Oct 17, 2017

Chris Robinson Brotherhood 07-07-17, Oregon Country Fair (Early Show)


The Live Review:
7/7/17: Lazy Days opener. I swear every CRB show I've seen either opens with Lazy Days or Let's Go.  
7/7/17: That's not a complaint.  
7/7/17: I'm happy to have the SBD recording of this show because in person the sound was absolutely terrible.  
7/7/17: Adam being a bit more experimental with his tones than usual on this early solo.  
7/7/17: Roan County Banjo second.  
7/7/17: Friday afternoon, no students around, switching to the noise-cancelling headphones. Jeff sounds great.  
7/7/17: I love the set up for Neal's solo in this tune. One of my favorite studio solos in the recorded version.  
7/7/17: Sort-of-surprise-call Tornado in the three spot.  
7/7/17: Neal giving the tune a bit of a workout.  
7/7/17: Not a big fan of that tune at first, but it's been growing on me lately.  
7/7/17: High Is Not the Top. One of my favorite tunes from the new album.  
7/7/17: Not a huge fan of some of that record's stripped-back vibe, though, so I especially love these live versions of the song.  
7/7/17: Extended intro with interplay between Neal and Adam.  
7/7/17: Loving the barroom-style piano from Adam during the breaks.  
7/7/17: Neal going to town with the slide guitar on the opening of Forever As the Moon.  
7/7/17: This is probably my favorite CRB song lyrics-wise.  
7/7/17: It's got more than a bit of the Dylan/The Band thing going on, I bet that's why.  
7/7/17: Little Lizzie Mae is next.  
7/7/17: Setlist is pretty relentless in terms of energy so far.  
7/7/17: Damn, Tony's drumming on the end of the verse is so great.  
7/7/17: Chris improvising some outro vocals and then Adam takes the lead with a pretty bizarre keyboard tone and scale.  
7/7/17: Huge energy out of the end of the tune.  
7/7/17: Nice wind-down to the first solid jam of the night until Tony switches up the beat -> Can You Hear Me?
7/7/17: Nice song pairing. Clear Blue Sky is next.  
7/7/17: Really high-tempo version of the song.  
7/7/17: High-speed jam out of Clear Blue Sky.  
7/7/17: Nice extended outro jam there, with a on-a-dime > Boppin' the Blues.  
7/7/17: Star Or Stone.  
7/7/17: I could hear this song at every show and be happy.  
7/7/17: Great take on Star Or Stone, there. Next is an intro that sounds like Narcissus Soaking Wet, but actually leads into Tulsa Yesterday  
7/7/17: Shortened version of Tulsa transitions perfectly into California Hymn.  
7/7/17: Hymn drops off into a jazzy, piano-led jam.  
7/7/17: Both guitars and piano mixing nicely in this jam now.  
7/7/17: > Second That Emotion.
7/7/17: Like most of CRB's covers, this one suits Chris's vocals eerily well.  
7/7/17: Neal and Adam trading solos, as per usual.  
7/7/17: Looks like Rosalee to close.  
7/7/17: Overall, that was a pretty complete show from a one-setter. Fourteen songs!  
7/7/17: These guys are great at building setlists, of course, but this one was particularly high-energy.  
7/7/17: Highlights were the early take on High Is Not the Top, Lizzie > Can You Hear Me, jam on Clear Blue Sky, and Tulsa > Hymn -> Jam.    

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