A beautifully solid night of the core of Deadstein.
First Set
Alabama Getaway->
Promised Land
Tennessee Jed
C.C. Rider
Friend of the Devil
Jack Straw
Birdsong
Deep Elem Blues
Me & My Uncle->
Big River
Aiko-Aiko
Second Set
Let The Good Times Roll
Help on the Way->
Slipknot!->
Truckin'->
Around and Around
Notes
Standard
beautiful night enjoyed by all in the basement of
WWI. Things seem to be working well down there.
It's getting homier, the lava's flowing once it
gets going. The lights have color. The rug is
comfortable and the PA is settling in although
not perfect. We go another mic stand and we are
almost fully stocked.
We were able to pull off the
entire setlist with a prejam and halftime dinner.
In addition we ended 15 minutes early. I don't
know how we did it except for the fact that maybe
we cut the Birdsong and the Slipknot! a bit
short.
The Core Five was there, no
Brotman, a Freak, a Spill, and a Loogie?
I think Larry was pretty happy
with his sound for the first time in a while.
Some of his chords were nice a relaxed.
It was a new exciting era for
me with the new RP6. I want to remain calm about
the glow I am getting from
the thing. It feels like a new era, such a
pleasure to deal with and the fact that the
homework I can do with it translates perfectly at
jam levels simply amazed me. I appreciate Larry
indulging me in a few extra leads so I could
check out some of it's horsepower.
Throughout the whole night I
felt a much more relaxed and composed feeling
throughout the room.
Pre-Jam Eating Comments
Johnny was
"super-dooper-you-gotta-love-it clutch
boy" when he arrived with Carnegie
Corned-Beef.
I was also
"scoobie-woobie-queen-washooby-brrrp!-clutch-boy"
when I showed with 2 cased of Pepper, Terrible
Twinkies and the Freshest Devil Dogs this side of
Farmingdale.
First Set Comments
The Getaway was nice. Johnny
was impressy by Scott and my harmonies. They were
nice and the song was hot. I think Larry and
Kevin Lost it from their tapes and the recording
of the halftime gorge was erasing the Getaway. I
sure you hear a "umm!" or two.
Promised Land had a rough
start as Kevin had to open his book to to
discover Promised Land is C-F-G.
Jed was pretty cool, well
played with a nice openess and plodding
characteristic.
C.C. Rider was also well
played. Rock solid, not overly loud, yet its was
paradoxically full, confident.
Devil was really good, good
singing, I just heard it and Kevin was commenting
on his ability to be right on the base note at
the begining of the octive after completing the
long trek away from it up the scale. It's a
beautiful thing.
I pulled a real Weir in the
Straw as I entered back into a vocal after the
lead too soon. Encroachment. Defense. 5 yards.
It's one down gone and another to go.
Birdsong was really nice. I
really wanted it to go one for significantly
longer but I guess Larry didn't and he ended it.
Deep Elem was slow, relaxed. I
can't say great but it's fun and provides lots of
space.
Uncle waste nice and fast and
transition pretty good for us into the Big River.
We took a little break to
order the pizza then played the Aiko. It was good
and amazingly, the Pizza came soon after.
Half Time Eating Comments
The Pre Jam feast wasn't
enough so we went for a halftime pie that came in
15 minutes. What do you want it was Pronto Pizza!
We enjoyed it last night, it came quickly, and it
was good but that place will never have the
staying power of the Memphis Trio.
Speaking of the Trio, we tride
the Pronto-Knots. I gotta say they were good.
They didn't do it with quality bread and garlic
cooked just right, when it was cooked just right,
like the Memphis Trio, but the pulled the knots
off which so few places can do. The cheated a bit
with tasteful sprinklings of of cheese and salt
but who could fault them for trying?
Second Set Comments
I was amazed we were
able to get through the food and get the
second set in, but we did!
Let the Good Time
Rolls was surprising enjoyable.
Help on the Way was
good but I didn't like the Slipknot! I
couldn't get in a good groove.
We went right into the
Truckin' well and the song was done
pretty but the ending jam didn't fall
apart but it dragged in an attempt to
swell beyond. a three round build up.
The Around and Around
was good. I think it was Larry M. who
started to go to the fast closing jam a
verse early, before we even got to the C
key change, but I did my best to put a
governor on tha throttle.
Weather
It was like the
first autumn feeling day outside of the year yet
in the basement it felt great. I wonder why
Johnny isn't the speacial guest commentator on
weather?