hehe still waking up and clearing the haze from last nights show, but, WOW!!! Those guys played with a new confidence that I\' have never seen eminating from the band.... just completely owning the stage.
Any show that opens with Mooboo\'s is destined for greatness, clearly... last night being no exception. i love the way that song consistently captivates me, and those folks in the crowd who don\'t know every note and word feel like they are truly missing out on some amazing secret... it was a big opener and quite appropriate for the first song of possibly one of the best breakfast sets i\'ve ever seen...
gbfb was great as usual, kept the crowd moving and dancing.... but wtf>mooboo\'s was where the heat was... it seemed to shift the energy forward quite a bit in the venue, which then became completely tipped into overdrive by that tremendous honey butter....
but certainly, the phish bustout! holy crap i didnt see that coming from a mile away. if you\'re gonna cover a song like golgi you have to absolutely own it.... tim nailed every note with more soul than i\'ve heard trey anastasio play with in the last 10 years.... HUGE crowd reaction, and some of the most confident playing from each member of the trio.... well done...
set 2 rufus opener just sorta picked right up where set 1 left off.... holy huge rufus. i had no concept of time but it seemed like the song was about 30 minutes, and hit all the right spots that it usually does.
it was then that a huge vacuum came and sucked all the energy out of the venue.... if A New Beginning is that way, i am sprinting away in the opposite direction. yeah it was the first time I heard that song, and yes, i\'ll give it another listen, but YUCK! not well timed at all....
thank goodness for that merge>tunage.... i haven\'t heard merge in MONTHS and have heard them teasing it/dancing around it at shows, finally last night moments before they busted in i remember yelling "just play fucking MERGE"... (fitzy, you may have caught that on tape)... but the segue into Tunage was hot and that song has got some potential, i was glad to have heard it at the stone church for the first time.
gladys pimp encore: HOTNESS!!!!! everyone just completely let loose and gave whatever was left in them to that song... the band included. great, great encore!
all in all, the evening was completely fluid and well-executed. the band was confident, relaxed, and comfortable, and it translated beautifully into one of the best breakfast shows i\'ve ever seen (rivaled only by the puppethouse today at least)....