What The Funk
II: Hard Luck Harry > Earache My Eye, See The Light > Gypsy Queen**, Gypsy Girl > Drunk Monk Bar, jam > Inner Glimpse > Drum Solo/Guitar Solo>Jam^* with \'Fresh Cut\' tease.**ending only
^ Adrian and Tim trading solos, then tim started the guitar solo to Don\'t Fear The Reaper, which turned into a Thunderstruck jam
February 2nd, 2007 - Mezzanotte Lounge; Syracuse, NY
I: Superfly Phaddy Fat, Dig, Wake Up In A Coma > Puppetry, Future Peek, Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus*, The Chase > Honey Butter
II: jam > Intension**, A New Beginning^, jam > Taboo Or Not Taboot, Rufus > Hard Luck Harry > Rufus >Memory Of A Free Festival
E: The Vermont Song
* Frank Zappa cover; first time played.
** with Garcian Fishbowl tease.
^ first time played.
February 3rd, 2007 - Mezzanotte Lounge; Syracuse, NY
I: Funky Bill\'s Circus Cliché, May Fly Disarray, Score, jam > Dimension 5, Episode 3 (Awakening), Tunage
II: The Grand Scheme Of Things > Beef Barley, LDZ > HDX > Over Exposure >
The Grand Scheme Of Things, Bugs
*February 17th, 2007 - Stone Church; Newmarket, NH
I: Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky > Dig, What The Funk >
Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2), Honey Butter, Golgi Apparatus*
II: Rufus > A New Beginning, Badge**, Merge > Tunage
E: Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me
* Phish cover; first time played; with \'Divided Sky\' (Phish) tease.
** Cream cover; first time played.
February 22nd, 2007 - Daniel Street; Milford, CT
I: jam > Buquebus > Rust > Attraction To Shade Ditty >
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus,
Escher\'s Etchings Pt. 3 > Escher\'s Etchings Part 4,
Gravity > One Big Mob > Buquebus
E: Intension
March 29th, 2007 - Red Square; Albany, NY
I: Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2), jam > Love Lake, Beef
Barley, jam > Sundance, Episode 3 (Awakening)
II: jam > Tunage, Rufus > Question, Wild Pack Of
Asscracks
E: Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* Nirvana cover; first time played.
April 20th, 2007 - Mezzanotte Lounge; Syracuse, NY
I: Jam > Phaddy Boom Baddy**, jam > Sleeping Beauty >
jam > Gravity > In The Flesh,
The Vermont Song, Escher\'s Etchings (Parts 3 & 4) >
Taboo Or Not Taboot^
II: Language Of The Gods, Great Big Fiery Ball In The
Sky^^ > jam > Buquebus > Rust > Sweet Leaf
E: Bass solo > Welcome To This World, No Glove No Love
* instrumental; first time played.
** with \'One Big Mob\' (Red Hot Chili Peppers) tease.
^ with \'Wilfred Brimley\' vocal craziness.
^^ with \'Where It\'s At\' (Beck) tease.
July 6th, 2007 - Higher Ground; South Burlington, VT
I: jam > Cut Me Some Slack, Psygn > Hard Luck Harry >
Rust, Tunage > Willie The Pimp > Attraction To Shade
Ditty
II: Phaddy Boom Baddy > Buquebus, Tricky Ways, Food
For Thought* > Give Peace A Chance > Food For Thought
> Tunage, See The Light**
E: The Chase
* Thought #1: "Question Everything!"
Thought #2: "Give Peace A Chance."
** inverted.
