SET 1:

Party Time: Well jammed, fun opener.

AC/DC Bag: Standard. >

46 Days: Very nice jam!

Birds of a Feather: Trey gets a bit sloppy here.

Bouncing Around the Room:

Stash: Really nice sustain from Trey around 9:15 while Page bangs away on the baby grand, nice moment! At 11:07 this one takes a hard left turn for major mode territory. Sweet peak at 12:20, and more at 13:02 and beyond. Trey crushes this.

Leaves: Trey is a little sloppy around the three minute mark. Page bails him out with some beautiful playing on the baby grand.

Maze: Solid tension built up before Trey’s solo. San-Ho-Zay tease at 5:45. Trey’s solo seemed shorter than normal. Pretty good peak.

Scents and Subtle Sounds: Figured this was coming at some point but thought it would be the opener after they had to pull the plug on it at the show before in Wilmington. Very good jam here! Played with a good amount of fire in the belly. Trey’s re-entry in the ending vocals was a little jarring.

SET 2:

Sigma Oasis: The initial jam is hard driving and rather intense. It shifts into major mode territory at 8:30. Nice, mellow sustain from Trey that starts at 11:58. Beautiful. Trey goes on to tear it up for about 30 seconds. Trey shifts his tone to something much murkier or dirtier and things get pretty funky from here. Aweseome segue into ->

The Final Hurrah: First the funk and then some nice, spacy ambient space. Very nice! Trey brings us out of that dreamlike space at 6:45 and takes the lead with nice, clean leads. Interestingly enough, he let’s this slide right back into that previous ambience around the 8 minute mark. >

On Pillow Jets: The actual song does nothing for me. But Trey is conjuring Hendrix at 4:22. Very dark and heavy jam up – just the way we like it – up until 6:20. From here, things remain in a darker place but Trey is now playing clean leads. But by 7:20 it’s right back down that dark hole again. Very cool. Re-entry into the ‘Conjurers of Thunder’ lyrics at the 10:00 minute mark. Nice wall of sound here, not for the faint of heart. >

David Bowie: Page seemed to be pushing Trey for major mode and he bites at 6:49. It turns back to a normal Bowie jam around 11:10 and then they rush through the ending. This tune needs to be shelved.

Cities: The funk was very deep in the mid 5’s – this was going along great! At 6:11, a full 42 seconds before the actual segue is when Trey starts working towards the Fuego transition. Would have preferred they explored that super funky Cities jam but this segue was awesome ->

Fuego: Standard. >

Ruby Waves: Standard.

ENCORE:

Character Zero: Strange version, Trey (for once) didn’t want to rip this? Interesting >

Slave to the Traffic Light: Run of the mill. They should consider shelving this too

Summary: Pretty solid show. First set was mostly old school much like the second night in Wilmington. Second set had three jams that I would go back to and recommend. The second half of the second set was disappointing. I would rate this show as a 3.7 out of 5.

Replay Value: Stash, Sigma Oasis, The Final Hurrah, On Pillow Jets