Summer tour ends with a solid show that doesn't reach the heights of the tour's best shows, but is a definite improvement over 9/2 and a worthy performance to go out on.
Notably, the show doesn't start with a fifteen minute jam, but instead the almost hilariously short "Buffalo Bill." It's hard not to see this as a joke on the band's part after the long openers during the previous two nights.
We continue with a jumbled take on "Moma Dance" before the energy (and technique) picks up a bit for "Birds" and "Sugar Shack." "Most Events Aren't Planned" continues to be a highlight during its second playthrough ever, getting expanded upon a bit and breaking the band out of what is a fairly rote set up until that point.
The rest of the middle-set is fine, but it's really just a holding pattern until we get to a short but interesting Type II "46 Days" and a '15-style take on "Gin" to close the set out.
Set two kicks off with a massive, 21-minute "Disease" that serves as a great Last Jam for the summer, slowly deconstructing itself throughout the entire running time before ending up with a wide open ambient jam that "Light" rises out of.
"Light" spends a bit too much time in its usual zone for my liking, but after that it departs for a more playful groove, adding some levity to the "Disease"'s darkness before dropping nicely into "Rise/Come Together." This is a welcome transition for me, as this tune is quickly becoming one of my favorite "landing pad" songs for the band to play.
Lest you think we're headed for a weak fourth quarter show, we aren't. "Piper" gets right back on the jamming train, visiting some bread-and-butter spaces courtesy of Trey's echoplex and Page's synth. "Meatstick" > "2001" take us on one more round of space jamming before we time-travel back to 1993 with an absolutely tension-soaked take on "Possum"...and "Suzy" takes us home for good.
"Waste" > "First Tube" might sound like an odd encore, but it feels like an absolutely appropriate way to close out the run.
The best news? As of right now, you can still watch the entire show on YouTube:
The Live Review:
9/3/17: Buffalo Bill opener. Love it.
9/3/17: Moma Dance. Can still hear Mike really well.
9/3/17: Standard take on Moma > Birds.
9/3/17: Trey playing around a little with the Birds solo. Hot-but-brief Type I jam.
9/3/17: Change of pace with Sugar Shack.
9/3/17: Solid, slightly extended take on Sugar Shack.
9/3/17: Most Events Aren't Planned is next.
9/3/17: Loved this tune at the BD. Happy to hear it again.
9/3/17: Awesome use of the synth during the breakdown.
9/3/17: Great solo from Trey. Awesome piano underneath from Page. Big rock jam forming.
9/3/17: Love that tune and the jam that follows. BOTT is next.
9/3/17: Nice, jazzy start to the BOTT jam before Trey works it up into its usual lather.
9/3/17: Leaves! I really like this new tune. Decent placement for it, too.
9/3/17: Interspersing some solo fills with the 'Breathe' refrain at the end of the song.
9/3/17: The Wedge is next.
9/3/17: Standard The Wedge outro, but I think Trey snuck a Stash tease in there partway through.
9/3/17: > 46 Days
9/3/17: 46 Days jam getting a little funkier than usual. Trey on echo, Page laying down some circus organ.
9/3/17: Really clever use of echoplex and synth here while the rhythm section holds it down. This is great.
9/3/17: Band does a great, peak-y job of bringing the jam back to 46 Days proper.
9/3/17: Vocal refrain includes some of Trey singing along to his guitar, Jimi-style.
9/3/17: > Bathtub Gin
9/3/17: Nice breakdown early on in the Gin jam. Just drums and piano there for a second. Now some Trey noodling.
9/3/17: Gin picking up steam again now.
9/3/17: Nice, slow build happening here.
9/3/17: End set.
9/3/17: With the exception of the Buffalo Bill opener and the Most Events Aren't Planned jam, that first set was pr… https://t.co/PwlGl7FfFC
9/3/17: During a run that had standout opening sets for the first two nights, this is still, unfortunately, the wea… https://t.co/OSts0eFWQz
9/3/17: S2 starts with Disease.
9/3/17: Jam starts typically, with some atypically strong Trey soloing until the 9 minute mark, where the bottom fa… https://t.co/7ZqCKWa7Hz
9/3/17: Some arrhythmic looping from Trey as the band carries on.
9/3/17: Band fades out and some ethereal soloing from Mike.
9/3/17: Band coming back in, adding structure. Angry, Carini-style jam.
9/3/17: Fish keeping this really abstract with some excellent drumming.
9/3/17: Really great continuing dissonance without losing momentum.
9/3/17: Definitely taking me back to some of the weirder BD jams.
9/3/17: Full-on ambient jam now.
9/3/17: Seriously Spooky.
9/3/17: Whoops. Not Spooky the song. Just the adjective.
9/3/17: Reminds me of a more meditative version of the insane 2011 Gorge Rock and Roll jam.
9/3/17: Trey starts into Light slowly and the rest of the band joins in. Nice segue.
9/3/17: Trey finds a neat riff and the band departs the typical Light jamming structure for something a bit more playful.
9/3/17: Great interplay happening right now.
9/3/17: Nice mellow groove happening now.
9/3/17: Mike and Fish drive the jam into a more shuffle-y direction. Trey chording to add an extra layer of complexity.
9/3/17: Not my favorite jam tone-wise, but technically pretty fascinating.
9/3/17: -> Rise/Come Together. Nice segue.
9/3/17: I've said it before, but I love this song as a jam landing pad.
9/3/17: > Piper
9/3/17: Piper departs its usual jam almost immediately for something that sounds like Woman From Tokyo briefly, the… https://t.co/13cAOZYlfi
9/3/17: The rhythm section has been huge for this whole set, in case I haven't mentioned that yet.
9/3/17: More echoplex and organ combo action like in the Disease.
9/3/17: Great, spacey jam there that never really lost momentum over ten minutes. Fade into Meatstick!
9/3/17: METSTEAK
9/3/17: Fun, brief take on Meatstick. Fades nicely into a synth-laced 2001.
9/3/17: Mike sounding a lot more upfront during this version than usual. Not sure if it's just the recording mix or what, but I like it.
9/3/17: Wonderfully old-school, tension-filled Possum, then Suzy.
9/3/17: End set. 2
9/3/17: Waste
9/3/17: > First Tube to wind things up
9/3/17: That second set had some seriously heavy improv, with Rise/Come Together just serving as an intermission be… https://t.co/pFKa3p48ns
9/3/17: Don't let the track lengths scare you away, it's a great set front to back.
9/3/17: So basically the Dick's run ended up as one show with a great first set and a lackluster second set, one sh… https://t.co/SH0M6NenLC
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