Best Matt O shows??

Best Matt O shows??
Posted by Igziabeher on 21 Dec, 2008 14:12
since his tenure is officially dunzo. what were your highlight shows? personally i think the best Matt-era shows put a hurtin on most trio/original lineup shows.

for me:

November 29th, 2007b - Wheel House Tavern; Narragansett, RI
I: jam > Puppetry, Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky* > Hard Luck Harry > Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples
II: Space City Affair > Rust > LDZ > jam > Wake Up In A Coma > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > Wake Up In A Coma > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2) > jam > Merge > When The Levee Breaks** > Hard Luck Harry^
E: May Fly Disarray^^

* with extended guitar intro.
** Led Zeppelin cover; first time played.
^ with \'When The Levee Breaks\' (Led Zeppelin) teases.
^^ with \'Riders On The Storm\' (The Doors) jam.

September 29th, 2007 - The Terrace @ University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI
I: Wake Up In A Coma, Honey Butter, The Chase, Beef Barley, Tom Sawyer, May Fly Disarray
II: jam > Over Exposure, Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me > Tunage > Jump > Tunage
E: The Vermont Song*

December 29th, 2007 - Toad\'s Place; New Haven, CT

I: jam > Wild Pack Of Asscracks, Buquebus, May Fly Disarray, Reba*, No Regret
II: Space City Affair > Intension > Mommy What\'s A Funkadelic?** > Intension > Hard Luck Harry > The Late And The Great > Hard Luck Harry, Love Lake, Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2)^ > Funky Bill\'s Circus Clich?^
E: See The Light^# > Karn Evil 9^

June 13th, 2008 - Electric Company; Utica, NY
I: jam > Beef Barley, Synergy*, Reel Time, Infrequently Asked Questions**, Honey Butter >
Land Of Confusion^
II: jam > Tribal Funk Affliction > Reba^^, jam > Taboo Or Not Taboot, jam# > Buquebus##, jam > Son Of Simpleton

* with \'Episode 1 (Happy)\' jam
** first time played
^ Genesis cover; first time played
^^ unfinished.
# with \'Stone Cold Bush\' (Red Hot Chili Peppers) tease.
## with \'**** Me\' (Nirvana) tease.

#1 Reply
Posted by frolfer on 21 Dec, 2008 14:21
The best is yet to come!

#2 Reply
Posted by bezerker on 21 Dec, 2008 15:18
electric company and the big easy

#3 Reply
Posted by ds673488 on 21 Dec, 2008 15:18
there are a few that stand out for me (that i saw live, there are others that id put with this list that ive only listened to online):

9/20/07 - red square
4/18/08 - Iron horse
6/13-6/14 - Elec Co.
9/5/08 - sullys
9/20/08 - U buffalo

#4 Reply
Posted by bdfreetuna on 21 Dec, 2008 15:43
August 30th, 2007 - Electric Company; Utica, NY

I: Space City Affair > jam > Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky > Wake Up In A Coma > jam > Puppetry,
Keyboard Solo > The Chase, Drunk Monk Bar

II: May Fly Disarray, Good Things > Hard Luck Harry > Rufus > Surreal Radio

III: Tom Sawyer, jam > Buquebus, Utica jam > Gravity

E: Drum Solo > jam* > The Vermont Song*, Hot For Teacher

September 14th, 2007 - Daniel Street; Milford, CT

I: Space City Affair > jam > The Chase, Drunk Monk Bar, Great Big Fiery Ball In The Sky >
Space Oddity > Rufus

II: Honey Butter > Hard Luck Harry > Honey Butter > Hard Luck Harry$ > So What* >
The Grand Scheme Of Things**, Happy Birthday^ > What The Funk^^

E: Walk This Way tease, Rockin\' In The Free World#

2008-04-18 - Iron Horse Music Hall; Northampton, MA

I: Space City Affair > Beef Barley, The Sound, Space City Affair > Escher\'s Etchings (Parts 1 & 2)* > Reel Time, Hard Luck Harry** > Inner Glimpse, Gladys Pimp And Kangaroos With Me^ > Tunage^^

E: Wake Up In A Coma > Over Exposure

2008-09-05 - Sully\'s; Hartford, CT

I: Synergy, Rust > Rufus*

II: jam > Hard Luck Harry, Gravity*^ > Merge > Taboo Or Not Taboot**

E: Cut Me Some Slack^^

......

and most fun was probably at Up North fest

#5 Reply
Posted by bezerker on 21 Dec, 2008 18:14
have any of you heard the big easy show? it may have been a little empty but some of the best music ive heard in the odoozer era

#6 Reply
Posted by frolfer on 22 Dec, 2008 08:14
I have to check out that Big Easy show. Must be heady.

Here are some that I think are great Striker shows,

8-23-07 Toad\'s
9-20-07 Red Square
10-6-07 Osiris Cafe
3-27-08 Canton
4-11-08 Crepe Place
4-26-08 Sully\'s
6-14-08 Utica
6-27-08 Bridgeport

I listening to 2-23-08 Sullivan Hall right now and it is a perfect morning soundtrack.

Rufus > MayFly!

#7 Reply
Posted by zuke583 on 22 Dec, 2008 09:00
Setlist: 2008-08-15 - Daniel Street; Milford, CT

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I: jam > Gravity > jam* > Taboo Or Not Taboot, Hard Luck Harry** > The Message^ > What The Funk > The Message^, keyboard solo > Good Things, Beef Barley^^

II: Escher\'s Etchings (Parts 3 & 4), Tunage, Space City Affair# > Mooboo\'s Voodoo (Episode 2), jam > Infrequently Asked Questions

#8 Reply
Posted by GLuft3 on 22 Dec, 2008 10:15
I second Zuke\'s vote. This show has been in permanent rotation in my car CD player since I downloaded it.

2008-08-15 - Daniel Street

#9 Reply
Posted by booztravlr on 22 Dec, 2008 11:11
Especially the ones in Bold.

2007-09-14 Milford, CT
2007-09-20 Albany, NY
2007-09-22 Syracuse, NY
2007-11-29 Narragansett, RI
2007-12-21 Boston, MA
2007-12-29 New Haven, CT
2008-04-04 Chicago, IL
2008-06-13 Utica, NY
2008-06-21 Menomonie, WI
2008-09-20 Buffalo, NY