1/27/18 #thecrb
Live Review, Set One: I'm heading up to PDX this weekend to see two CRB
shows at Revolution Hall, and so in preparation I'm going to review the
most recent show of theirs I've seen live: last winter's Sacramento
show. I'm Ready opener.
Fun fact about
this opener: I got to the venue about forty-five minutes before the show
started, but because of the *intense* security there, I and a bunch of
others stood out in the cold for almost an hour before we got in. I
missed this tune and most of Rosalee as a result.
Not familiar with this song, but really loving Adam's solo.
Rosalee second.
The break in the middle of the song is definitely getting "jammed" a bit more than usual in this version.
Meanwhile In the Gods is next...transition into a really jazzy, upbeat jam out of the song proper. Neal taking the lead.
Great interplay between guitars here. Loving this jam.
After a peak by Neal, we drop back to a kind of shuffle. Distorted blues riff overtop.
Second jam working up to the same peak as the first in a neat way, then collapses into a fadeout. > Tumbleweed in Eden.
Adam is killing it in between verses on this Tumbleweed.
Blue Star Woman next. Nice setlist choice.
I really like the built-in jam break in this song.
Great
five-minute-or-so jam out of Blue Star Woman. Lots of solid interplay,
and an excellent build up to a -> High Is Not the Top.
Nice take on Clear Blue Sky that segues into a rockabilly-style jam.
Jam winds to a quick close, with an on-a-dime > Sunday Sound.
I know that
Sunday Sound pretty predictably winds down to a piano-and-drums jam, but
this one seems better (and longer) than most.
End of a
particular jammy first set. Meanwhile was likely the highlight, but
Tumbleweed got stretched out, too, and the surprise jam/segue at the end
of Blue Star Woman was great. Don't sleep on the Sunday Sound if you're
an Adam fan.
Loving Cup second set opener.
Great take on the Stones tune, with California Hymn coming up after.
Big, piano-based jam coming out of Hymn this time. Adam's on a roll.
Shuffling take on Beggar's Moon, a little different than the album version, with a long intro.
Reflections in the ballad slot after Beggar's Moon.
Looks like we're entering the Barefoot In the Head part of the show. Behold the Seer next.
I know that the
Behold the Seer "jam" is pretty contained, but I love it every time all
the same. Hark the Herald Hermit Speaks is next.
The dip in Barefoot In the Head is short: Ain't It Hard But Fair follows Hark.
> Shore Power.
Little mini-solo from Neal during the bridge section.
End set with some serious CR scatting.
Encore tune is Roll Another Number.
Overall, this
show and the Tahoe one were way better than I remembered (and I
remembered them as being really good). Definitely a little less
predictable and jammier than the December '17 shows I saw.
As usual, the
band didn't stretch out much in the second set, but it was a great
setlist, and I loved hearing Loving Cup in particular.
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