SET 1: Cars Trucks Buses: Standard.

Wilson: Standard. >

Run Like an Antelope: Simple Gifts tease by Joseph Brackett Jr. at 1:13 – when I dug in on this tune, I was surprised to see that it had been teased 9 times and one show that I attended, 2.21.03. I listened to the original tune on YouTube, interesting. This Antelope is one that definitely wastes no time coming out of the composed section, right down to business. Fairly strong version, love the placement.

Fluffhead: Wow, back-to-back anchor tunes. They must mean business tonight, right? This is a good version.

Uncle Pen: Standard.

Cavern: LOL @ this version. Trey totally skips this: Just then a porthole pirate, Scourged the evening with his cry, And sanctuary bugs deprived, The monkey of its thigh,A dust arose and clogged my nose,
Before I could blink twice, Despite the stuff that bubbled up, I gave some last advice. Instead, he sings this passage TWICE: Exploding then through fields and fen… 1995 is tight, super tight. But folks that think the band did not flub stuff back then were not paying attention or were wearing rose colored glasses. >

Taste That Surrounds: Standard Some confusion on lyrical responsibilities between Fish and Trey. Wonder if this caused any tension that would later reveal itself in Rift?

The Lizards: Standard (awesome).

Sample in a Jar:

Sweet Adeline

SET 2: Rift: “We’d like to credit that last one to our drummer, Jon Fishman, let’s hear it for him.” Aborted at about 45 seconds as Fish just stops playing. Anyone know why?

Free: No Quarter tease by Led Zeppelin and a Bouncing Around the Room tease at 26:00. I love the quiet breakdown that happens around the 15-minute mark. Great patience throughout with band paying close attention to one another. Mike and Fish especially sound awesome. At 21:00 this is sounding like the Nirvana section of YEM. The major chord jam in the mid and late 20’s I think is fantastic, some of it sounds a bit like Ob La Dee? Fishman at 30 and a half is just outrageous – best drummer on the planet. Puts on a clinic. ->

Llama: Standard (awesome).

Bouncing Around the Room: Standard.

You Enjoy Myself: Very average version.

Strange Design: Standard.

ENCORE: Poor Heart: Second ever slow version. Love it!

Frankenstein: Standard.

Summary: Replay value: Antelope, Free (all-timer). Honestly, I get why people have given this show so much shit over the years. Many just cannot digest the Free jam. I personally think it’s great, you have to compartmentalize the sections. But the rest of this show is super meh especially in comparison to everything since 11.9 perhaps with exception to the somewhat tame 11.16.95. I feel like the current rating at 3.78 is accurate and I would give this one a 3.7 out of 5.