Gonna continue with another review today just because. This one is #thecrb's
12/2/17 show from Portland, OR. I'm listening to the AUD recording
because, to my limitless bummed-ness, no shows from this run got an
official release.
Show kicking off with Seven Nights To Rock. Neal certainly does not have to warm up his rockabilly chops.
High Is Not the Top is next. It's getting played a little more rock and roll/a little less shuffle than the album version.
Chauffeur's Daughter is third. This is definitely my favorite new CRB song in awhile.
Nice little outro jam here. Neal taking the lead with a rockabilly tone.
Jam fades out...and the hazy intro to Tulsa Yesterday fades in.
Monster take on
Tulsa Yesterday. Huge Neal main solo and then a following slide solo,
followed by the usual outro jam. 17+ minutes.
Followed by the murky funk of Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line.
Only Daddy and the following Blue Star Woman let Adam stretch out a bit for the first time in the show.
Really interesting, super-distorted solo from Neal during Blue Star Woman as well.
Lift off into a funky take on the song's outro jam.
Damn, this is good.
Jam peaks hard, then transitions into something a little more bluegrassy.
Jam winds down. > New Cannonball Rag.
Neal is just conquering this set. Huge solo from him in Cannonball as well.
They're bypassing the usual > Tomorrow Blues for a second jam, featuring some seriously evil tones from Adam.
Looks like Saturday Night is going to close the set after that murky second jam.
As usual, a
great, jammy opening set. Chauffeur's Daughter had a nice little outro
jam, Tulsa was huge, and I really dug both parts of the Cannonball jam.
Blue Star Woman, though, stole the show. Or at least the set.
Second set leads off real slow-like with Dream Baby.
This isn't really my favorite CRB cover, but Adam just ripped off a great solo in the middle of this version.
Venus In Chrome next! Definitely hoping that this one ends up on the new album.
Definitely not a jammy song, but a good one nonetheless.
Same with Hark the Herald Hermit Speaks.
CR and Neal rocking out together at the end of Hark the Herald.
The rock vibe of the set continues with Behold the Seer.
Neal taking Behold the Seer TO TOWN.
She Shares My Blanket slows things down a bit after that full-on guitar assault.
Good To Know next. I love this song so much. Probably a top five CRB tune.
Some fantastic Neal/Adam interplay during the middle of this tune.
After the song's typical peak, great building riff from Adam on the piano. Rest of band slowly joining in.
Another jam follows the piano-driven one. If there's such thing as a Type II CRB jam, this is it.
Jam eventually -> Narcissus Soaking Wet
Worse ways to end a set than Good To Know > Jam -> Narcissus > Rosalee!
And after that
bang-up fourth quarter, closing the show with a Watching The
Wheels
encore is just perfect. Great show all around.
Like most of the
shows I saw last year, the only real weakness with this one was the
overreliance on the new songs (I guess I can't really blame them, it's a
tour for the new album).
I really like the new album a lot, but the songs are definitely more...uh...song-y than their earlier, jammier ones.
That said, the last 30 minutes or so of the second set were $$ and the first set was excellent.
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